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Home Daily News One mifepristone decision ‘runs roughshod’… Health Law One mifepristone decision ‘runs roughshod’ over procedural issues, the other ‘is no better,’ law profs say By Debra Cassens Weiss April 10, 2023, 10:56 am CDT Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on … Read more
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
Home Daily News Can court ban abortion pill? Federal judge… Health Law Can court ban abortion pill? Federal judge considers authority, plaintiffs’ standing By Debra Cassens Weiss March 16, 2023, 9:54 am CDT Bottles of the drug misoprostol sit on a table at the West Alabama Women’s Center in March 2022 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It … Read more
Home Daily News Judicial Conference asks Congress for 75… Judiciary Judicial Conference asks Congress for 75 new, converted federal judgeships—2 of them at appellate level By Debra Cassens Weiss March 15, 2023, 4:02 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. The U.S. Judicial Conference is recommending that Congress create two more permanent judgeships with the 9th U.S. … Read more
Home Daily News Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying… Law Firms Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying cases ‘vexatiously’ in federal court, 5th Circuit says By Debra Cassens Weiss March 14, 2023, 12:46 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. A provision of federal law that allows sanctions for multiplying legal proceedings “unreasonably and vexatiously” … Read more
Home Daily News Wrongful death suit accuses 3 women of helping… Trials & Litigation Wrongful death suit accuses 3 women of helping man’s then-wife obtain abortion pills By Debra Cassens Weiss March 13, 2023, 2:44 pm CDT Image from Shutterstock. A Texas man has filed a wrongful death and conspiracy lawsuit against three women who … Read more
Home Daily News Law firm accused of 856 insurer misrepresentations… Ethics Law firm accused of 856 insurer misrepresentations is suspended from practice in federal district court By Debra Cassens Weiss March 7, 2023, 3:02 pm CST Image from Shutterstock. Houston-based law firm McClenny, Moseley & Associates has been suspended from practice in a Louisiana federal … Read more
Home Daily News Judge tosses ethics case against Sidney Powell,… Ethics Judge tosses ethics case against Sidney Powell, citing ‘numerous defects’ in regulator’s exhibits By Debra Cassens Weiss February 24, 2023, 10:00 am CST State bar regulators have lost a bid to bring ethics charges against Sidney Powell. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) A judge in … Read more
Home Daily News Texas AG’s office agrees to pay $3.3M to… Verdicts & Settlements Texas AG’s office agrees to pay $3.3M to resolve aides’ whistleblower allegations By Debra Cassens Weiss February 13, 2023, 12:29 pm CST Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has reached an agreement to pay $3.3 million to resolve allegations by four … Read more
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