Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber declared a mistrial on the outstanding charge of third-degree rape after the jurors indicated they were at an impasse. The panel found Weinstein guilty of one count, but acquitted him on another, on Wednesday.
A judicial ethics expert says the judge was wrong to wear such attire at a judges' meeting but any discipline should be lenient to survive First Amendment scrutiny. However, one observer noted, "The phrase 'Free Palestine' is not hate speech."
A judicial ethics expert says the judge was wrong to wear such attire at a judges' meeting but any discipline should be lenient to survive First Amendment scrutiny. However, one observer noted, "The phrase 'Free Palestine' is not hate speech."
Disney and Universal sued AI firm Midjourney in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday, alleging that it violated the Copyright Act. Disney and Universal are represented by Jenner & Block.
“Our Diversity Scholarship program is lawful, anti-discriminatory, and aligned with our core values and professional ethics, said Keker van Nest managing partner Laurie Carr Mims, who's previously spoken out against the president's assault on law firms.
The court denied the Kansas City Southern Railway Company's attempts to enact attorney-client privilege between its counsel and one of its employees who witnessed the accident at the center of the underlying negligence suit in Cole v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company.
Homegrown law firms in Washington, D.C., continued to have the largest attorney presence in the market, though five of the 10 largest firms by head count are national firms.
In the wake of the February exam meltdown, the justices threw a professional lifeline to applicants who failed or withdrew from the test. But not everyone will benefit.
Acting CFPB Enforcement Director Cara Petersen told staff she could no longer stay under an administration that “has no intention to enforce the law in any meaningful way.
This is Trump's third attempt to move the state case to federal court. The matter is being litigated by Sullivan & Cromwell. Trump's former criminal defense attorneys, Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, now hold high-ranking positions in the Department of Justice.
Counsel for former FTC Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya must file supplemental briefs addressing whether he has standing to challenge President Donald Trump's firing decision now that Bedoya filed a notice of resignation.
Bryan Bedford's hearing ran three hours and often circled back to whether he would scale back the 1,500-hour rule adopted after a 2009 crash killed 49 people.
Chief financial officer Amit Amin joined from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner while chief human resources officer Julie Paul arrived from Armstrong Teasdale.
“If you look at the foundations of the relationship and you actually build those foundations ... you're creating this virtuous circle where you increase the ratio of quality spend," said Laurie David-Henric, head of legal operations at Argenx.
"There could be some employees who look at a posting for a job that appears to be what they are doing, and their reaction is, 'I'm not making that much. Why is this job being posted for a salary range of X to Y, and I'm below the lower end of that range?'" employment lawyer Jay Sabin said.
The jury said it was unable to reach a verdict on a third-degree rape charge amid allegations of hostility between panelists. But jurors were sent back to continue deliberations.
“If there aren't the same level of laws, rules and regulations for crypto, it's harder to deter these kidnappings, said Renato Mariotti, a partner at Paul Hastings, whose service for the government included the prosecution of kidnapping cases.
The Trump administration is winning frequently before the justices on applications for emergency relief from lower court losses, leading Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to vent frustration about "preferential treatment."
“George certainly feels vindicated, Patrick Jennings, partner at The Ment Law Group, said. “He spent the last 10 years trying to point out systemic flaws about how UMass Boston treats old non-tenured track faculty and no one at the university ever took the time to listen to him.
While Pfizer said in its petition for mass tort designation that it expected many of the dismissed plaintiffs to refile their claims, that prediction has not come to fruition. Now, there appears to be only a single Depo-Provera lawsuit pending in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
