Avalon Zoppo

March 15, 2022 | National Law Journal

"If Biden had nominated a white male with a similar background as Judge Jackson ... no one would be asking here whether their whiteness and their maleness might be a dispositive factor towards whether they were qualified for the job," Judge Joseph Greenaway said.

By Avalon Zoppo

5 minute read

March 11, 2022 | National Law Journal

The report found that six circuits granted relief above the country's overall rate, including the First, Ninth and Seventh Circuits.

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4 minute read

March 11, 2022 | Texas Lawyer

"We conclude that Texas law does not grant the state-agency executives named as defendants in this case any authority to enforce the act's requirements," the court ruled.

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4 minute read

March 10, 2022 | National Law Journal

Jones Day had denied the allegations, and said the paralegal was fired over job performance issues.

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3 minute read

March 10, 2022 | National Law Journal

Republican members of the committee took issue with an article that Kenly Kiya Kato wrote while a student at Harvard Law School in 1995.

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4 minute read

March 09, 2022 | National Law Journal

The House Republicans were represented by several attorneys with Siri & Glimstad.

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3 minute read

March 09, 2022 | National Law Journal

The attorney, Joseph Meadows, said he did not act in bad faith when he signed onto an amended complaint at the court's invitation after the case had been dismissed.

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6 minute read

March 08, 2022 | National Law Journal

The D.C. Circuit is the first federal appeals court to issue a ruling on whether COVID-19 tuition refund claims can go forward. Other appeals are pending in the Second, Fifth and Seventh circuits.

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3 minute read

March 07, 2022 | National Law Journal

The unnamed lawyer accused the U.S. bankruptcy judge of "berating" him, but the judicial council said the attorney's complaint didn't put the judge's remarks and rulings in context.

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4 minute read

March 03, 2022 | National Law Journal

The Eighth Circuit panel found that Little Rock, Arkansas-based Sanford Law Firm overbilled in the case and held up a reduction in attorney fees.

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3 minute read