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June 22, 2026
A D.C. federal judge held Monday that the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner can't disqualify U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and acting Attorney General Todd Blanche from prosecuting him because of their presence at the dinner.
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June 22, 2026
A Texas bankruptcy judge blocked a lawsuit in California federal court alleging Jackson Walker LLP and executives at Sorrento Therapeutics and M3 Partners conspired to forum shop in Texas so the drug developer could seek Chapter 11 protection in an "ethically compromised" bankruptcy court, ruling the suit's claims are barred by Sorrento's bankruptcy plan.
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June 22, 2026
A former New Jersey state judge who alleged that court administrators discriminated against her because of her upscale clothing and accessories has settled her federal civil rights lawsuit against court officials.
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June 22, 2026
A former Conrad & Scherer LLP managing partner must pay an Alabama coal company's attorney fees after being publicly reprimanded by an Alabama federal judge, who found he lied to the court and paid witnesses to change their testimony in his repeated lawsuits against the company.
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June 22, 2026
The Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office improperly shared a video of a meeting with its investigators about a now-suspended police officer's gender discrimination and internal affairs complaints against her department, according to a lawsuit filed in New Jersey state court.
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June 22, 2026
Five women allege in a recently filed lawsuit that a New Jersey law firm overcharged them on legal fees related to a settlement in pelvic mesh litigation, and the recent lawsuit also relates to a long-running conflict between lawyers who formerly worked together.
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June 22, 2026
A Florida appellate court panel revived a man's malpractice lawsuit alleging his public defender failed to investigate whether he was required to register as a sex offender, finding the attorney hadn't shown he was entitled to summary judgment.
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June 22, 2026
A Florida appeals court has vacated a contempt finding for Rep. Randy Fine, R-Florida, after he allegedly flipped off an opposing party during a virtual hearing, finding that the trial court should have let Fine's attorney have a break to prepare a written motion to disqualify the judge.
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June 22, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court has asked the federal government to weigh in on a Garden State appellate court's decision that approved a New Jersey State Bar Association system for fostering diversity in its leadership that was accused of being discriminatory.
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June 18, 2026
An Illinois federal judge Thursday said she wants to hear from the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago as she considers sanctions in a now-dismissed case charging three people with trying to rob undercover ATF agents at gunpoint, after prosecutors discovered video evidence that was "inconsistent" with the criminal complaint.
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June 18, 2026
A marketing company that specializes in advertising mass tort litigation lodged a suit against a lender in Texas state court, claiming the lender wrongfully demanded $6 million that came from a judgment finding that a law firm failed to make payments for a $42 million contract.
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June 18, 2026
A Connecticut attorney facing possible sanctions over fake case quotations in a taco restaurant trademark fight told a federal judge that he takes "full and unqualified responsibility" for the flawed filings, saying he is "mortified" and acknowledging that his verification process for AI-assisted legal work fell far short.
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June 18, 2026
A Connecticut federal judge said Thursday that he is "impressed" with the "growth" that a suspended attorney has shown in the months since his reinstatement hearing began, but he would not rule on readmitting him to the bar until a state-level committee makes its own recommendation.
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June 18, 2026
Another defendant alleged Thursday that the same Chicago federal prosecutor linked to misconduct claims that ultimately tanked two recent criminal cases also made prejudicial remarks to the grand jury while seeking arson charges against him, improperly vouched for the strength of the government's case, and shared personal opinions about his guilt.
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June 18, 2026
Ford Motor Co. accused California personal injury firm Quill & Arrow LLP of defrauding it out of more than $25 million in high-priced legal bills for work actually handled by virtual assistants overseas and non-lawyers in scores of product liability cases against the automaker.
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June 18, 2026
The Washington federal judge handling the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case against Amazon asked both parties to provide more information about how he should consider attorney-client privilege when reviewing documents to resolve discovery disputes in the case.
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June 18, 2026
An Israeli attorney whose participation in a fraud scheme led by convicted Ponzi schemer Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein gave the plan an "air of legitimacy" was sentenced on Thursday to one year and three months in federal prison.
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June 18, 2026
A medical malpractice suit in the Michigan Court of Appeals led to financial sanctions against an attorney who the court said during litigation repeatedly cited nonexistent cases that were generated by artificial intelligence.
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June 18, 2026
New York's highest court Thursday affirmed a ruling that rejected jurists' challenges to the Empire State's mandatory retirement age of 70 for state judges and justices, finding that the centuries-old constitutional mandate doesn't conflict with a recent state civil rights amendment banning age discrimination.
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June 18, 2026
Disgraced attorney Alex Murdaugh cannot tie the money he spent on his criminal defense in his since-nullified murder trial back to a former court clerk's alleged jury tampering, so his lawsuit over that tampering should be tossed, the former clerk told a South Carolina federal court Thursday.
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June 18, 2026
Georgia's judicial ethics commission has asked a federal court to reject a bid from two defeated Peach State Supreme Court candidates to withdraw public statements the watchdog issued shortly before the state's primary election day last month, stating that the judicial hopefuls may have committed ethics violations, arguing that their request is moot now that the election has passed.
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June 18, 2026
Two bipartisan bills to bring cameras into federal courtrooms advanced Thursday, but the policymaking body for the federal judiciary continues to oppose them and raised the issue of deepfakes in the age of artificial intelligence.
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June 17, 2026
Eve Legal ripped off legal tech company AI.Law's patent that allows lawyers and other legal professionals to use artificial intelligence to generate legal documents, AI.Law alleged in a patent infringement lawsuit filed Wednesday in California federal court.
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June 17, 2026
Immigration activists whose claims of prosecutorial misconduct led Chicago's top federal prosecutor to drop a criminal conspiracy case against them are now asking their judge to appoint special counsel and conduct an evidentiary sanctions hearing to determine the full extent of the misconduct and "ensuing cover-up."
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June 17, 2026
A New York federal judge Wednesday refused to throw out an indictment accusing crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond of campaign finance crimes, rejecting her argument that prosecutors previously promised her husband, a former FTX executive, that his guilty plea would mean she's in the clear.