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Under a newly revised ethics rule, U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges are not required to publicly disclose when they dine or stay at someone’s personal residence, even if that residence is owned by a business entity. The U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Financial Disclosure issued this amended policy on Monday, which sets rules…
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A Houston bankruptcy judge accused U.S. law firm Jackson Walker of breaching its ethical duties by failing to disclose earlier the relationship between David Jones, a former Houston bankruptcy judge, and one of its partners. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Isgur referred the entire Jackson Walker firm for disciplinary proceedings in a letter sent Friday to…
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The U.S. judiciary’s top policymaking body referred former Alaska judge Joshua Kindred to Congress for potential impeachment, even after his resignation, due to the severity of his “reprehensible” sexual misconduct. This decision, revealed in public records on Friday, explained why the U.S. Judicial Conference made the rare referral last week, certifying that the U.S. House…
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King & Spalding has urged a U.S. judge to dismiss a “misguided” lawsuit filed by Sarah Spitalnick, a white, female lawyer, who accuses the firm of bias due to its diversity-focused job program for early-career attorneys. In a Thursday night filing in a Maryland federal court, the firm argued that the program is not discriminatory,…
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Morgan & Morgan has reignited an internet advertising dispute with another Florida-based law firm, accusing it of violating an agreement to avoid misleading customers through Google search results. Billing itself as the largest U.S. injury law firm, Morgan & Morgan filed a lawsuit against the 30-lawyer Morgan Law Group (MLG) on Thursday in an Orlando…
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Mark Esper, the former U.S. Secretary of Defense who was fired by Donald Trump and later became a vocal critic of the former president, has joined Squire Patton Boggs as a senior adviser, the law firm announced on Thursday. Despite not being a lawyer, Esper will continue his role as chairman of the national security…
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A federal judicial panel has rejected a misconduct complaint against two of the 13 judges who signed a letter in May announcing a boycott of hiring law clerks from Columbia University. The boycott was in response to the university’s handling of pro-Palestinian student demonstrations related to Israel’s war in Gaza. On August 12, the 11th…
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A federal judge in North Dakota, U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor, on Friday rejected a request to recuse himself from a lawsuit involving current and former Columbia Law School faculty. The case concerns protests over the Dakota Access oil pipeline, and the recusal request followed a boycott by Traynor and 12 other judges against hiring…
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California attorneys will pay an additional $88 in licensing fees next year, representing a 17% increase over the current $510 fee. Governor Gavin Newsom signed the fee increase into law on Thursday. Although bar officials initially requested a $125 hike, the approved increase will help stabilize the financially struggling agency. Earlier this year, the State…
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Nicole Cadman, the former general counsel at startup accelerator Y Combinator, has joined global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as a Silicon Valley-based partner, the firm announced on Friday. After nearly eight years with Y Combinator’s legal team, Cadman left in June and will now advise emerging companies and their founders on corporate matters like…
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