A Chicago federal prosecutor walked into a grand jury room last fall with apparent confidence, telling grand jurors she was sure they had enough to indict anti-ICE protesters accused of blocking a federal agent’s vehicle.
A federal indictment charging a lawyer for LGBTQ+ rights group Lambda Legal with making a false statement in connection with alleged judge shopping has been dismissed, according to a filing by defense counsel in the case.
Florida officials must defend against a lawsuit claiming the state underfunded a historically black college by nearly $2 billion over the last three decades, a split federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
A judge for the New Mexico Worker’s Compensation Administration who was fired for allegedly violating the judicial code of conduct dropped her lawsuit challenging her termination.
A Mississippi federal judge sanctioned attorneys on both sides of a contract breach case for failing to prevent AI hallucinations in legal filings, including banning attorneys from entering appearances in that court for two years.
Lawyers in court battles over FTX’s collapse are accusing attorneys for one group of plaintiffs of filing a legal brief with AI-generated hallucinations.
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A federal judge’s impartiality is being questioned after she sent the victim in a sex-trafficking case a gift and a hand-written note moments before sentencing the defendants to 18 years in prison.
A panel of appeals judges seemed receptive Monday to the EEOC’s request that it revive a disability bias case because the district court incorrectly threw out evidence of discrimination against a job applicant who disclosed use of pain medication for treatment.
The Ninth Circuit’s chief judge has opened a misconduct review into Judge Ryan Nelson, after he was charged with misdemeanor battery and malicious injury to property.
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