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Trademark lawyer is profiting from Harris-Walz foresight

A New York trademark lawyer considers himself “the best political cybersquatter ever.”

Aug 15, 2024 9:27 AM CDT

Former counsel sues BigLaw firm for alleged disability discrimination

A former counsel at Mayer Brown who was diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2022 has filed a disability bias lawsuit against the law firm.

Aug 8, 2024 11:48 AM CDT

Assault weapons that are ‘disproportionate to the need for self-defense’ can be banned, 4th Circuit says

An en banc federal appeals court upheld Maryland’s ban on assault-style weapons in a 10-5 decision Tuesday.

Aug 7, 2024 12:14 PM CDT

Supreme Court rejects Missouri’s suit seeking to delay Trump sentencing in New York case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Missouri’s motion to file an original jurisdiction lawsuit contending that the conviction of former President Donald Trump in the hush-money election-interference case in New York undermines his ability to campaign and violates state residents’ First Amendment right to hear from him.

Aug 6, 2024 11:33 AM CDT

Want to nap at work or hop on a Peloton? These law firms have the amenities

Updated: At some BigLaw firms, you can play pool and table tennis, exercise on Pelotons, order coffee from a barista and catch a nap in a designated room.

Jul 29, 2024 10:29 AM CDT

Judge who threatened to shoot Black teens for trespassing should be ousted, judicial conduct commission says

A judge in Oneida County, New York, should be removed from the bench for “truly egregious” misconduct during a July 2022 high school graduation party outside a friend’s home, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Jul 23, 2024 1:32 PM CDT

Harvard Law grad who sued over bar exam accommodations loses in 2nd Circuit

Updated: A graduate of Harvard Law School can’t sue for denial of her full requests for accommodations while taking the bar exam, a federal appeals court has ruled.

Jul 23, 2024 8:39 AM CDT

NY judge suspended while facing felony DUI charge

A New York judge who was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence with a child in her vehicle has been suspended with pay.

Jul 15, 2024 3:15 PM CDT

After lawyers exceed status-letter limit by ‘whopping’ 70 pages, judge sees echoes of fictional Jarndyce case

The handiwork of lawyers who crafted a joint 73-page monthly status letter won’t appear on the federal docket after a magistrate judge noted last week that it was a “whopping” 70 pages over the limit.

Jul 11, 2024 10:36 AM CDT

Lawyer who sued Big Lots over coffee labeling has ‘dubious modus operandi,’ federal judge says

A lawyer who alleged that retail chain company Big Lots used labeling that inflated the number of servings in cans of its Fresh Finds coffee had made a similar claim in a prior tossed lawsuit that was “indistinguishable” from the new case “but for a new plaintiff and heading,” according to a federal judge in Florida.

Jul 9, 2024 9:28 AM CDT

Giuliani disbarred in N.Y. over false statements about 2020 election

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and personal attorney to Donald Trump, was disbarred Tuesday in New York over his false statements about the 2020 election.

Jul 2, 2024 2:34 PM CDT

Trump’s NY hush-money sentencing postponed due to immunity ruling

Donald Trump’s sentencing in his New York hush money case on Tuesday was pushed back to September, as his lawyers seek to persuade the trial judge that his conviction should be tossed out after a Supreme Court ruling that presidents have immunity for official acts.

Jul 2, 2024 2:05 PM CDT

Trademark lawyer is profiting from Harris-Walz foresight

Former counsel sues BigLaw firm for alleged disability discrimination

Assault weapons that are ‘disproportionate to the need for self-defense’ can be banned, 4th Circuit says

Supreme Court rejects Missouri’s suit seeking to delay Trump sentencing in New York case

Want to nap at work or hop on a Peloton? These law firms have the amenities

Judge who threatened to shoot Black teens for trespassing should be ousted, judicial conduct commission says

Harvard Law grad who sued over bar exam accommodations loses in 2nd Circuit

NY judge suspended while facing felony DUI charge

After lawyers exceed status-letter limit by ‘whopping’ 70 pages, judge sees echoes of fictional Jarndyce case

Lawyer who sued Big Lots over coffee labeling has ‘dubious modus operandi,’ federal judge says

Giuliani disbarred in N.Y. over false statements about 2020 election

Trump’s NY hush-money sentencing postponed due to immunity ruling

These 3 law firms are paying summer bonuses; will BigLaw follow?

Record labels sue two startups for training AI models on their songs

‘Am I some punching bag?’ Lawyer says he put ex-client’s girlfriend in headlock after attack

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