Video teleconference program for immigrant children ‘is contrary to the American pursuit of justice,’ ABA says

Mar 5, 2020 9:41 AM CST

Afternoon Briefs: Top Florida court hears case over ticket app; lawyer sentenced for involvement in prostitution

Florida Supreme Court to decide whether ticket app poses legal risk to customers

After a yearslong dispute, the Florida Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the Florida Bar’s lawsuit…

Mar 4, 2020 4:10 PM CST

State supreme court gives 2-year suspension for lawyer who forged signatures of judge and clerk

The Kansas Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer, who forged the signatures of a judge and a clerk, for two years. In its Feb. 28 opinion, the court said its suspension of Laurel Kupka is “warranted given the serious nature of the respondent’s acts.”

Mar 4, 2020 12:51 PM CST

Afternoon Briefs: SCOTUS splits over immigrant’s fight against ID theft conviction; first black justice on top Illinois court dies

SCOTUS splits over undocumented immigrant’s fight against state identify theft conviction

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Tuesday against Ramiro Garcia, an unauthorized immigrant in Kansas who was convicted…

Mar 3, 2020 3:21 PM CST

Letter from 50 in-house counsels seeks change in expert testimony standards

Mar 3, 2020 2:36 PM CST

Afternoon Briefs: LGBTQ students sue for sex ed equality; judge’s law license is suspended 5 times

South Carolina LGBTQ students fight for equality in sexual education

Eli Bundy, a 15-year-old sophomore at Charleston County School of the Arts in South Carolina, is the leader of the…

Mar 2, 2020 4:16 PM CST

Asylum rules overturned after judge rules head of top US immigration post was unlawfully appointed

Mar 2, 2020 11:56 AM CST

Judge should be fired for ‘sexist remarks’ and other misconduct, commission finds

Mar 2, 2020 9:48 AM CST

The judicial system needs to learn how to combat the threat of ‘deepfake’ evidence

Feb 28, 2020 4:11 PM CST

How BigLaw and the courts are responding to coronavirus; potential illness closes one firm’s office

Feb 28, 2020 11:20 AM CST

Afternoon Briefs: RBG outpaces colleagues for written opinions; DOJ lawyer who wrote risky footnote dies

DOJ lawyer who risked his career over a footnote dies at 88

A former deputy solicitor general who served under eight presidents, Lawrence Wallace, has died at age 88. Wallace…

Feb 27, 2020 3:40 PM CST

Judge who admitted sending N-word texts should resign, Louisiana governor says

Feb 27, 2020 1:47 PM CST

Judge is reassigned after video shows her forcing child into lockup

Feb 27, 2020 12:25 PM CST

Afternoon Briefs: Trump campaign sues NY Times; DOJ can withhold grants to sanctuary jurisdictions, 2nd Circuit says

Trump campaign is suing the New York Times for libel

President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign says it is filing a libel suit against the New York Times for a Feb 26, 2020 3:09 PM CST

Afternoon Briefs: Trump bashes Sotomayor and Ginsburg; PDs reach deal in masturbating-inmate suit

Trump says Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg should recuse in his cases

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg should recuse themselves…

Feb 25, 2020 4:24 PM CST