Philly Judge Accused Of Assault Suspended From Bench

By James Boyle

A Philadelphia family court judge was suspended indefinitely from his post Thursday following his arrest earlier this week on charges alleging he assaulted his wife and daughter at their home in the Torresdale section of the city.

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Lack Of 'Wages Due' Vexes Pa. Justices In Damages Bid

By Matthew Santoni

Members of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Thursday seemed to doubt the ability of a debt collection firm's former CEO to sue his employer solely for punitive damages over bonuses the company eventually paid, albeit belatedly, pointing to state law that says claims can be made for "wages due" in the present tense.

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Aerotech Workers Get Class Nod In Suit Over ESOP Strategy

By Grace Elletson

A Pennsylvania federal judge handed class certification to a group of 500 workers in their suit claiming Aerotech Inc. failed to more aggressively invest cash held in its employee stock ownership plan, ruling the case clears the requirements needed to secure class status.

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Cops' Misdeeds Don't Undo Conviction, Pa. Panel Says

By Jonathan Capriel

Police misconduct following a murder investigation and subsequent jury conviction cannot be the basis for a new trial, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled, saying the law enforcement officials' alleged misdeeds have no bearing on the case at hand.

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Epilepsy Drugmaker's Statements Insulated From Stock Suit

By P.J. D'Annunzio

A Pennsylvania federal judge has trimmed a shareholder class action against Marinus Pharmaceuticals alleging it misled investors about the probability of success of an epilepsy drug, ruling that certain statements made by company leadership were immunized by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

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Ecuador Oil Co. Says No Arbitration In $650M Suit

By Caroline Simson

Ecuador's state-owned oil shipping company on Wednesday urged a Pennsylvania federal court not to force it to arbitrate its $650 million lawsuit over events at the heart of an impeachment scandal involving former Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, arguing that the case is "not a contract dispute."

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Lawmakers Seek Clarity On Trump's Stock Buyback Order

By Madeline Lyskawa

Four Democratic lawmakers have called on President Donald Trump and U.S. Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide clarity on how they plan to enforce a recent executive order barring defense contractors from buying back their stock or paying shareholder dividends if they are underperforming on their contracts. 

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Podcasting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Podcasting has changed how I ask questions and connect with people, sharpening my ability to listen without interrupting or prejudging, and bringing me closer to what law is meant to be: a human profession grounded in understanding, judgment and trust, says Donna DiMaggio Berger at Becker.

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4th Circ. Scolds Atty Suspected Of Using AI In Race Bias Suit

By Patrick Hoff

The Fourth Circuit has reprimanded an attorney suspected of using generative artificial intelligence to draft briefs in a race discrimination lawsuit against Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., warning that courts need to grapple with the technology as it "may soon become the norm."

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Democrats Seek Review Of Bondi's Role In Brother's Cases

By Alison Knezevich

Two Democratic lawmakers have asked the U.S. Department of Justice's inspector general to review whether Attorney General Pam Bondi "adequately recused herself" from cases involving clients represented by her brother Brad Bondi, who is a partner at Paul Hastings LLP.

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Sinema Says Tryst With Ex-Guard Not In NC Court's Reach

By Abigail Harrison

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, now a Hogan Lovells attorney, told a North Carolina federal court Thursday that a lawsuit alleging her cross-country affair with a former member of her security detail ended a 14-year marriage must be dismissed because the trysts occurred outside state borders.

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Ex-Judge Testifies About Alleged Forgeries In Amazon Case

By Kelcey Caulder

The former chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia testified Thursday about the alleged forging of court documents, signatures and court stamps in a criminal case against a woman accused of defrauding Amazon out of $9.4 million through fraudulent invoices. 

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Judge Newman Takes Suspension Battle To Supreme Court

By Ryan Davis

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman brought her fight against a suspension imposed on her by her colleagues to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, arguing that a lower court wrongly held that her challenges to the order are not subject to judicial review.

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Calif. Bar Says Internal Docs Bolster Claims Against Exam Co.

By Emily Sawicki

The State Bar of California has bulked up its breach of contract and fraud suit against the administrator of its "disastrous" February 2025 bar exam, filing an amended complaint in light of information it says it learned from internal communications unearthed amid discovery.

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Holyoak's US Attorney Nomination Advances

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Melissa Holyoak, former commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission, to be U.S. attorney for the District of Utah was sent to the full Senate on Thursday.

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CFTC Takes 1st Steps Toward Prediction Market Regulations

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission opened the door Thursday to promised prediction market regulation, calling for public feedback on what such rules might look like while laying out the staff's view on the current rules that the platforms should follow in order to offer betting on sports and other events.

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