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Knife-wielding man is shot outside LA courthouse amid infringement case against Katy Perry

A courthouse security officer shot and wounded a man wielding a knife outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles on Tuesday as testimony continued in a trial that contends that Katy Perry’s 2013 song “Dark Horse” improperly borrowed from a 2008 Christian hip-hop song. The man was shot in the…

Jul 24, 2019 11:22 AM CDT

ABA joins other legal organizations in calling for independent immigration courts

A letter sent by the ABA and three other legal organizations Thursday urges Congress to establish an immigration court system outside the control of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Jul 11, 2019 2:57 PM CDT

Ransomware attack hits this state’s court system; no specific ransom demanded

The effects of a ransomware attack on Georgia’s Administrative Office of the Courts were isolated to servers that provide case management and other applications, according to a spokesman for the office.

Jul 8, 2019 3:55 PM CDT

Missing lawyer with troubled past is disbarred after he ‘abandoned his law practice without notice’

A criminal defense attorney from Fort Myers, Florida, has been permanently disbarred after failing to appear for court proceedings in three counties since October 2018. The Florida Supreme Court suspended David Allen Brener’s license in November 2018 after he “abandoned his law practice without notice to his clients and without…

Jul 2, 2019 10:04 AM CDT

A year after ‘tiger mom’ law prof praised Kavanaugh in op-ed, her daughter gets clerkship with him

A year after Yale Law professor Amy Chua wrote an op-ed article praising U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh as a mentor to women, her daughter is beginning a clerkship with him. Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, a Yale Law graduate, begins clerking for Kavanaugh this summer, the Associated Press reports in…

Jun 11, 2019 2:33 PM CDT

Judge engaged in ‘inappropriate and harassing behavior’ toward women, complaint alleges

Cook County Judge Mauricio Araujo “engaged in a pattern of inappropriate and harassing behavior toward women with whom he has interacted in professional settings and in his official judicial capacity,” according to a complaint filed Thursday by the state’s Judicial Inquiry Board. The complaint cites specific incidents in which Araujo…

Jun 7, 2019 2:37 PM CDT

Pop-up court hears minor infractions against New Yorkers; cookies and cat impress defendant

New Yorkers charged with minor offenses by city agencies have a chance to minimize their travel time by visiting a pop-up court closer to home. New York City’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings rolled out its pop-up court initiative last year, according to a press release. The idea was…

Jun 4, 2019 3:59 PM CDT

Virus leads to takedown of city’s court system website and e-filing

Philadelphia’s court system website and e-filing have been shut down since May 21 to safeguard against a virus found on a limited number of computers. Law firms are going old-school, using couriers and paper to file lawsuits and other court documents, the Legal Intelligencer reports. The website takedown has made…

Jun 3, 2019 2:49 PM CDT

16% of Americans think Clarence Thomas is chief justice, ABA civics survey finds

In a new survey, the ABA highlighted gaps in Americans’ knowledge of history and government as part of the ABA Survey of Civic Literacy 2019, the first comprehensive survey of its kind by the association. The results of the nationwide poll of 1,000 people were released Wednesday to mark Law Day, a national event established by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1958 to recognize the country’s commitment to the rule of law.

May 1, 2019 6:00 AM CDT

Judge faces obstruction of justice charges; ICE says she helped immigrant evade courthouse arrest

A Newton District Court judge and a state court officer are facing criminal charges for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the courthouse in April 2018.

Apr 25, 2019 3:35 PM CDT

Criminal defense attorney and judge settle suit over alleged retaliation involving recording

A Houston criminal defense attorney who recorded a Galveston County judge saying he “overworks” cases and lacks experience has settled his lawsuit against the judge. In March 2018, Andrew Willey sued Judge Jack Ewing of the Galveston County Court at Law No. 3 for allegedly retaliating against him by refusing…

Apr 23, 2019 4:09 PM CDT

Newly elected judge accidentally resigns; county commissioners appoint replacement

Updated: Judge Bill McLeod of Harris County, Texas, didn’t realize his announced ambition to run for a higher office had triggered a state constitutional provision that considers such revelations to constitute an automatic resignation. McLeod was a civil court judge for less than three months when he filed paperwork to…

Apr 10, 2019 9:02 AM CDT

Knife-wielding man is shot outside LA courthouse amid infringement case against Katy Perry

ABA joins other legal organizations in calling for independent immigration courts

Ransomware attack hits this state’s court system; no specific ransom demanded

Missing lawyer with troubled past is disbarred after he ‘abandoned his law practice without notice’

A year after ‘tiger mom’ law prof praised Kavanaugh in op-ed, her daughter gets clerkship with him

Judge engaged in ‘inappropriate and harassing behavior’ toward women, complaint alleges

Pop-up court hears minor infractions against New Yorkers; cookies and cat impress defendant

Virus leads to takedown of city’s court system website and e-filing

16% of Americans think Clarence Thomas is chief justice, ABA civics survey finds

Judge faces obstruction of justice charges; ICE says she helped immigrant evade courthouse arrest

Criminal defense attorney and judge settle suit over alleged retaliation involving recording

Newly elected judge accidentally resigns; county commissioners appoint replacement

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