Prophecy Fund Collapse Leading to More Guilty Pleas, US Says
A prosecutor said more people will plead guilty over the 2020 collapse of
A prosecutor said more people will plead guilty over the 2020 collapse of
Criminal case specialists who aid judiciary-funded defense lawyers are cutting costs and refusing assignments after four months of working without pay, prompting lawyers to request case delays.
A jury took about two hours Tuesday to acquit a man accused of soliciting President Donald Trump’s assassination on social media, a setback for the Justice Department office led by Trump’s newly-installed loyalist Lindsey Halligan.
San Francisco Superior Court clerks called off a strike planned Wednesday over staffing and training issues after their union reached a tentative agreement with court management.
A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary urged a Virginia federal court to force three medical experts to disclose who’s funding their defense in a trade libel lawsuit over a scientific paper linking cosmetic talc to mesothelioma.
The Florida Supreme Court has multiple pathways to maneuver around American Bar Association accreditation of the state’s law schools, a group appointed by the court said in a long-awaited report.
Bill Essayli was unlawfully serving as the Central District of California’s acting US attorney a federal judge said Tuesday, disqualifying him from the role while permitting him to stay on as a top supervising prosecutor in the office.
Agreements between law firms and government—like those entered into earlier this year between some Big Law firms and the Trump administration—have ethical implications that firms, their attorneys, and government attorneys must consider, the ethics committee of the District of Columbia Bar said in a new opinion.
Texas is turning again to Keller Postman, a firm that helped the state secure a $1.4 billion settlement with
An Alabama judge overseeing Jackson Hospital & Clinic’s bankruptcy said he’ll soon rule on possible sanctions against Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani and attorney Cassie Preston over violations tied to court filings with fabricated AI-generated citations.

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