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  • June 04, 2026

    Trump Era Worse Than McCarthy For Speech, Law Dean Says

    The dean of UC Berkeley's law school told an audience of lawyers and artists on Thursday that America is experiencing "an unprecedented assault on the Constitution, on the First Amendment, and on freedom of speech," comparing the country under President Donald Trump unfavorably to the McCarthy era.

  • June 04, 2026

    Swipe-Fee Class Opposes Rethink For Sanctioned Injury Firm

    Personal injury firm Betz & Baril PLC and its referral partner ClickFunds have no grounds to seek reconsideration or clarification on a New York federal judge's sanctions for misleading would-be class members in long-running antitrust litigation against Visa and Mastercard, the merchant class said Thursday.

  • June 04, 2026

    Ex-FirstEnergy Execs Face New Bribery Charges After Mistrial

    An Ohio grand jury hit two former FirstEnergy executives Wednesday with a fresh round of corruption charges alleging they bribed a utility regulator to secure a controversial $1.3 billion bailout for two FirstEnergy nuclear plants, beefing up accusations against the executives after a jury deadlocked on the initial charges.

  • June 04, 2026

    DOJ Attys Launch Disability Suit Over Telework Revocation

    Two federal immigration attorney-advisers have filed a proposed class action accusing the U.S. Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review of violating the Rehabilitation Act by denying them telework accommodations for their disabilities.

  • June 04, 2026

    Blank Rome Awarded Trimmed Fee In Malicious Litigation Suit

    A Pennsylvania lawyer who refused to answer deposition questions in her unsuccessful malicious litigation suit against three Blank Rome LLP lawyers and an aircraft parts company must pay them more than $95,000 in fees, though a federal judge knocked off some "duplicative and excessive charges" from the amount sought.

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