By Lisa Willis | February 29, 2024
Two attorneys were disbarred, four had their licenses revoked, two were suspended, and one faced reprimand.
By Michael A. Mora | February 29, 2024
"The professionalism requirement seems to reflect the Florida Supreme Court's growing intolerance for incivility and other unprofessional behavior that bleeds into legal ethics rule violations thereby both damaging the public's confidence in the profession and resulting in disciplinary action and sanctions," said Jan Jacobowitz, an ethics expert.
By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024
Plaintiff-appellant counsel Walker Chandler said that this raises "interesting questions" concerning sovereign immunity after Georgia voters approved a 2020 ballot measure that would make it easier for citizens to challenge the constitutionality of state actions.
By Michael A. Mora | February 28, 2024
The U.S. Senate confirmed the federal magistrate judge by a 54-44 vote.
By Alex Anteau | February 28, 2024
"The type of harm that occurred … is precisely the type of harm that the statute was designed to guard against," the court wrote in a unanimous opinion.
By Colleen Murphy | February 28, 2024
"This case shows the changing landscape of the judicial crisis, and why the governor and Legislature need to fully staff our courthouses around the state," plaintiffs counsel Christina Vassiliou Harvey of Lomurro, Munson, said. "This decision does not resolve the problem of a grossly understaffed judiciary around the state. While there has been movement, judicial nominees should be vetted and approved so that litigants' cases can be heard as expeditiously as possible in a convenient forum."
By Chris O'Malley | February 28, 2024
With the new independent contractor standard, the U.S. Department of Labor is "essentially putting their thumb on the scale to encourage a finding of employment," Baker & Hostetler partner Todd Lebowitz said.
By Amanda O'Brien | February 27, 2024
Partners Bradley Henry and Kathleen Shannon lead the team, which is divided between New York and Washington.
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By Alex Anteau | February 27, 2024
"There's no thornier issue than obviousness in patentability," said IP attorney Kevin Crosby.
By Amanda Bronstad | February 27, 2024
U.S. District Judge Dan Polster, who is weighing a disqualification motion in the opioid multidistrict litigation, raised concerns this month about Motley Rice obtaining confidential information while representing the state of Hawaii, the District of Columbia and the city of Chicago in other cases.
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