New York

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

Updated: A lawyer and two others were charged with misdemeanors following a physical confrontation at a town court in Palermo, New York, earlier this month, according to a report by Syracuse.com.

Jun 17, 2024 12:37 PM CDT

Lawyer accused of seeking Israeli hackers to obtain judge’s personal emails

A California lawyer is accused of planning to hire Israeli hackers to access the personal email and phone accounts of a judge who later ordered him to disgorge $1.65 million in attorney fees.

Jun 12, 2024 9:26 AM CDT

Student editors at Columbia Law Review vote to strike after website shutdown, report says

The website of the Columbia Law Review was temporarily taken down last week, a reaction to a “secretive process” used in editing an article calling Zionism a form of colonialism and racism, according to the law review’s board of directors.

Jun 10, 2024 3:46 PM CDT

Law firm and lawyer in ‘quiet quit’ dispute drop their litigation

Dueling lawsuits between the law firm Napoli Shkolnik and a fired partner accused of "quiet quitting" have been dropped following private mediation.

Jun 6, 2024 1:01 PM CDT

Judge cites ‘utter lack of specificity’ as he tosses suit alleging NYU law review favors minorities

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the New York University School of Law illegally used racial and sexual preferences to select some members of its law review.

Jun 4, 2024 9:03 AM CDT

Trump could make these appellate arguments after trial he calls ‘rigged’

Former President Donald Trump said Friday he will appeal his hush-money election-interference conviction during a rambling speech in which he criticized the trial, the judge and the prosecution team.

Jun 3, 2024 11:03 AM CDT

Felons often can’t vote in Florida. But Trump likely can, thanks to a quirk of the law

Thousands of Florida residents lose their right to vote every year when they are convicted of a felony. But by a quirk of the law, Florida resident Donald Trump likely will be able to cast a ballot in November despite his convictions this week.

Jun 3, 2024 11:00 AM CDT

Trump found guilty of 34 felony charges in hush-money case

A New York jury has found Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a hush-money payment to an adult-film actress, delivering a historic verdict that could shape the November election and makes Trump the first former U.S. president convicted of a crime.

May 30, 2024 4:06 PM CDT

Supreme Court rules for NRA in First Amendment suit over official’s alleged ‘pressure tactics’

Updated: The First Amendment prevents government officials from using their power to selectively punish or suppress speech that the government disfavors, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a lawsuit by the National Rifle Association.

May 30, 2024 10:46 AM CDT

Scheme by former Samsung lawyers was ‘dishonest, unfair, deceitful and repugnant,’ judge says

A federal judge in Texas has tossed a patent infringement lawsuit against Samsung Electronics because of evidence that the claims were “infected” by the theft of information protected by attorney-client privilege.

May 29, 2024 1:25 PM CDT

The Trump hush-money trial’s greatest misses

Over 20 days at Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, the prosecutors, defense lawyers, and even the judge have had strong moments, but also times when they’ve faltered or been caught off guard, according to legal experts who have been tracking the case.

May 28, 2024 1:45 PM CDT

Lawyer disbarred following alleged cocaine-licking assault on employee at nightclub he owned

A New York lawyer convicted in 2008 for allegedly licking cocaine off a waitress at the nightclub that he owned was disbarred last week partly for his conduct in a civil lawsuit that followed.

May 24, 2024 9:35 AM CDT

Ex-BigLaw attorney once ‘consumed with remorse’ over $10M client theft sentenced in new scheme

A disbarred New York lawyer who served time for stealing $10.7 million from clients is facing more prison time after pleading guilty in a scheme to defraud the government out of $1.4 million in COVID-19 relief funds.

May 23, 2024 11:06 AM CDT

Motley Rice has filed ‘barrage of claims’ for drug cartel victims; is there an endgame?

The Motley Rice law firm has filed a “barrage of claims” in federal courts for families of people killed by the Juarez cartel, arguing that their clients are entitled to a share of assets seized from drug dealers, Bloomberg Law reports.

May 22, 2024 10:47 AM CDT

How ghostwritten Supreme Court briefs are used as a strategy

Metadata offers a clue that a New York consumer fraud attorney who signed a U.S. Supreme Court brief was not the actual author.

May 21, 2024 12:02 PM CDT