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Battle Over Rulemaking Law Likely Headed To High Court
The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to wade into a potential firestorm over using the law governing federal agency rulemaking as an alternative to halt Trump administration actions after the justices limited lower courts' use of nationwide injunctions.
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Ex-US Attorney Expands Taft's Litigation Team In Cincinnati
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP has strengthened its Cincinnati roster with the recent addition of a litigator who spent more than 25 years with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Ohio.
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Atlanta Law School Institute Leader Talks Closing Justice Gap
The justice-focused institute at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School trains students to pursue criminal defense, civil rights and plaintiffs' personal injury matters, combating what its leader calls an inadequate number of attorneys in these areas in the U.S.
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NJ AG Asks Judge To Toss Suit Over Rapid DNA Memo
The New Jersey Attorney General's Office is asking a state judge to dismiss the state Office of the Public Defender's lawsuit seeking the release of an internal legal memorandum about the use of rapid DNA technology, saying the complaint is time-barred and its release would breach attorney-client privilege.
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Philly Judge Halts Case Over Atty's Alleged Bribery Claim
A Philadelphia judge has indefinitely stayed a lawsuit by a personal injury firm accusing an ex-Holland & Knight LLP partner of unlawfully accessing firm files amid a hostile divorce proceeding, in light of new allegations that the lawyer texted his ex-wife, an attorney at the injury firm, suggesting that the judge had taken a bribe.
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'Tyrant' Indiana Judge Ousted Over Misconduct
An Indiana superior court judge who "wielded his position of power like a tyrant" during his three years on the bench has been permanently barred from judicial service by the state's Supreme Court.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
A BigLaw firm naming its next managing partner and the parent company of an NBA team hiring a new legal chief were among the industry's key moves this week. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Retired Federal Judges Throw Shade On Shadow Docket
Retired federal judges speaking at a Federal Bar Association panel in California Thursday criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's increasing use of "shadow docket" emergency rulings that offer little or no explanation, with retired Ninth Circuit Judge Paul Watford saying the high court has "an obligation to give more of a ruling."
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Girardi's Atty, Judge Debate If His Conviction Is 'Debatable'
A California federal judge pushed back Thursday on arguments by Tom Girardi's lawyer that he should be free on bond while he appeals his wire fraud conviction, saying that debating the case doesn't automatically mean it raises "fairly debatable" questions sufficient to meet the Ninth Circuit's standard for remaining free on appeal.
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Federal Judges Faced Over 500 Threats Amid Rising Tensions
More than 500 threats have been made to federal judges over the last year to over 300 distinct judges, according to data released by the U.S. Marshals Service.
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JCPenney Settles Fee Dispute Over Jackson Walker Romance
The corporate entities formerly known as JCPenney on Thursday asked a Texas federal court to greenlight a $1.4 million settlement with Jackson Walker PC in a dispute concerning the romance of a partner with a bankruptcy judge, the latest and largest of several settlements to seek approval in recent months.
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'I Had My Wits': Agent Recalls Spotting Would-Be Trump Killer
A former U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to protect Donald Trump testified Thursday in Florida federal court about his reaction to spotting Ryan Routh, who is on trial for attempting to assassinate the then-presidential candidate last year during a round of golf.
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US Attorneys, Judicial Noms Advance Amid Senate Tensions
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, faulted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Thursday, for getting in the way of efforts by him and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the committee's ranking Democrat, to expedite the confirmation of U.S. attorney nominees.
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Atty Accused Of Cyberstalking Law Firm Partner, Another Atty
A Texas attorney has been arrested for allegedly cyberstalking and threatening to kill two other attorneys, one of whom is believed to be a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP.
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Bill Giving White House More Control Of DC Judges Advances
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has advanced a bill on party lines that would abolish the commission in Washington, D.C., that vets and picks potential judicial nominees for the district's local courts.
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Bradley Arant Grows In Atlanta With DOJ Health Fraud Atty
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has added, to its Atlanta office, the counsel to the chief of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Fraud Section focusing on healthcare fraud, strengthening the firm's government enforcement and investigations practice.
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2 DOJ Veterans Join Lawyers For Good Government
Lawyers for Good Government announced Thursday that two longtime U.S. Department of Justice attorneys have joined the organization's ranks to help expand the reach of its Pro Bono Litigation Corps.
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Benesch Lands McGuireWoods' State AG Practice Head In SF
Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP announced Thursday that it has added the former leader of the state attorneys general practice at McGuireWoods LLP as a partner in the firm's litigation and white collar, government investigations and regulatory compliance practice groups.
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Chancery Taps Former Prosecutor For New Magistrate Post
Delaware's Chancery Court has appointed an attorney who served more than a decade with the state Department of Justice, including leading its misdemeanor trial unit, to fill one of two newly funded magistrates posts to help handle the court's caseload.
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JAMS Adds Retired US District Judge In Florida
Alternative dispute resolution services provider JAMS has picked up a retired U.S. district judge for the Southern District of Florida who was most recently a partner with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP for its panel.
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Nadine Menendez Gets 4½ Years In Bribery Case
A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday sentenced Nadine Menendez to 4½ years in prison following her conviction at trial for aiding her husband Bob Menendez's corruption by acting as the go-between for bribe payments made to the former U.S. senator to help further the business and personal interests of three New Jersey businessmen.
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Italian Firm Adds Obama Counsel For Cross-Border Advice
A former senior U.S. Department of Justice lawyer and senior counsel for former President Barack Obama has joined Italian digital media technology and life sciences firm Portolano Cavallo to bolster its cross-border capabilities, it announced Thursday.
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NC Justice Probes 'Scalia-Style' View Of Waste Fee Law
A North Carolina Supreme Court justice probed the expansiveness of counsel's argument over a county's solid waste ordinance Wednesday, wondering if channeling a "Justice Scalia"-style reading of the text suggests that a property owner could hire a private waste collector just once a year to sidestep an annual fee.
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Fla. Judge Gets First Dem Vote Of Trump's 2nd Term
Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Tuesday became the first Democrat to vote for a judicial nominee of President Donald Trump's second term.
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Fired FBI Officials Claim 'Campaign Of Retribution' In New Suit
Three former senior FBI officials sued the Trump administration in D.C. federal court on Wednesday, accusing FBI Director Kash Patel of politicizing the agency and firing them as part of a "campaign of retribution" in a bid to keep his own job.