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October 16, 2026
The Florida Supreme Court found an attorney guilty of misconduct over his lack of candor when questioned about an interaction with his own witness in a paternity trial, saying there's no way "COVID brain" caused him to violate a sequestration rule and lie to a judge.
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October 16, 2026
The Pennsylvania Judicial Conduct Board announced that it has resolved an ethics investigation into a Philadelphia judge after he agreed to resign amid recently dropped domestic violence charges and separate drunken dust-up allegations involving staff and police at a Jersey Shore restaurant and marina, calling the alleged misconduct an "irreparable stain" on the judge's judicial service.
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October 16, 2026
Lawyers representing clients against the federal government spoke Friday about the challenges and rewards of such litigation in the Trump era, with plaintiff-side powerhouse Elizabeth Cabraser pointing to the potential for massive impact, including one case in which she successfully got more than a billion dollars in grant funding reinstated.
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October 16, 2026
Italian construction giant Webuild has successfully gotten disqualified the well-known arbitrator Philippe Sands KC from hearing its arbitration against Argentina over a highway construction concession, according to an Oct. 9 decision seen by Law360.
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October 16, 2026
Judges on the D.C. Circuit hounded a Trump administration attorney over the White House's attempt to do away with the Presidential Records Act on Friday, as they searched to find the limit on the president's authority over his own work documents.
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