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Weekly Briefs: Appeals courts rule in lawyer restitution cases; tribes agree to opioid settlement
Ex-BigLaw partner must pay $537M in tax fraud scheme Paul M. Daugerdas, a former Jenkens & Gilchrist partner, lost an appeal in his tax fraud…
Federal appeals judge should be investigated for telling lawyer to remove mask during oral arguments, says reform group
Fix the Court, a court transparency group, is seeking an ethics investigation of a federal appeals judge who told a Department of Justice attorney to…
All-virtual ABA Midyear Meeting will offer slate of special events and programs
Lawyers and legal professionals from around the country still have a chance to attend the 2022 ABA Midyear Meeting. The conference will now take place…
Unvaccinated judge who shunned masks will mostly preside in civil video hearings
An unvaccinated city court judge who didn’t wear a mask will be mostly handling civil matters remotely, according to a spokesperson for the New York…
Chemerinsky: Justice Breyer is a model for all who sit on a judicial bench
In almost 28 years on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Stephen G. Breyer has been a moderate liberal on an increasingly conservative court. He has…
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson writes first appellate opinion; she’s seen as a potential SCOTUS nominee
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has released the first opinion written by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who is considered…
Lawyer who helped establish legal services for the poor dies at 86
Edgar Cahn, a lawyer who helped establish the program that would become known as the Legal Services Corp., has died at age 86. Cahn died…
Georgetown Law places new hire on administrative leave after ‘lesser Black woman’ tweet
The Georgetown University Law Center has placed incoming new hire Ilya Shapiro on administrative leave while the school investigates whether his controversial tweets violate school…