Avalon Zoppo

December 13, 2022 | National Law Journal

Douglas has sat as a U.S. magistrate judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana since 2019.

By Avalon Zoppo

2 minute read

December 13, 2022 | National Law Journal

"[I]t was evident from the beginning that the plaintiffs faced an uphill battle," the judges said.

By Avalon Zoppo

3 minute read

December 08, 2022 | National Law Journal

"I think every one of them signed a pleading they never should have signed," said Detroit's attorney.

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4 minute read

December 07, 2022 | National Law Journal

"What makes this a hard case for me … is the at least colorable case of incitement," one judge on the panel said.

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6 minute read

December 06, 2022 | National Law Journal

Chief Judge William Pryor said the allegations against Cannon lacked sufficient evidence.

By Avalon Zoppo

4 minute read

December 06, 2022 | National Law Journal

"Every student understands that no law school has a monopoly on information about judges but every school has a ceiling on the number they can keep track of," said Aliza Shatzman.

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4 minute read

December 05, 2022 | National Law Journal

Pryor is the first judge of color to serve on the Seventh Circuit from Indiana.

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2 minute read

December 05, 2022 | National Law Journal

"I'm asking you what time it is and you're telling me how to make a watch," the bar disciplinary counsel told Giuliani in one exchange.

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6 minute read

December 02, 2022 | National Law Journal

In what could be the biggest case of her career, the appeals court thoroughly rebuked the judge's legal approach to the case involving former President Donald Trump.

By Avalon Zoppo

6 minute read

December 01, 2022 | National Law Journal

"In most search warrants, the government seizes property that unambiguously belongs to the subject of a search. That cannot be enough to support equitable jurisdiction," the judges wrote.

By Avalon Zoppo | Brad Kutner

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