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Menendez's Wife Fears His Sentencing Would Taint Her Trial
The wife of former Sen. Robert Menendez asked a New York federal judge on Tuesday to delay her trial on bribery charges, scheduled for Feb. 5, to avoid having it commence within one week of the sentencing of her husband and co-defendant.
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Ga. Judge's Ethics Case Gets March Hearing Date
A hearing has been set for March in the ethics case against a Georgia state judge accused of improperly allowing her personal friendship with an attorney to influence her role as a judge during a child custody case and of initiating and participating in ex parte communications.
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Special Counsel Report
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the publication of a report by special counsel Jack Smith regarding his two now-dismissed prosecutions of Donald Trump, after lawyers for the president-elect said Smith was trying to continue a political crusade now that he can no longer pursue criminal charges.
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Trump Can't Halt Sentencing In NY Case, Appeals Judge Says
A New York appellate judge Tuesday declined to freeze proceedings in Donald Trump's criminal hush money case, clearing the way for the president-elect to be sentenced as scheduled on Friday following his guilty verdict and just days before his inauguration.
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Thompson Coburn Adds Former Federal Prosecutor In Dallas
Thompson Coburn LLP has added a former assistant U.S. attorney to its Dallas office, boosting its business litigation and white collar defense and investigations offerings in the growing North Texas market.
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Trump Selects Long Island Judge For EDNY's Top Prosecutor
President-elect Donald Trump, who was born in Queens, has picked a Long Island state court judge to serve as the next U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, according to an announcement made Monday on Truth Social.
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Jury Will Hear Proud Boys 'Context' In Trial Against Law Firm
A federal judge ruled Monday that a lawyer and law firm who supposedly misused a Texas company's jury pool research can't keep a jury from hearing certain details about their defense of Proud Boys who took part in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
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S.D. Fla. US Atty Will Leave Before Trump Takes Office
Markenzy Lapointe, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announced Monday that he will resign Jan. 17 ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.
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Mass. US Atty To Depart Role Before Trump's Inauguration
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy will step down from the job Jan. 17 ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, his office announced Monday evening.
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Judge Urged To Sit Out Alopecia IP Row Over Ex-Clerk's Role
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has asked a New Jersey federal judge to recuse himself from a case alleging the company's alopecia drug infringes an Incyte patent, saying Incyte's attorneys hired the judge's former law clerk and put him on the case, creating "an indelible appearance of impropriety."
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DOJ Backs Later 30-Day Window For Removal Appeals
The federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court that a 30-day deadline for noncitizens to challenge removal orders only applies for purposes of judicial review when proceedings in lower tribunals conclude, not when the initial removal orders are issued.
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NC Justices To Decide Ballot Challenge In High Court Race
A Republican appellate judge looking to throw out more than 60,000 votes in his race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court succeeded Monday in getting his legal challenge kicked back to the Tar Heel State's top court, with a federal judge finding it wasn't his place to decide the matter.
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Texas Justice Jimmy Blacklock Named High Court Chief
Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock is being promoted to chief justice and Gov. Greg Abbott's general counsel has been tapped to fill the seat Justice Blacklock is vacating, the governor's office announced Monday.
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Convicted Atty Who 'Lost Everything' Fights To Keep License
A Philadelphia-based personal injury attorney who was convicted for not paying income tax on more than $8 million in revenue he earned and for failing to pay almost $60,000 in payroll taxes argued Monday he should not permanently lose his ability to practice law in New Jersey.
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Breyer's 1st Circ. Visit A 'Very Cool' Opportunity For Attys
As some lawyers practicing before the First Circuit may learn this week, having a former Supreme Court justice parachute into arguments adds an extra layer of gravitas to the proceedings and another challenge for advocates to navigate as they make their case.
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On Capitol Riot Anniversary, DOJ Update Says 1,500 Charged
On the fourth anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol and the day President-elect Donald Trump's victory was to be made official, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that over 1,500 defendants have been charged with federal crimes related to the insurrection.
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Ex-Prosecutor Sworn In To Colorado Federal Bench
Cyrus Y. Chung, a former assistant U.S. attorney, was sworn in Monday as a federal magistrate judge for the District of Colorado, following the retirement of a longtime magistrate judge in the district.
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Arkansas' Justices Block New Chief From Firing Officials
The Arkansas Supreme Court has blocked an attempt by its new chief justice to terminate 10 state court employees, saying that the proposed terminations appear to be "retaliatory" and "would disrupt the administration of justice across the state."
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National Court Reporters Association Hit With Antitrust Suit
The National Court Reporters Association exploits its monopoly in the stenographic certification market to charge its members inflated and unnecessary membership dues and keep potential competitors out of the market, according to a new antitrust lawsuit in New Jersey federal court.
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Former Palm Beach State Atty Launches Litigation Boutique
Longtime Palm Beach County, Florida, State Attorney Dave Aronberg is starting a new journey in private practice with the launch of a new boutique law firm.
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Judge Denies Trump's Request To Delay Jan. 10 Sentencing
A New York state judge on Monday denied Donald Trump's request to suspend his Jan. 10 sentencing in his hush money case as the president-elect simultaneously appealed the court's refusal to throw out the charges based on presidential immunity.
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Connecticut US Attorney Avery To Resign Jan. 17
The U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut on Monday announced her resignation effective just before the stroke of midnight the Friday before the presidential inauguration.
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George Santos Wants Fraud Sentencing Delayed For Podcast
Expelled U.S. Rep. George Santos on Friday urged a New York federal judge to delay sentencing in his federal fraud case for six months, saying he needs time to earn money through his new "Pants On Fire" weekly gossip podcast to pay roughly $580,000 owed in restitution and forfeiture.
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States Debate High Court Solution To Election Map Catch-22
Louisiana has implored the U.S. Supreme Court to decisively resolve litigation over its federal election map in one of three ways, suggesting the justices could toss the case on standing, decide the merits, or, preferably, find that federal courts have no role in refereeing redistricting disputes.
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Ex-Mich. Public Defender Fined For Revealing Client's 'Secret'
The retired director of the public defender's office in Muskegon, Michigan, has been handed a 75-day suspension and ordered to pay more than $3,000 in fees after disciplinary authorities found he shared a client's "confidence or secret" and failed to enact and enforce policies to avoid conflicts of interest in the office.