The order does not disturb the preliminary injunction issued against the law in November 2024, but it does vacate the court's June decision which found the law to be "plainly unconstitutional" and in violation of the U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause.

       

U.S. District Judge Nancy Rosenstengel, of the Southern District of Illinois, ordered Aimee Wagstaff, of Wagstaff Law Firm, to appear Nov. 14 to explain a video conference she's planning with paraquat lawyers to discuss their options regarding a confidential settlement in the multidistrict litigation.

       

"My goal is that the on-screen population reflects the real-world population—and we're not there yet,” Geena Davis said.

       

Guess what it's back! WIPL is back and back where it started.

       

Lawyers of color made up 8% of appointments in plaintiffs' leadership positions in multidistrict litigation in 2024, down from 11% in 2023, according to Law.com's statistics.        

"In light of the ongoing federal government shutdown, the Thirteenth Biennial Bench-Bar Conference has been postponed," the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland announced as expert observers warned of greater troubles ahead for civil litigants and criminal defendants if Congress fails to reopen the government within two weeks.

       

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The league table for the third quarter is further evidence of U.S. firms' strength in the U.K. and the wider EMEA region.

       

Monday's verdict, by a jury in Los Angeles Superior Court, is the highest talcum powder verdict involving a plaintiff who died of mesothelioma.

       

If it takes up the case, said plaintiff's counsel Carrie Goldberg of C.A. Goldberg in Brooklyn, New York, it will be the first time the Supreme Court addresses Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

       

“The longer the shutdown extends the more opportunity there is for problems, said former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Ryan Adams.

       

David Lira, 65, the son-in-law of Tom Girardi, told a judge on Monday: ‘It is my hope that other lawyers will learn from my mistakes.'

       

Legal questions are coming up just as a shortage of stenographic court reporters is transforming the court reporting industry. With the path to become a stenographic court reporter long and expensive, the quicker and easier path to become and operator of the new technology is gaining favor.

       

"Since Plaintiffs were never properly removed from office, the Motion for a Preliminary Injunction is granted," U.S. District Judge Maria Antongiorgi-Jordan of the District of Puerto Rico wrote in an order blocking President Donald Trump's attempted removal of three board members who oversee Puerto Rico's financial management.