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About half of surveyed lawyers are satisfied with their law firm compensation, survey finds
Only 52% of surveyed lawyers are satisfied with their total compensation, but the percentage increases with pay transparency, according to a law firm compensation survey…
Judge allows malicious prosecution claim in attorney’s countersuit against McElroy Deutsch
A lawyer who countersued McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter for defamation and retaliation may add a malicious prosecution claim to the action, a New Jersey…
After Hurricane Helene, court deadlines extended, misconduct hotline activated
Hurricane Helene is having a continuing impact on the courts. The Georgia Supreme Court’s chief justice declared a statewide judicial emergency Monday to extend deadlines…
Judge who oversaw handcuffing of sleepy teen on field trip now hearing these cases
A Detroit judge sued for allegedly making an example of a sleepy teenager on a courtroom field trip is back on the bench, but he…
Chemerinsky: Will the Supreme Court have a role in the presidential election as it enters a new term?
As the justices return to the bench on Oct. 7 for the new term, the unknowable question is whether the U.S. Supreme Court will play…
Judge tosses lawyer’s dueling lawsuit against Willkie partner in spat over New York Post story
A solo practitioner accused of facilitating a negative story about a BigLaw partner in the New York Post can’t sue for a declaratory judgment that…
Longtime Boston-based law firm will disband after lawyer defections
Boston-based Burns & Levinson is winding down after losing nearly half of its attorneys to other law firms this year. Burns & Levinson was founded…
Judge reassigned after he orders defendant to wear condom and jokes ‘probation’s gonna check’
A Florida judge has been reassigned to civil court after he told a defendant to always wear a condom and repeated gay double entendres from…
No conflicts by Sullivan & Cromwell in representation of Samuel Bankman-Fried, report finds
Sullivan & Cromwell did not ignore “red flags” that would have alerted it to misconduct when it represented Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange…
Judge resigns amid Jan. 6 rally probe; ‘I would do it over again’
A New York village and town court judge has agreed to resign amid an investigation into his attendance at a Jan. 6, 2021, rally in…