ABA Finds First ‘Unqualified’ Judge Pick of Trump’s Second Term
A Republican National Committee lawyer is the first judicial nominee of President Donald Trump’s second term to be given a “not qualified” rating by the American Bar Association.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor criticized a fellow member of the US Supreme Court for failing to grasp the real-world effects of an unsigned order last year that allowed immigration enforcement sweeps in Los Angeles to resume.
The Trump Justice Department is attempting to surge anti-fraud cases by transferring white-collar prosecutors to a new division, backtracking on assurances to career attorneys that they’d remain insulated from the White House-driven effort.
The Trump administration tapped an immigration judge with less than three months on the job for a top position at the Justice Department office that adjudicates deportation and asylum claims.
The Fifth Circuit ordered an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google to be transferred to a California court, finding that a trial judge improperly ordered the case to remain in Texas.
Michigan federal Judge Thomas L. Ludington pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge and said afterward that he plans to stay on the bench.
A Republican National Committee lawyer is the first judicial nominee of President Donald Trump’s second term to be given a “not qualified” rating by the American Bar Association.
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Lewis Brisbois’ former billing director accused the firm of “illegal financial practices” in a discrimination and harassment lawsuit this week.
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New York appellate judges on Wednesday seemed unmoved by TikTok’s argument that it’s immune under the First Amendment and federal law from the state’s lawsuit claiming the social media platform addicts children.
The US Justice Department’s top antitrust litigator and three senior trial attorneys that led cases against
The full First Circuit grasped Wednesday for how to weigh the speech rights of an officer suspended for calling George Floyd a “druggie” online against a Massachusetts police commissioner’s prediction that the Facebook post would disrupt its mission.
A trio of insurance companies filed separate declaratory judgment actions to try to head off lawsuits by Intellectual Ventures over the company’s allegedly patent-infringing use of open-source software.
Yealink Network Technology Co. convinced an administrative tribunal to invalidate four of the six wirelessmeeting-room patents Barco NV asserted in an infringement lawsuit that produced a nearly $1 million verdict.
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A Republican National Committee lawyer is the first judicial nominee of President Donald Trump’s second term to be given a “not qualified” rating by the American Bar Association.
Lewis Brisbois’ former billing director accused the firm of “illegal financial practices” in a discrimination and harassment lawsuit this week.
The US Justice Department’s top antitrust litigator and three senior trial attorneys that led cases against
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The Eighth Circuit’s bankruptcy panel barred a man who isn’t an attorney from representing his wife in a bankruptcy matter because it would be unauthorized practice of law in North Dakota.
Littler Mendelson, the largest employer-side labor law firm in the US, created a new top position to steer the firm’s adoption of an internally developed AI tool.
Supreme Court Today, Vol. 94 No. 36, pages 3315-3319 dated April 9, 2026, is now available. A link to the PDF version can be found in the Related Documents field.
Supreme Court Today, Vol. 94 No. 35, pages 3303-3313 dated April 2, 2026, is now available. A link to the PDF version can be found in the Related Documents field.
Supreme Court Today, Vol. 94 No. 34, pages 3291-3301 dated March 26, 2026, is now available. A link to the PDF version can be found in the Related Documents field.
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