States

9th Circuit dissenters take aim at state-created danger doctrine

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco should narrow the state-created danger doctrine, according to four judges who dissented when the appeals court refused to grant an en banc rehearing in a lawsuit over a mother’s drowning of her 10-month-old twins.

Aug 3, 2023 10:30 AM CDT

‘Presidents are not kings’ judge will oversee Trump election-subversion case

A federal judge who has previously ruled against former President Donald Trump will be overseeing the new criminal case accusing him of conspiring to subvert the 2020 election.

Aug 2, 2023 3:20 PM CDT

ABA members convene in Denver for 2023 annual meeting

The 2023 ABA Annual Meeting runs from Wednesday, Aug. 2, through Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the Colorado Convention Center.

Aug 2, 2023 8:08 AM CDT

Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza and Crunchwraps don’t look like advertising photos, suit claims

A proposed class action lawsuit alleges that Taco Bell violated a state law preventing deceptive trade practices by selling food that doesn’t live up to the ingredient-filled menu items portrayed in its advertising.

Aug 1, 2023 3:39 PM CDT

Is dismissal bid effort to keep ADA ‘gravy train’ running? Tester urges SCOTUS to drop her case

A Florida woman who tests hotel websites for compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act is seeking to dismiss all of her pending cases, including one pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Aug 1, 2023 2:45 PM CDT

Prosecutor ‘literally ran in high heels’ through courthouse hallway to save overdosing woman

A quick-thinking prosecutor is being credited with helping save a woman who was overdosing in the Will County, Illinois, courthouse outside Chicago.

Aug 1, 2023 11:34 AM CDT

Georgia judge takes jabs at Trump as he refuses to block potential election-interference indictment

A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump and a fake GOP elector in the state can’t quash a special grand jury report on election interference, can’t block a potential indictment, and can’t get the district attorney tossed from the case.

Aug 1, 2023 10:09 AM CDT

Judge reluctantly tosses second bankruptcy attempt by baby powder maker Johnson & Johnson

A federal bankruptcy judge has reluctantly thwarted Johnson & Johnson’s second attempt to protect itself from claims related to its baby powder through the bankruptcy of a subsidiary created to hold Johnson & Johnson liabilities.

Jul 31, 2023 3:37 PM CDT

More than 1,700 California lawyers suspended for failure to comply with new trust account rules

More than 1,700 California lawyers have failed to comply with new trust account rules, leading to their administrative suspensions.

Jul 31, 2023 11:21 AM CDT

First quarter of 2023 had some of highest activist shareholder activity ever, say equity investor counsel

According to two New York partners, the increase started with the #MeToo movement in 2017, when an article was published about former film producer Harvey Weinstein.

Jul 31, 2023 8:06 AM CDT

Weekly Briefs: Wire-transfer fraudsters fool 3 law practices; Quinn Emanuel discloses cyberattack

Unwitting money transfers to fraudsters yield reprimands Three North Carolina lawyers have been reprimanded for separate incidents in which they or their staff members mistakenly transferred real estate money or other entrusted funds to fraudsters. In all three cases, no one verified the authenticity of wiring instructions. In one case,…

Jul 28, 2023 2:26 PM CDT

As Trump faces new documents charges, prosecutors seek to keep defense discussions at secure place

On the same day that a superseding indictment accused former President Donald Trump of seeking to delete security camera footage at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, prosecutors sought a protective order to prevent Trump from discussing classified documents with his lawyers at that location.

Jul 28, 2023 11:35 AM CDT

Famous forensic scientist says he had ‘no motive nor reason’ to fabricate evidence

A forensic scientist who became famous after his testimony in the O.J. Simpson murder trial is defending his earlier work after a federal judge found him liable in a wrongful conviction lawsuit by two men who spent 30 years in prison before their exoneration.

Jul 28, 2023 9:35 AM CDT

Former judge charged with falsifying docket entries

A municipal judge in Ohio suspended from the bench for running her court in a “reckless and cavalier manner” is now facing criminal charges for allegedly falsifying docket entries.

Jul 27, 2023 2:27 PM CDT

Paramedics who wrongly insisted woman was dead have immunity in civil suit, 6th Circuit says

A federal appeals court has ruled that emergency medical personnel have qualified immunity in a civil lawsuit alleging that they wrongly insisted that a woman was dead, leading to her subsequent death.

Jul 27, 2023 1:23 PM CDT