A former partner at Texas bankruptcy law firm Jackson Walker denied any current relationship with a bankruptcy judge when the firm questioned her in March 2021, the firm said in a court filing Monday.
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it has adopted an ethics code amid controversies stemming in part from Justice Clarence Thomas’ acceptance of luxury travel from wealthy friends.
Updated: A New Jersey lawyer has been suspended after an audit found that she overcharged clients in real estate transactions by collecting fake fees or fee amounts that were higher than the actual expenses incurred.
Updated: An Illinois judge is facing a disciplinary hearing this week that focuses on his decision to reverse a sexual assault conviction that he imposed in a bench trial allegedly because he did not want to impose a mandatory prison sentence.
An analysis by Reuters has concluded that Texas bankruptcy law firm Jackson Walker failed to disclose whether it had checked for connections between its lawyers and judges in at least 27 cases.
A Seattle lawyer is suggesting that a federal judge didn’t sign an order requiring him to pay more than $268,000 as a sanction for trying to file a fake “Saudi Sun” news article with a federal appeals court.
Documents suggest that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas purchased his luxury RV with a loan of $267,230 from a wealthy friend who forgave "a substantial amount or even all of the principal balance," according to an Oct. 25 report by Democratic members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.
The Georgia Supreme Court has tossed a disciplinary case against a Black lawyer who alleges in a separate lawsuit that the disciplinary process is tainted by racial bias.
A federal judge in Virginia has held lawyers at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan in civil contempt while ordering its former client to pay enhanced damages for “abhorrent litigation conduct.”
After lawyer Kenneth Chesebro pleaded guilty in the Georgia election-interference case Friday, a famous liberal law professor who mentored him grappled with the reason for his mentee’s ideological turnaround.
Updated: A New York judge has been removed from the bench for brandishing a loaded gun at a litigant and then describing the incident in an exaggerated and racial manner. The New York Court of Appeals approved the removal.
Lawyer Sidney Powell pleaded guilty Thursday to six misdemeanors in the Georgia racketeering case alleging election interference by 19 defendants, including former President Donald Trump.
