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Pa. High Court Throws Out Disciplinary Charges Over Lawyer's $1M Fee Request

"This is very significant not just for this individual case but for the profession," said BrotmanLaw's Ellen Brotman, who represented Michael Pisanchyn.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

She May Take the Bench: Appellate Division Sides With Prosecutor in Pension Dispute

"In short, the unique process required to attain a Superior Court judgeship prevents a person from making an 'arrangement' for the position," Judge Heidi Willis Currier said. "They must run the uncertain and unforeseeable gauntlet of politics and unknown roadblocks that may or may not finally result in a gubernatorial nomination and subsequent Senate confirmation."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Standing to Sue? 3rd-Party Discrimination Dispute Lands Before Justices

"What is the violation of your client's own rights?," Justice Andrew A. Pinson asked appellant counsel during oral arguments Tuesday.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

8th Circuit Appeal Could Weaken Key Defense in Disability Bias Cases, Employment Lawyers Say

Hardee's is urging the court to reject a test that permits Americans with Disabilities Act claims to go to a jury if the firing of a disabled employee for having violated workplace policy is "inextricably linked" to the worker's disability.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Federal appeals panel says suspended lawyer Michael Avenatti should be resentenced

Avenatti rose to fame representing porn actor Stormy Daniels against former President Donald Trump and was later convicted of diverting money from his California clients for his own use.
2 minute read

Law.com

Mass. Appellate Court Chief Justice Nominee Discusses AI, Mentoring and Hybrid Work

"Every day we're advancing and with AI here and coming, I think we're going to have all kinds of challenges," the chief justice nominee told the panel.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Constitutionality Challenge Returns Georgia's Equitable Caregiver Act to Appellate Spotlight

"Is your argument that this act had not been enacted at the relevant time for your case?" asked Justice Sarah Hawkins Warren during oral arguments Tuesday. "Or is your argument that the text of the equitable caregiver statute is so vague that no reasonable person could ascertain that this is a mechanism for giving up parental rights?"
6 minute read

Daily Business Review

Big Law Assembles as Cruise Lines Clinch Partial Victory in $439M Havana Docks Suit

"As a member of the Cuban American community in South Florida whose family lost everything following the 1959 Cuban revolution, wholeheartedly agree with the dissent," said one attorney not associated with the lawsuit.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

At Supreme Court These Days, the Liberal Justices Are 'Textualists' Too

"You're making a policy argument," Justice Elena Kagan told an attorney during a recent Supreme Court hearing. "But what I don't hear you telling me is, like, what in the statute prevents the [Environmental Protection Agency] from doing this."
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Split DC Circuit Upholds Trespassing Charge Used in Hundreds of Jan. 6 Cases

The law prohibits a person from knowingly entering restricted areas that are posted, cordoned off or "otherwise restricted," the latter of which is defined as places where people protected by the Secret Service will be visiting.
3 minute read

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