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Why lawyers in Young Slime Life trial got a free lunch from strip club
A defense lawyer in the Fulton County, Georgia, racketeering case against the Young Slime Life gang treated other lawyers in the criminal case to a…
States seeking greater reach for their abortion laws may turn to Supreme Court’s pig-welfare decision
A U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding a pig-welfare law could be seized upon by states looking to expand the reach of their abortion regulations. Politico…
Did court fail to ‘disentangle race from politics’ when it overturned voting map? SCOTUS to decide
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear an appeal to a decision striking down a redrawn South Carolina congressional district for discriminating against Black voters. The…
ABA Journal named Magazine of the Year by business publication editors
The ABA Journal took home the Magazine of the Year award for overall excellence on Thursday in a national contest held by the American Society…
Oregon’s former top administrative judge gets prison time in child pornography case
Oregon’s former top administrative law judge has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after his guilty plea to 10 counts of encouraging child sexual…
How lawyers can embrace their inner ‘chicken’
“Chicken?” Why not? I would like to talk about a subject many of us in the legal profession are afraid to discuss: fear. As lawyers,…
Weekly Briefs: Infowars host Alex Jones’ lawyer appeals $97K sanction; judge removed for sexual comments
Lawyer for Infowars founder Alex Jones sanctioned $97K F. Andino Reynal, the lawyer for conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder Alex Jones, told HuffPost…
Wins for 2 corruption defendants show Supreme Court’s distaste for broad interpretations of fraud laws
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned two public corruption convictions. The Supreme Court overturned the wire fraud convictions of Joseph Percoco, a former aide…
2 ‘Varsity Blues’ convictions overturned, partly based on faulty honest-services fraud theory
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Boston on Wednesday overturned mail and wire fraud convictions of two fathers accused of paying bribes to…
Alleged cut-and-paste mistake wasn’t reason for client’s claimed $636M loss, Proskauer argues
Proskauer Rose is arguing that a bad business partner—and not a drafting mistake—is to blame for a client’s losses, which are alleged to be around…