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June 11, 2026
A man sentenced to 14 years to life in prison for sex crimes against children will have a hearing on his attorney's effectiveness after claiming that she hired an ex-boyfriend as an expert, failing to mention his criminal history and pending professional misconduct charges, a New York appeals court said Thursday.
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June 11, 2026
A Michigan law firm's bid to toss a proposed class action alleging that it allowed a cybersecurity breach that exposed its clients' personal and medical information was denied Thursday by a federal judge who also granted the lead plaintiff's request to amend his complaint.
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June 11, 2026
A suburban Detroit district judge violated court rules by withholding a court-ordered psychological evaluation report and repeatedly mistreating court staff, a retired judge serving as a neutral in disciplinary proceedings found, while rejecting several other claims of misconduct.
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June 11, 2026
A law firm recently accused of running a volume-driven immigration filing mill claimed in a new lawsuit in Ohio federal court that three attorneys and a TikTok personality orchestrated a social media campaign falsely accusing it of visa fraud as a way to poach its clients.
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June 11, 2026
The CEO of Miss America and companies linked to the pageant asked a Florida federal court on Thursday to bar their former counsel Carlton Fields from a status conference in their litigation over Miss America's bankruptcy, arguing the firm is not a party and is no longer counsel of record.
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June 11, 2026
The Florida Supreme Court has reinstated the law license of former Trump campaign attorney Kenneth Chesebro after his conviction in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was eventually cleared by a court order invalidating the charge.
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June 11, 2026
Atlantic County, New Jersey, and its chief official called a suit by its county prosecutor over alleged prosecutorial interference a "bizarre attempt to weaponize" the court to smear the official, urging the court to toss the suit because it lacks subject matter jurisdiction.
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June 11, 2026
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed an Illinois federal court's refusal to order a redistribution of attorney fees from a $15 million settlement resolving multidistrict litigation against Bayer and other manufacturers of Seresto flea and tick collars, saying two law firms arguing they were cut out of their fair share failed to timely challenge the fee-allocation process.
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June 11, 2026
A Houston law firm on Thursday told a Texas state court that an erstwhile legal assistant stole heaps of attorney-client communications that she subsequently misused, including by relaying sensitive emails to a lawyer representing the wife of a firm attorney in the middle of a divorce.
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June 11, 2026
Quinn Emanuel and a Mexican oil company told a Miami federal court they have reached a settlement in a bitter dispute stemming from the firm's representation of the company amid a New York bankruptcy, resolving claims in U.S., Mexican and Singaporean courts.
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June 11, 2026
An Indonesian widow is suing Podhurst Orseck PA and one of its attorneys in Illinois federal court, alleging they failed to keep her informed or get her all the money she was entitled to in a $4 million settlement with Boeing over the fatal crash of Lion Air Flight 610.
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June 11, 2026
A law firm on Wednesday pushed back on a Canadian insurance company's bid to quash a subpoena issued in a policyholder's negligence suit in New Jersey state court against a trio of American firms.
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June 10, 2026
A Massachusetts judge rebuffed a Morgan & Morgan PA attorney's second attempt to appear in a lawsuit over the theft of body parts from a Harvard Medical School morgue, saying he would not reconsider his earlier decision to bar the attorney over an incident in a separate court involving fake AI-generated case citations.
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June 10, 2026
A Connecticut restaurant's attorneys must pay $7,000 to a sushi chef's attorneys after bringing the chef's ex-manager onscreen during a remote deposition in a wage lawsuit, a Connecticut federal judge ruled Wednesday, saying sanctions are warranted for conduct that can reasonably be interpreted as an intimidation tactic.
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June 10, 2026
Two state court clerks in Utah are facing criminal charges after federal prosecutors say they acted as "self-appointed anti-ICE vigilantes" by helping noncitizens leave the courthouse by a back door to evade arrest by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to the newly unsealed case.
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June 10, 2026
Camp Mystic and parents of a girl killed in flooding there last summer faced off Wednesday over whether the camp should be sanctioned because its attorney said a plaintiff's lawyer would "burn in hell" and for other alleged misconduct in litigation over flooding deaths at the Texas camp.
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June 10, 2026
A California federal judge permanently dismissed a former printer toner salesman's lawsuit accusing Toshiba of manufacturing a criminal case against him and others to maintain an illegal monopoly, ruling Tuesday that the antitrust claims are time-barred and the malicious prosecution allegations are undone because the salesman was initially convicted.
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June 10, 2026
A Florida federal magistrate judge on Wednesday denied President Donald Trump's request that she recuse herself from overseeing discovery in his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC, ruling he waived his right to ask for recusal by waiting over five months to do so.
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June 10, 2026
A Colorado federal judge has narrowed two claims in an Alaska tribal corporation's suit against a consultant and her business and told an attorney for the consultant to explain why she shouldn't be sanctioned for an improper citation in a brief generated with the help of artificial intelligence.
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June 10, 2026
Newly unsealed grand jury transcripts reveal jurors repeatedly challenged Illinois federal prosecutors' push for the indictment of protesters accused of impeding a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent's vehicle, with one juror calling the case "a crock of shit" and others questioning if a felony conspiracy charge was a stretch.
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June 10, 2026
A Florida appeals court said Wednesday that real estate investment firm Sasha Investments LLC should not have been blocked from seeking discovery from a law firm to collect on a $2.1 million default judgment.
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June 10, 2026
A Georgia congressman has filed articles of impeachment against a federal judge who was reprimanded for having sex with a police officer in her Atlanta chambers within earshot of staff, the second lawmaker this week to do so.
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June 10, 2026
An Illinois servicing company for a debt adjustment law firm has filed a new challenge to the Connecticut Department of Banking's attempts to regulate its conduct, asking a state judge to block an enforcement action seeking $100,000 for each alleged violation of state licensing rules.
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June 10, 2026
Legal service providers across New York City gathered in City Hall Park on Wednesday afternoon as five unions represented by the Association of Legal Advocates and Attorneys approach their deadlines for a new contract at the end of the month.
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June 10, 2026
A Pittsburgh-area attorney's law license was suspended Wednesday for a year and a day after he allegedly used his IOLTA account as a "clearinghouse" to move money for nonclient third parties, according to the Pennsylvania disciplinary board.