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Weekly Briefs: Judge orders reform of school-funding system; BigLaw malpractice suit settles

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Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Judge orders reform of school-funding… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Judge orders reform of school-funding system; BigLaw malpractice suit settles By Debra Cassens Weiss February 10, 2023, 2:44 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. School-funding system violates state constitution, judge says A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that the state’s school-funding system, which … Read more

Meet the Texas judge who is a favorite of conservatives in hot-button lawsuits, including abortion-pill litigation

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Home Daily News Meet the Texas judge who is a favorite of… Judiciary Meet the Texas judge who is a favorite of conservatives in hot-button lawsuits, including abortion-pill litigation By Debra Cassens Weiss February 10, 2023, 11:43 am CST A conservative federal judge in Texas is at the center of attention because of a pending … Read more

Chemerinsky: When can state governments sue the United States?

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U.S. Supreme Court A recurring issue before the Supreme Court this term, including in two cases to be argued in the next month, concerns when state governments have standing to sue the United States. Over the last decade, there has been an explosion of such suits. During the Trump presidency, the suits were brought by … Read more

Judge’s failure to conduct ‘lodestar cross-check’ dooms Quinn Emanuel’s $185M fee award

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Home Daily News Judge’s failure to conduct ‘lodestar cross-check’… Law Firms Judge’s failure to conduct ‘lodestar cross-check’ dooms Quinn Emanuel’s $185M fee award By Debra Cassens Weiss February 1, 2023, 10:53 am CST Image from Shutterstock. A trial judge should not have awarded $185 million in fees to Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan without conducting … Read more

After seeing attitude shifts about opiate addiction, MDL lawyer targets Facebook

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Home Daily News After seeing attitude shifts about opiate… Asked and Answered After seeing attitude shifts about opiate addiction, MDL lawyer targets Facebook By Stephanie Francis Ward January 30, 2023, 8:30 am CST Image from Shutterstock. In the 35 years that Jayne Conroy has been a lawyer, she’s spent the entire time in private practice … Read more

SCOTUS justices were questioned but not implicated in Dobbs leak probe; some are concerned about double standard

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Home Daily News SCOTUS justices were questioned but not implicated… U.S. Supreme Court SCOTUS justices were questioned but not implicated in Dobbs leak probe; some are concerned about double standard By Debra Cassens Weiss January 23, 2023, 10:09 am CST Image from Shutterstock. Investigators questioned U.S. Supreme Court justices as they probed the leak of … Read more

Weekly Briefs: Man pleads guilty in cold-case murder of law librarian; near-total abortion ban upheld in Idaho

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Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Man pleads guilty in cold-case… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Man pleads guilty in cold-case murder of law librarian; near-total abortion ban upheld in Idaho By Debra Cassens Weiss January 13, 2023, 1:30 pm CST John Getreu pleaded guilty to the 1973 murder of Leslie Perlov, a Stanford University law librarian. … Read more

Bankruptcy judge suspends lawyer for ‘bizarre gamesmanship,’ urging clients to infect trustee with ‘nasty disease’

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Home Daily News Bankruptcy judge suspends lawyer for ‘bizarre… Ethics Bankruptcy judge suspends lawyer for ‘bizarre gamesmanship,’ urging clients to infect trustee with ‘nasty disease’ By Debra Cassens Weiss January 12, 2023, 12:38 pm CST A bankruptcy judge in Colorado has suspended a Denver lawyer from practicing before the court for three years as a … Read more

Weekly Briefs: Judge slashes $24M award for Unite the Right victims; judge accused of offering sex for early trial

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Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Judge slashes $24M award for… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Judge slashes $24M award for Unite the Right victims; judge accused of offering sex for early trial By Debra Cassens Weiss January 6, 2023, 2:04 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. Judge slashes $24M punitive award in Unite the Right trial U.S. … Read more

Why did Gorsuch join liberal justices who wanted to lift Trump-era Title 42 immigration policy?

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Home Daily News Why did Gorsuch join liberal justices who… U.S. Supreme Court Why did Gorsuch join liberal justices who wanted to lift Trump-era Title 42 immigration policy? By Debra Cassens Weiss January 4, 2023, 12:03 pm CST Migrants stand near the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Dec. 19. COVID-19 pandemic-era immigration restrictions … Read more