Avalon Zoppo
Avalon Zoppo is an appellate courts reporter for The National Law Journal. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @AvalonZoppo.
August 26, 2022 | Daily Report Online
Appeals Court Narrows Injunction Blocking Vaccine Mandate for Federal ContractorsThe judges said U.S. District Judge R. Stan Baker was "stretching logic" when he issued the injunction nationwide.
By Avalon Zoppo
3 minute read
August 26, 2022 | National Law Journal
Will Judicial Polarization Lead to More Strategic 'Unpublished' Opinions?Because unpublished opinions aren't precedential and don't typically get reviewed by full courts, some court watchers worry that panels could use them to get their desired outcome in a particular case without making changes to the law.
By Avalon Zoppo
6 minute read
August 25, 2022 | Law.com
Bench Report: Should Judges Have a Mandatory Retirement Age? Plus, Weaponizing Unpublished Opinions.This week we heard from an outgoing circuit judge on her thoughts on mandatory retirement ages for judges. Spoiler alert, she supports them.
By Brad Kutner | Avalon Zoppo
9 minute read
August 25, 2022 | National Law Journal
'A Haunting Reminder': Judge Recalls His Experience With Racism in Opposing Jim Crow-Era Voting LawIn his dissent, Judge James Graves Jr. recounted a cross being burned on the lawn of his grandmother's home in Mississippi in 1963.
By Avalon Zoppo
5 minute read
August 25, 2022 | National Law Journal
GOP Lawmakers Cast Doubt on Special Committee Probing Judges' Controversial Law Clerk HiringOne ethics expert dismissed the lawmakers' assertions that the Judicial Conference committee didn't have the authority to reopen the investigation into the two judges who hired a law clerk who allegedly sent racist messages.
By Avalon Zoppo
7 minute read
August 24, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Judge Ordered to Reconsider Sanction Over Lawyer's Allegedly 'Smartass' EmailThe Fifth Circuit found a trial judge failed to give the attorney enough notice or time to prepare a response to sanctions.
By Avalon Zoppo
4 minute read
August 24, 2022 | National Law Journal
DOJ Memo Found Charging Trump With Obstruction Would Be Difficult to Prove, and UnprecedentedThe watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued for the documents in 2019.
By Avalon Zoppo
3 minute read
August 23, 2022 | National Law Journal
'Legal Spaghetti': Lawyers, Scholars Call Trump's Search Warrant Challenge 'Frivolous'Trump's latest filing asks for a special master to oversee the documents taken from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI, among other requests, which those familiar with such investigations say is unheard of.
By Brad Kutner | Avalon Zoppo | Andrew Goudsward
5 minute read
August 23, 2022 | Texas Lawyer
Federal Appeals Court Revives COVID-19 Tuition Refund LawsuitSeveral students have appealed orders from district judges dismissing COVID-19 tuition refund lawsuits, but the results at the circuit court level have been mixed.
By Avalon Zoppo
3 minute read
August 22, 2022 | National Law Journal
How These Law Firms Prepped for Switch to State Courts in Abortion Rights Battle"What might be a compelling argument in Arizona may not be a compelling argument in Florida, so it's not that a firm could go in and do a one-size-fits-all approach for all of the cases winding their way through state courts," said one law professor.
By Avalon Zoppo
5 minute read
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