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Judge Louis Nock Leaves Manhattan Supreme Court Bench to Join Anderson Kill

Mon, 2025-09-22 17:35

Nock made the move following his reelection in November to a 10-year term on the civil court bench. He said he'd been thinking about returning to private practice and it was the right time.

       

Trump, Seeking Criminal Charges Against New York AG, Ousts US Attorney in Virginia's Eastern District

Mon, 2025-09-22 17:15

"I will be nominating Lindsey Halligan to be the United States Attorney in this very important part of our Great Country," President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post after ousting U.S. Attorney Erik Siebert of the Eastern District of Virginia to replace him with someone who may bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

       

'Politics, Not Merit'?: Mangione Defense Lawyers Urge Federal Judge to Dismiss Capital Case

Mon, 2025-09-22 16:40

In a motion that also urges the court to find the federal death penalty unconstitutional, Mangione's defense team accused the Department of Justice of a “brazen breach of the death penalty protocol with regard to their client, who is being prosecuted in connection with the fatal shooting of a health insurance CEO.

       

Alfred Youngwood, Former Paul Weiss Chair, Dies at 87

Mon, 2025-09-22 16:09

Youngwood preceded current chair Brad Karp and was the first democratically elected chair in the firm's history.

       

Supreme Court Keeps Fired Democrat Off FTC, Agrees to Reconsider Agency's Independence

Mon, 2025-09-22 16:00

Dissenting, Justice Elena Kagan said the court's emergency docket should not be used "to transfer government authority from Congress to the President, and thus to reshape the Nation's separation of powers."

       

Court of Chancery Completes Its Largest-Ever Bench With Seventh Magistrate

Mon, 2025-09-22 15:58

Jessie R. Benavides, who spent the past five years as an associate at Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze, has experience with family law, estate matters, guardianships, personal injury cases and other civil litigation, having litigated cases in the Court of Chancery, Superior Court, Family Court and Justice of the Peace Court.

       

$3,000 Mistake: Pressed for Time, Lawyer Misuses AI

Mon, 2025-09-22 15:18

The judge said he would impose a penalty on the low end of the scale, based on the attorney's prompt admission, honest disclosure, apologies and commitment to impose safeguards against future misuse of artificial intelligence.

       

Wave of Lawsuits Highlights Uncertainty About 'No Surprises Act' Enforcement

Mon, 2025-09-22 14:36

Federal courts disagree with one another on whether the law allows private rights of action.

       

$72M Global Crypto Scam Allegedly Linked to NY Lawyer, Gulfstream Jets

Mon, 2025-09-22 14:20

At least one investor “was told that a node was mailed to them for safekeeping, and that without that device, no withdrawals could be made.

       

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