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Fla. Prosecutor Accused Of Hiding Exculpatory Evidence
Defense attorneys representing three men, including former high-profile luxury real estate brokers, want a Florida court to sanction the prosecutor on the case for allegedly failing to produce evidence that would clear them of the sexual assault charges they are facing.
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Cole Schotz Plants DC Flag, Hires Acting Maryland US Atty
Cole Schotz PC has opened an office in Washington, D.C., announcing its new space Monday alongside news that the firm has hired a former acting U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland.
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Ex-Texas State Judge Joins Cozen O'Connor Insurance Team
Cozen O'Connor announced Monday that a former Texas state judge with nearly four decades of legal experience has joined the firm's Houston office as a global insurance member from Germer PLLC.
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GOP Judge's Ballot Challenge Returns To NC High Court
The North Carolina State Board of Elections and state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs have asked her colleagues on the high court bench to take up her Republican opponent's election protests following his victory in the intermediate appeals court.
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Judge Urges Attorneys Not To Use AI For 'Hard Work'
While attorneys should use generative artificial intelligence tools, they shouldn't use the technology for "hard work" like giving them legal answers and filling up a blank page, Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Scott Schlegel said during a panel at the American Bar Association Techshow 2025 in Chicago.
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Justices Enter Fray Over Criminal Restitution As Punishment
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to wade into what counsel for a convicted Georgia bank robber called a "deeply entrenched" circuit split over the constitutionality of a federal law that requires criminals to continue paying restitution with compounding interest for decades after conviction.
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Fla. Judge Faces More Ethics Charges For Political Donations
A Florida ethics watchdog has tacked on charges against a Broward County family court judge over donations to the campaigns of former Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Joe Biden, adding to its previous request that the judge be reprimanded for improperly contacting a witness and discussing her reelection campaign from the bench.
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Ex-Sen. Menendez May Be Called As Witness At Wife's Trial
Nadine Menendez is considering calling her husband, convicted former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, to testify at her trial on charges that she facilitated bribe payments for him, filings showed as her trial resumed Monday with key prosecution witnesses.
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Whistleblowers Fired By Paxton Get $6.68M
A Travis County judge on Friday awarded four of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's former deputies $6.68 million, ending their claims that they were fired in retaliation for reporting alleged abuses to the FBI.
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Feds Say George Santos Should Spend 7 Years Behind Bars
Federal prosecutors said Friday that former U.S. Rep. George Santos should spend 87 months — more than seven years — behind bars for his fraud and aggravated identity theft, a sentence that Santos' lawyers called "absurd," arguing instead that he shouldn't spend more than two years in prison.
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Justices Told To Keep 'Century-Old Status Quo' On Birthright
States, immigrant advocacy groups and expectant mothers urged the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to reject President Donald Trump's bid to restrict nationwide court orders prohibiting implementation of his executive order aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, arguing that maintaining the long-held understanding of the right won't cause any harm.
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Death Row Case May Test Limits Of Federal Habeas Review
Michael Wayne Reynolds, who was convicted of a triple murder in 2007, maintains his innocence and is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for another chance to argue that his prosecution in his trial hid potentially exculpatory evidence — in a case that strikes at the core of the ability of prisoners to bring habeas corpus challenges.
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NC Panel Sides With GOP Judge In High Court Ballot Battle
A divided North Carolina appellate panel on Friday ordered more than 60,000 voters to take corrective action or risk having their ballots discounted in the state Supreme Court race, handing the Republican challenger his first victory in a protracted battle with a Democratic incumbent for a seat on the high court bench.
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Ex-NJ Prosecutor Rips AG's Use Of Gov.'s Text In Firing Suit
A former New Jersey county prosecutor has urged a state court to reject Attorney General Matt Platkin's bid to whittle down a lawsuit over the county enforcer's exit, blasting the office's reliance on a text message with the governor to argue the governor had accepted his resignation.
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Retired Calif. Judge Admonished For Use Of Racial Slur
A now-retired California state court judge has been censured by an ethics panel for "undignified, discourteous, and offensive" comments it said "could reasonably be perceived as bias."
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Trump Gets Supreme Court Win In Teacher Grants Case
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday axed a Massachusetts federal judge's order requiring the Trump administration to reinstate $250 million in teacher training grants for eight states, giving President Donald Trump his first high court win amid what he claims is a flood of unlawful court orders restraining the executive branch's power.
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11th Circ. Tosses Former Atty's Extortion Conviction
The Eleventh Circuit on Friday overturned the conviction of a former criminal defense attorney for extorting a client for cash, finding in a published opinion that there was insufficient evidence.
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What To Know About New Deepfake Law In New Jersey
New Jersey is taking action against artificial intelligence-generated images and other media known as deepfakes, with new legislation specifically targeting the cutting-edge form of fraud, even as experts say deepfakes remain difficult to pin down in the law.
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Georgia's New Chief Justice Talks Defending Rule Of Law
Since taking the post Tuesday, Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Nels Peterson said that as the leader of the state's judiciary, he's focused on promoting the rule of law, which for him means "nobody is above the law's requirements or below the law's protections."
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Discipline Looms For Conn. Atty Convicted In Shooting
After his conviction on a manslaughter charge for shooting an attacker, Cramer & Anderson LLP partner Robert L. Fisher Jr. is facing potential discipline from Connecticut's attorney misconduct watchdog.
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The Supreme Court's Week: By The Numbers
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including over tax exemptions for religious charities and the ability of the families of terror attack victims to sue the Palestine Liberation Organization, while issuing two decisions, including one that personal injury claims can be brought under the federal racketeering statute. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the U.S. Supreme Court.
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More Than 500 Law Firms Sign Onto Perkins Coie Amicus
A group of 507 law firms, including Munger Tolles & Olson LLP and Covington & Burling LLP, have signed onto an amicus brief filed Friday supporting Perkins Coie LLP's challenge to President Donald Trump's executive order targeting the law firm.
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Legal Jobs Rebound In March Despite Economic Concerns
The U.S. legal sector appears to be on the upswing once again, with 3,700 law-related jobs added in March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry kicked off April with another action-packed week as BigLaw added new talent and firms struck deals with the Trump administration. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz.
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Optum, Express Scripts Want Judge Ousted From Opioid MDL
Pharmacy benefit managers Optum and Express Scripts say the Ohio federal judge overseeing multidistrict opioid litigation should recuse himself because he "regularly communicates" with plaintiffs' attorneys in the litigation and is biased in favor of plaintiffs, according to a motion filed Wednesday.