Lawsuit against FBI Surveillance of California Mosques Tossed Out
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney dismissed a lawsuit charging that the FBI violated civil...
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International Child Custody Dispute before the Supreme Court
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the challenge made to a lower court ruling by a U.S. Army...
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Prosecutor Prosecuted over Sex for Legal Representation
The people over at Reuters asked sarcastically whether it was an “Alternative fee arrangement?” employed...
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Ex-Lawmaker “Asleep at the Switch” while Aides Faked Vote Petitions
On Thursday, four staff members of former U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter were charged with forgery and...
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Former General Counsel of a Teamsters Local Sentenced to Prison for Stealing
On Wednesday, a former general counsel for a Teamsters local was sentenced to up to 8 years in prison for...
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The Spa Visits of the Former Jackson County Court Administrator
Records show that the former court administrator of Jackson County, Teresa York has created some issues over...
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Some Courtroom Drama in the Apple/Samsung Trial
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh rejected Apple Inc’s request for severe sanctions against Samsung...
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DOJ tells California High Court Not to Allow Illegal Immigrant Practice Law
On Thursday, an amicus brief filed by the DOJ in response to the California Supreme Court’s request for...
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Former Robbins Geller Partner Sanctioned for Inflated Fees: ‘Fall Gal?’
Last Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quackenbush reprimanded a former partner at Robbins Geller...
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Appeals Court: Negligence but No Legal Malpractice on Part of Real Estate Attorney
On Tuesday, the Appellate Division, First Department, found that in case of a real estate attorney, Howard...
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New Jersey Uses People's Power to Fight Judicial Power
Recently, we had reported that the justices in New Jersey Supreme Court had found judicial pension measures...
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Drug-sniffing Dog’s Actions do not Violate “Search and Seizure” Rights
On Friday, the Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that the voluntary and instinctive...
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5th Circuit Rules Defendants Can Benefit From Changes in Law Made Before Appeal
On Wednesday, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a decision that changes made to...
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SEC Rebuked by Judge for Ignoring the Antics of FINRA Investor Education Fund
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge William Pauley rebuked the SEC for a “lack of oversight” and...
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New Jersey Judges Exempt from Pension Reform
On Tuesday, New Jersey Supreme Court justices ruled that last year’s state pension reform does not apply to...
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Judicial Conduct Commission Seeks Removal of Bronx Surrogate
In a report released on Monday, a judicial referee said that Bronx Surrogate Lee Holzman had committed...
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Cyrus Vance Becomes President of NY District Attorneys Association
On Saturday, well-known Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance became the new president of the District...
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British Judge Tells Apple to Advertise for Samsung
In a decision, which is quite unusual in the legal world, a judge in Britain has ordered Apple to publish...
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Los Angeles Sues “Slumlord” US Bancorp
The city of Los Angeles has sued the US Bancorp on Monday, accusing a unit of the U.S. commercial bank of...
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Lawsuit against Contraception Mandate brought by Seven States Dismissed
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Warren Urbom dismissed a lawsuit brought by seven states against the...
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Application Deadline Extended for Upcoming Vacancy on New York Court of Appeals
On Monday, the New York State Commission on Judicial Nomination informed the public that the deadline for...
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NY Bar Mulls Task Force to Study Legal Job Market
In a legal job market where after nine months from graduation only 55% of the class of 2011 is into jobs that...
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Child Porn Conviction Scuttled Due to Improper Search and Seizure
On Thursday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the conviction of a medical researcher, because...
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DC Bar Says Discovery Firms in Law Practice Can’t Have Non-Lawyer Investors
It has been learned that last month the District of Columbia Bar issued an opinion holding that companies...
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Court Upholds Amendments to Wicks Law
In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department has found that amendments to the centuries-old...
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“Emergency Doctrine” Applied to Murder Investigation
On Friday, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department found that the continued questioning of a murder suspect...
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Two Judges Disciplined by NYS Conduct Commission
On Friday, the Commission on Judicial Conduct disciplined two judges. In the first case, the commission...
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No Mandatory Presumption of Vehicular Manslaughter in Drunk Driving
On Thursday, a New York State appeal court dismissed a constitutional challenge to the state’s vehicular...
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Attorney Sanctioned For Advancing "Strawman" Argument
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said in an opinion that attorney Alan Futerfas had advanced a...
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Appellate Court Broadens Scope of Tort Liability for Members of Cooperative Boards
On Tuesday, the Appellate Division, First Department overturned a 2006 ruling that limited the liability for...
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