Second Circuit Judge Agrees to More Measures on Clerk Treatment
A Second Circuit judge agreed to take additional actions to improve the work environment in her chambers, after a second complaint was filed over her conduct toward law clerks.
A Second Circuit judge agreed to take additional actions to improve the work environment in her chambers, after a second complaint was filed over her conduct toward law clerks.
A Chicago federal judge expressed dismay about the US attorney’s office before granting the government’s bid to abandon fraud charges against two defendants accused of a $300 million Covid testing scam after concerns about the grand jury proceedings jettisoned the case.
A US Supreme Court decision preventing Alabama from executing a man with nitrogen gas represents a win for a death-row inmate in a case testing how the justices would deal with an unusual move to quickly undo a final judgment of a lower court.
Paul Weiss placed a priority on its relationship with the wealthy Tisch family over its obligation to a former client, that ex-customer of the law firm alleges in a lawsuit filed Thursday.
Renewable energy groups asked a federal judge to order the US Defense Department to lift its freeze on approvals of wind energy projects that has threatened billions of dollars of investments.
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP should see a reduction in fees for failing to follow proper billing protocols as lead bankruptcy counsel in proceedings launched by New York City landlord Pinnacle Group, the Justice Department’s bankruptcy oversight unit said.
Texas disciplinary rules don’t expressly bar an attorney representing himself from contacting an opposing party he knows to be represented by counsel, the state supreme court ruled Friday.
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The full extent of a federal prosecutor’s misconduct revealed in grand jury transcripts from a case against Chicago-area ICE protesters surprised attorneys, who said it raised questions about the motivation for bringing charges—and the possibility of further irregularities in other cases.
Chicago federal prosecutors moved to dismiss charges against two defendants accused of participating in a Covid testing scam after they alleged misconduct by a prosecutor who’s also accused of improprieties in a now-infamous case against protesters.


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