Avalon Zoppo

November 05, 2021 | Law.com

Donna Heinel's guilty plea avoids the second trial in the college admissions scandal.

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2 minute read

November 04, 2021 | National Law Journal

The court held that suspension instead of disbarment is appropriate in some misconduct cases where attorneys are accused of "reckless misappropriation."

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4 minute read

November 03, 2021 | National Law Journal

Gabriel Sanchez served for former California Gov. Edmund Brown, where he oversaw the adoption of that state's Proposition 57.

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6 minute read

November 02, 2021 | National Law Journal

The man planned to search for the "Forrest Fenn treasure," a chest of gold coins hidden somewhere in the Rocky Mountains that was reportedly found in Wyoming in June 2020, according to the Tenth Circuit opinion.

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3 minute read

November 02, 2021 | Law.com

The D.C., Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and 11th circuits are all considering whether the cases must be handled in state or federal courts.

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7 minute read

November 01, 2021 | Law.com

"There's no question that this was done under circumstances that at least in Massachusetts, at the time, were illegal. … So why isn't this a fruit or instrumentality of the crime?" one Massachusetts justice asked.

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5 minute read

October 28, 2021 | Daily Report Online

The appellate court ruling is a win for Common Cause, which was represented by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and Brennan Center for Justice.

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3 minute read

October 28, 2021 | Connecticut Law Tribune

The Senate confirmed state Judge Omar Williams to the federal bench in a 52-46 vote.

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3 minute read

October 27, 2021 | National Law Journal

"The objectors' [complaint] comprises more cry than wool," the panel wrote.

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4 minute read

October 26, 2021 | National Law Journal

Witnesses before the subcommittee suggested reforms to current rules, including requiring judges to disclose securities transactions more frequently and making that data available to the public online.

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6 minute read