A Georgia Congressman on Thursday introduced legislation that would ensure misconduct complaints against judges would still be investigated, even if the judge has resigned, retired or even died.
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New Bill Holds Judges Accountable Even After They Retire

By Hailey Konnath

A Georgia Congressman on Thursday introduced legislation that would ensure misconduct complaints against judges would still be investigated, even if the judge has resigned, retired or even died.

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20 Former Federal Judges Launch Group To Defend Judiciary

By Jake Maher

Twenty former federal district and circuit judges on Thursday launched a coalition to speak out about and defend the federal judiciary as political impeachment attempts against judges increase and the federal courts system faces heightened scrutiny.

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Ex-Exec's Claims Against Dechert Still No Good, 2nd Circ. Told

By Pete Brush

A North Carolina trade executive's latest trip to the Second Circuit in his quest to win damages for alleged hacking by a private investigator on Dechert LLP's behalf should end like the others, with a dismissal, defense counsel argued Thursday.

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Paul Hastings, GenapSys Settle Calif. Legal Malpractice Suit

By James Mills

The legal malpractice suit in which gene sequencing company GenapSys Inc. argued Paul Hastings LLP caused GenapSys' bankruptcy appears to have been settled.

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GOP Seeks To Stop 'Frivolous Lawsuits' With Reconciliation

By Courtney Bublé

The House Judiciary Committee approved along party lines a proposal they say will prevent "frivolous lawsuits" by barring courts from enforcing contempt citations for failure to comply with injunctions if the plaintiff has not posted a bond for litigation costs.

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DISCIPLINARY MATTERS

Florida Ethics Panel Wants Judge Booted Over Campaign Talk

By Emily Sawicki

A Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission panel has "reluctantly, but of necessity" recommended the removal of a Florida judge found to have made inappropriate comments about abortion amid an election campaign, stating that the judge showed a lack of remorse for her actions in testimony before the panel.

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Fla. Justices Call For Suspension Of Judge In Ethics Case

By Rose Krebs

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a recommendation by an ethics watchdog that a state judge should only be reprimanded and fined for improper campaign donations and discussions about her own reelection campaign, saying she should also get a 10-day suspension.

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Colo. Judge Resigns Amid Allegations Over Misuse Of Bench

By Thy Vo

A Colorado state judge resigned on Wednesday amid a disciplinary complaint accusing him of misusing his position to help a former client that he exchanged sexual and flirtatious texts with, telling an independent panel in a brief that it no longer needs to hear a disciplinary case against him.

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LITIGATION

Drew Eckl Digs In To Force Breakaway Firm's Arbitration

By Chart Riggall

Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP renewed its calls for the Supreme Court of Georgia to reconsider an appellate panel's ruling that a breakaway law firm can't be forced to arbitrate a fee dispute, arguing the Georgia Court of Appeals' ruling last month "should not be allowed to become the law."

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McCarter & English Fights Ex-Client's $1M Fee Reduction Bid

By Aaron Keller

A former McCarter & English LLP client waited too long to challenge interest calculations that added more than $1 million to an attorney fee award, the firm has argued, asking a judge to reject Jarrow Formulas Inc.'s bid to reduce a March 12 judgment totaling $3.8 million.

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Okla. DAs Say Tribes Can't Overrule State Court Opinion

By Joyce Hanson

Two Oklahoma district attorneys have urged a federal court to throw out Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw nation lawsuits challenging the district attorneys' attempts to prosecute tribal citizens for crimes committed in Indian Country, arguing that their complaints wrongly seek to overturn a state criminal court opinion.

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Claims Against Attys In $2.6B Casino Merger Row Get Tossed

By Emily Sawicki

A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday permanently ended claims a real estate investor in a botched $2.6 billion Philippine casino deal brought against attorneys from Sadis & Goldberg LLP, finding that claims that they allowed a fraud to unfold and breached their fiduciary duties were too vague.

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Landscaping Co. Must Face Trial In Unpaid OT Suit

By Emmy Freedman

A jury should determine whether landscape workers are owed overtime wages or if they fall under an exemption from the premium pay, a Kansas federal judge ruled while finding the H-2B visa applications their employer filed did not include a promise to pay the extra wages.

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5th Circ. Keeps NFL Pension Plan's Atty Fee Appeal Afloat

By David Steele

The NFL retirement plan's appeal of a $1.86 million award of attorney fees and expenses to a former player fighting for additional disability benefits will go forward, after a panel of the Fifth Circuit rejected his bid to stop it.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Series

Teaching College Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Serving as an adjunct college professor has taught me the importance of building rapport, communicating effectively, and persuading individuals to critically analyze the difference between what they think and what they know — principles that have helped to improve my practice of law, says Sheria Clarke at Nelson Mullins.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Attys Join Nationwide 'Day Of Action' Rallies For Rule Of Law

By Ryan Boysen and Jack Rodgers

Thousands of attorneys gathered at rallies across the country on Thursday to oppose what they called the Trump administration's "assault" on the rule of law — a rare public demonstration for the normally buttoned-down and risk-averse professionals that they said "sounds the alarm of a looming constitutional crisis."

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Analysis

Hair, Makeup, Legal: The Lawyering Behind The Met Gala

By Theresa Schliep

While the red carpet arrivals of the biggest names in the entertainment industry are sure to win the most attention at the Met Gala on Monday, attorneys also play a significant role in advising the brands and celebrities at the center of fashion's biggest night.

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5 Fed. Circ. Clashes To Watch This Month

By Ryan Davis

The Federal Circuit's argument calendar for May includes appeals of two nine-figure patent verdicts — one against Apple and one against Medtronic — and Roku's bid to revive its remote control patent suit at the U.S. International Trade Commission after a loss tied to the commission's domestic industry requirement.

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Senate Panel Delays A Vote On Martin Nomination For US Atty

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday held off for now a vote to call for a hearing on Ed Martin's nomination for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a move Democrats say would allow more time to review his record and, they hope, convince enough Republicans to help them block his nomination.

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The Top In-House Hires Of April

By Michele Gorman

Legal department hires over the past month included high-profile appointments at FanDuel's parent company, American Airlines and soda business Swig. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the first full month of spring.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akin Gump

Alston & Bird

ArentFox Schiff LLP

Baker & Hostetler

Baker Donelson

Barlow Garsek

Bedell Dittmar

Bertram & Graf

Binder & Schwartz

Brooks Kushman

Brownstone Appellate Law Firm

Burke Moore Law Group

Crowell & Moring

Dame Law

Dechert LLP

Dennie Firm

Dewey & LeBoeuf

Drew Eckl

Epstein Becker

Foley & Lardner

FordHarrison

Frankfurt Kurnit

GableGotwals

Groom Law Group

Hecker Fink

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hinkle Law Firm

Hodgson Law Firm

Jones Day

Kwall Barack

Lachtman Cohen

Latham & Watkins

Lesnick Prince

Lewis Brisbois

Massumi & Consoli

McCarter & English

McElroy Deutsch

Morgan Lewis

Munger Tolles

Munsch Hardt

Nassiri & Jung

Nelson Mullins

O'Melveny & Myers

Paul Hastings

Pemberton Law Firm

Perkins Coie

Proskauer Rose

Recht Kornfeld

Robbins Alloy

Sadis & Goldberg

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Skadden Arps

Smith Tozian

Sonosky Chambers

Susman Godfrey

White & Case

Whitten Burrage

WilmerHale

Winget Spadafora

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aetna Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Airlines Group Inc.

Apple Inc.

Applebee's International Inc.

CBS Interactive Inc.

CapitalG Management Co. LLC

Cartier SA

Christian Louboutin SA

Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington

Colorado River Water Conservation District

Comcast Corp.

Cummins Inc.

DineEquity Inc.

Dolby Laboratories Inc.

Eventbrite Inc.

FanDuel Inc.

Farm Credit Mid-America

Federalist Society

Ferring Pharmaceuticals

Fort Point Capital

GenapSys Inc.

Global Partners LP

Google LLC

Hallmark Cards Inc.

Honeywell International Inc.

Instagram Inc.

International House of Pancakes LLC

Medtronic PLC

Meridian Capital Group LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

NFL Enterprises LLC

National Women's Law Center

New York City Bar Association

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York County Lawyers' Association

Okada Manila

Paramount Global

Pilot Travel Centers LLC

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

Roku Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

San Francisco Bar Association

Seattle Seahawks

Texas Roadhouse Inc.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Toll Brothers Inc.

Universal Electronics Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.

Yves Saint Laurent SAS

iHeartMedia Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Chickasaw Nation

Colorado Supreme Court

Delaware Court of Chancery

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Election Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Florida Supreme Court

Georgia Court of Appeals

Georgia Supreme Court

International Trade Commission

Los Angeles Superior Court

National Labor Relations Board

New Jersey Board of Public Utilities

Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Labor

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the District of Kansas

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma