Weekly Briefs: Justice Thomas responds to luxury trips story; suit filed over Idaho AG’s abortion referrals opinion

Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: Justice Thomas responds to… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: Justice Thomas responds to luxury trips story; suit filed over Idaho AG’s abortion referrals opinion By Debra Cassens Weiss April 7, 2023, 2:13 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. Justice Thomas: I was following colleagues’ advice on luxury trips U.S. Supreme Court Justice … Read more

ChatGPT falsely accuses law prof of sexual harassment; is libel suit possible?

Home Daily News ChatGPT falsely accuses law prof of sexual… Artificial Intelligence & Robotics ChatGPT falsely accuses law prof of sexual harassment; is libel suit possible? By Debra Cassens Weiss April 6, 2023, 10:42 am CDT A law professor was surprised to hear that he had been accused of sexual harassment during a class trip … Read more

Suit by Fox News producer alleges BigLaw lawyers and others pressured her to give evasive testimony

Home Daily News Suit by Fox News producer alleges BigLaw… Trials & Litigation Suit by Fox News producer alleges BigLaw lawyers and others pressured her to give evasive testimony By Debra Cassens Weiss March 21, 2023, 12:32 pm CDT An exterior view of the News Corp. Building and Fox News headquarters in New York City … Read more

Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments; decapitation defendant attacks her lawyer

Home Daily News Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments;… News Roundup Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS nixes immigration arguments; decapitation defendant attacks her lawyer By Debra Cassens Weiss February 17, 2023, 3:45 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. SCOTUS drops arguments in immigration case The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday removed a case from its argument calendar in … Read more

Lawyers for Trump and rape accuser square off over DNA offer

Home Daily News Lawyers for Trump and rape accuser square… Tort Law Lawyers for Trump and rape accuser square off over DNA offer By Debra Cassens Weiss February 14, 2023, 9:26 am CST Writer E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters in March 2020 outside a courthouse in New York. Photo by Seth Wenig/The Associated Press. … Read more

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

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

‘Routine performance management’ can’t be basis for fired associate’s bias suit, BigLaw firm argues

Home Daily News ‘Routine performance management’ can’t be… Law Firms ‘Routine performance management’ can’t be basis for fired associate’s bias suit, BigLaw firm argues By Debra Cassens Weiss January 25, 2023, 2:17 pm CST Kirkland & Ellis is arguing that a fired associate’s lawsuit against the firm should be tossed partly because a harassment claim … Read more

Judge won’t sanction Texas lawyer for missteps after mistaken disclosure of info about Sandy Hook families

Home Daily News Judge won’t sanction Texas lawyer for missteps… Ethics Judge won’t sanction Texas lawyer for missteps after mistaken disclosure of info about Sandy Hook families By Debra Cassens Weiss January 19, 2023, 9:41 am CST F. Andino Reynal, a lawyer for Infowars founder Alex Jones, answers questions in the show-cause hearing for attorney … Read more

Ex-lawyer who claimed wrongs by ‘bar card lynch mob’ charged with stabbing targeted attorney

Home Daily News Ex-lawyer who claimed wrongs by ‘bar card… Criminal Justice Ex-lawyer who claimed wrongs by ‘bar card lynch mob’ charged with stabbing targeted attorney By Debra Cassens Weiss January 17, 2023, 3:31 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. A suspended lawyer in Renton, Washington, who once sued two other attorneys for defamation is accused … Read more