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Texas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by Republican-Led State House

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached in an extraordinary vote by the state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives, which charged him Saturday with bribery, obstruction of justice and 18 other offenses.

By Madlin Mekelburg

Texas AG Paxton on Cusp of Historic GOP-Led Vote on Impeachment

The Republican-dominated Texas House of Representatives is scheduled to consider articles of impeachment against Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday, in what will be an historic vote that could result in his suspension from office.

Ex-LegalForce Attorney’s Patent Office Conduct Sanctions Upheld

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s decision that a LegalForce trademark attorney violated the agency’s rules of professional conduct was upheld by a Virgina federal judge who denied the attorneys’ attempt to fight the decision.

California Bar’s Dismissal of Claims Against Ex-Director Upheld

The California State Bar Court’s decision to drop disciplinary charges against former bar Executive Director Joe Dunn was warranted as time barred, an appellate panel held Friday.

California Ethics Group Tells Judges Not to Party With Lawyers

California judges should refrain from attending law firm celebrations at the firm’s offices with complimentary food and beverages under a draft ethics advisory out for comment.

DoorDash Denied Bid to Examine Chicago Deal With Outside Counsel

DoorDash Inc. has largely lost a bid to examine the City of Chicago’s relationship with an outside law firm it hired to sue the food delivery service for misleading customers about the cost of their orders.

Convicted Ex-Judge Must Use Pension Payments to Make Restitution

A former Illinois judge who was disbarred after being found guilty of mortgage fraud must turn over her pension contributions to satisfy what’s left of a $660,200 restitution obligation.

Gorsuch, Jackson Form Unusual Alliance Against Government Power

Neil Gorsuch and Ketanji Brown Jackson are justices on opposite sides of the Supreme Court’s ideological line who have teamed up in four opinions so far this term.

Tribunal Orders ‘Unprecedented’ Sanctions, Axes Five Patents

An administrative tribunal at the US Patent and Trademark Office canceled five patents as a punishment after their owner, Longhorn Vaccines & Dignostics LLC, failed to disclose testing information to a company challenging the patents’ validity.

Convicted Murderer Alex Murdaugh Facing Wire, Bank Fraud Charges

Alex Murdaugh, the disgraced Hampton, S.C., lawyer convicted in March of murdering his wife and son, is now facing criminal charges for wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering.