Jacqueline Thomsen

April 30, 2021 | National Law Journal

President Joe Biden's nominees are changing the face of the judiciary.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

8 minute read

April 28, 2021 | National Law Journal

Oh resigned days into the job after a judge questioned Paul Weiss' attorneys' conduct for describing opposing counsel as acting "agitated, disrespectful, and unhinged" during a deposition.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

3 minute read

April 28, 2021 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of D.C. and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi, a partner with Zuckerman Spaedar, described how their time working as public defenders impacted their careers and how they would set aside their personal views on the bench.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

7 minute read

April 26, 2021 | National Law Journal

"That makes them feel that the courtroom is a place where they have some power or some agency where they matter. And the feeling that they have, whether they win or lose, of having been heard, is like gold," Ifill said.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

5 minute read

April 23, 2021 | The Recorder

The Biden Justice Department this week agreed to pay $1.5 million in attorney fees to end a Trump-era census lawsuit after the Trump DOJ paid roughly $9 million to resolve litigation over the failed attempt to add a citizenship question to the census.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

April 22, 2021 | National Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said the defendant's religious beliefs wouldn't play into her ruling for his release, but raised concerns about whether he'd follow her orders.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

4 minute read

April 21, 2021 | National Law Journal

"It's my hope that this announcement is the beginning of many more announcements that are both enforcement, but also some of the other levers that the Department of Justice can pull to influence local jurisdictions around this very complicated and critical question of policing," said one Obama-era DOJ official.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

7 minute read

April 20, 2021 | National Law Journal

"Shedding tears for [George Floyd's] family, for the witnesses and community traumatized by this killing. For those who protested and still protest demanding change. The heaviness remains. But step-by-step. Step-by-step," said Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

By Nate Robson | Jacqueline Thomsen | Alaina Lancaster

7 minute read

April 19, 2021 | National Law Journal

The motion to dismiss the MyPillow defamation complaint alleges that Dominion has "one goal—to shut down and end public debate concerning the 2020 presidential election and concerning the integrity of Dominion's electronic voting machines."

By Jacqueline Thomsen

7 minute read

April 16, 2021 | National Law Journal

A panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that while a court filing that was the basis for the reporting was later sealed, a "fair and true report" privilege still applied.

By Jacqueline Thomsen

3 minute read