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Alston & Bird resolves dispute over legal advice during pandemic
Law firm Alston & Bird has resolved a federal lawsuit over its regulatory advice on the imports of hand sanitizing wipes during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Former Texas judge questions murder suspect over satanism, receives public reprimand
A former East Texas judge has received a public reprimand after speaking to a murder suspect about his alleged affiliation with satanism without his attorney’s…
Judge who pointed AR-15 at officer avoids ethics case with resignation
A Georgia magistrate judge who admitted pointing an AR-15 rifle at a sheriff’s officer has ended the ethics case against him by resigning, according to…
DeSantis gets more lawyer donations than Trump but not quite as much as Biden
Self-identified lawyers are favoring Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over former President Trump in campaign donations. According to Bloomberg Law, lawyers gave more than…
Federal judge orders release of county’s unrepresented defendants, says problem is ‘complete tragedy’
A federal judge in Eugene, Oregon, has ruled that defendants held without lawyers for 10 days in Washington County, Oregon’s jail must be released from…
Lawyer’s timeshare-donation tax shelter was ‘more of a bogus tax scheme,’ 9th Circuit says
A federal appeals court has upheld an $8.46 million penalty against a lawyer who promoted a timeshare-donation tax shelter that overvalued the properties. The 9th…
Anderson Kill’s former CFO sues for alleged disability discrimination
The former chief financial officer of Anderson Kill has alleged in a lawsuit that the law firm offered to demote him to billing manager and…
Law banning transgender students from female sports likely unconstitutional, 9th Circuit says
A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled for a transgender college student who challenged an Idaho law that bars transgender athletes from participating in women’s…
Meet Kenneth Chesebro, ‘the brains’ behind Trump’s fake elector scheme
A lawyer accused of crafting a fake elector strategy on behalf of former President Donald Trump was once a registered Democrat who worked after his…
Judge assigned to Trump’s criminal case in Georgia once worked for DA
The state court judge appointed to preside in the Georgia racketeering case against former President Donald Trump once worked for Fani T. Willis, the current…