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    Head Of Calif. State Bar To Step Down After Botched Exam

    The leader of the State Bar of California, who oversaw the problem-plagued rollout of this year's state bar exam, will be leaving the organization when her contract expires in July, the bar announced Friday.

  • Convicted Ex-Sacks Weston Atty Gets Early End To Probation

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has granted the request of a Philadelphia lawyer sentenced in 2023 to prison and supervised release for resolving cases behind the back of his former firm to be let out of probation early.

  • 3rd Circ. Says County Judges Need Notice To Pull Probation

    The Third Circuit on Friday partly revived claims from criminal defendants who said they were jailed for alleged probation violations too hastily and too long by Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Judges Jill Rangos, Anthony Mariani and Kelly Bigley, but the split panel declined to require more than "probable cause" for someone to be returned to jail.

  • Reuters Escapes Suit Over NJ Judicial Privacy Âé¶¹´«Ã½

    A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging Thomson Reuters violated the New Jersey judicial privacy measure Daniel's Âé¶¹´«Ã½, finding the plaintiffs failed to properly serve the Canadian organization.

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    Legal Job Sector Stayed Strong In April Despite Economy

    The U.S. legal sector added 1,400 law-related jobs in April, marking the second straight month of improvement, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

  • Voir Dire: Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz

    The legal industry began May with another action-packed week as BigÂé¶¹´«Ã½ firms established new executive roles and added talent across the country. Test your legal news savvy here with Âé¶¹´«Ã½360 Pulse's weekly quiz.

  • DC US Atty Pick Vows To Take On Judicial Threats

    Ed Martin, nominee to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia who is currently serving in the role on an interim basis, has told federal judges in D.C. he is concerned about the increase in threats to judges and pledged to work together to stop it.

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    Trump Announces First Judicial Nominee Of 2nd Term

    President Donald Trump announced his first judicial nominee of his second administration late Thursday night.

  • New Bill Holds Judges Accountable Even After They Retire

    A Georgia Congressman on Thursday introduced legislation that would ensure misconduct complaints against judges would still be investigated, even if the judge has resigned, retired or even died.

  • Troops Urge High Court To Keep Transgender Ban On Ice

    Several transgender service members and recruits told the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reject the Trump administration's bid to lift a federal judge's order prohibiting implementation of the Pentagon's ban on transgender military service, claiming the policy is so deeply rooted in animosity that it won't survive judicial inspection.

  • GOP Seeks To Stop 'Frivolous Âé¶¹´«Ã½suits' With Reconciliation

    The House Judiciary Committee approved along party lines a proposal they say will prevent "frivolous lawsuits" by barring courts from enforcing contempt citations for failure to comply with injunctions if the plaintiff has not posted a bond for litigation costs.

  • DHS Urges Justices To Let Venezuelan Protections Be Undone

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security turned to the nation's highest court on Thursday, asking the justices to pause a nationwide injunction blocking the agency from undoing the Biden administration's extension of temporary protected status for Venezuela during its appeal.

  • Okla. DAs Say Tribes Can't Overrule State Court Opinion

    Two Oklahoma district attorneys have urged a federal court to throw out Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw nation lawsuits challenging the district attorneys' attempts to prosecute tribal citizens for crimes committed in Indian Country, arguing that their complaints wrongly seek to overturn a state criminal court opinion.

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    Attys Join Nationwide 'Day Of Action' Rallies For Rule Of Âé¶¹´«Ã½

    Thousands of attorneys gathered at rallies across the country on Thursday to oppose what they called the Trump administration's "assault" on the rule of law — a rare public demonstration for the normally buttoned-down and risk-averse professionals that they said "sounds the alarm of a looming constitutional crisis."

  • Fla. Justices Call For Suspension Of Judge In Ethics Case

    The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a recommendation by an ethics watchdog that a state judge should only be reprimanded and fined for improper campaign donations and discussions about her own reelection campaign, saying she should also get a 10-day suspension.

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    Senate Panel Delays A Vote On Martin Nomination For US Atty

    The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday held off for now a vote to call for a hearing on Ed Martin's nomination for U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, a move Democrats say would allow more time to review his record and, they hope, convince enough Republicans to help them block his nomination.

  • Colo. Judge Resigns Amid Allegations Over Misuse Of Bench

    A Colorado state judge resigned on Wednesday amid a disciplinary complaint accusing him of misusing his position to help a former client that he exchanged sexual and flirtatious texts with, telling an independent panel in a brief that it no longer needs to hear a disciplinary case against him.

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    Meet The Circuit Judge Handling X Severance Fights In Del.

    As former workers pursue severance pay claims against the social media platform X in Delaware federal court, presiding over the matters is a circuit judge with a record of digging into challenging legal questions and delivering blunt appraisals of attorneys' arguments.

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    20 Former Federal Judges Launch Group To Defend Judiciary

    Twenty former federal district and circuit judges on Thursday launched a coalition to speak out about and defend the federal judiciary as political impeachment attempts against judges increase and the federal courts system faces heightened scrutiny.

  • Florida Ethics Panel Wants Judge Booted Over Campaign Talk

    A Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission panel has "reluctantly, but of necessity" recommended the removal of a Florida judge found to have made inappropriate comments about abortion amid an election campaign, stating that the judge showed a lack of remorse for her actions in testimony before the panel.

  • 5th Circ. Keeps NFL Pension Plan's Atty Fee Appeal Afloat

    The NFL retirement plan's appeal of a $1.86 million award of attorney fees and expenses to a former player fighting for additional disability benefits will go forward, after a panel of the Fifth Circuit rejected his bid to stop it.

  • Connecticut Appellate Court Judge Named Inspector General

    Connecticut's Criminal Justice Commission has appointed Connecticut Appellate Court Judge Eliot D. Prescott to serve as the state's next inspector general, who investigates police use of force incidents and police or correctional officers' failure to intervene or report an incident.

  • Slain Fla. Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Professor's Mother-In-Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Moves To Delay Trial

    The former mother-in-law of slain Florida law professor Dan Markel asked Wednesday to delay her trial on charges she helped orchestrate his murder, citing copious discovery produced in recent weeks by the prosecution.

  • FTC Transfer Stripped From House Judiciary Reconciliation

    A provision to transfer the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust functions to the U.S. Department of Justice was stripped out of the House Judiciary Committee's budget reconciliation bill on Wednesday.

  • Creek Say Tulsa Jurisdictional Row Is 'Federal To The Core'

    The Muscogee (Creek) Nation continues to fight attempts by Tulsa County, Oklahoma, its sheriff and a district attorney to assert criminal jurisdiction on the tribe's reservation, telling a federal court that the Tenth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court support its jurisdictional authority.

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