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A former employee of the Stone Hilton law firm has accused two attorneys, who held top jobs in the Texas Attorney General's office, of sexual harassment, breach of contract, creating a toxic workplace and more in a lawsuit filed in the U.S. Western District of Texas.

       

Patrick Smith interviews Dru Levasseur, founder of the Trans Legal Professionals Networking Program. They discuss his background, the challenges many trans people have historically faced, as well as those they currently encounter, both socially and professionally, and the power of community in challenging times.        

"These calls for impeachment are really unprecedented and one of the consequences of all of this has been an escalation of threats to the judges,” M. Margaret McKeown said.

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While the American Lawyer's recent mental health survey showed slightly higher usage of vacation days, it also found that most lawyers aren't able to fully unplug.

       

"From these facts, it is reasonable to infer that Bowe's conduct was not merely negligent or misguided, but driven by actual malice. That is, when taking the allegations as true, it can be inferred that Bowe, like Muster, acted out in a spiteful, malignant purpose wholly unrelated to the court's legitimate interests," wrote Associate Justice Serge Georges Jr.

       

The federal appellate court determined there was a factual dispute regarding whether the plaintiff, LADS Network Solutions, had actual knowledge of an error in its source code for a trademark application.

       

The defendant allegedly had a history of violence at the gym where the lawsuit claims the incident occurred.

       

“I think what the Supreme Court has done is given the administration a justification for a lot of things that it was probably already planning and doing, said Holland & Knight partner Rafe Petersen. “The administration now has a clear road map in amending NEPA.

       

At a Thursday hearing before U.S. District Judge George Wu in downtown Los Angeles, two groups of lawyers argued to lead class actions accusing TikTok of privacy violations against children under 13.

       

A San Francisco federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a high-profile embezzlement case against Aubrey Jackson Shelton II, who was accused of misappropriating more than $2.7 million in funds from a Silicon Valley tech startup, after a mistrial was declared in March.

       

"The move is a total and complete capitulation by the SEC in suing companies for unregistered offers of investment contracts that happen to trade on blockchain," said Amanda Fischer, the policy director for Better Markets and former chief of staff at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

       

The state provided a pathway for non-lawyer ownership of law firms before neighboring Arizona, but regulators have gone in a different direction.

       

The fallout from the firm's diversity decisions now includes its public feud with a recruiter, who had contacted attorneys at Goodwin about the firm's moves and who lambasted the firm in social media comments.

       

Many international students and scholars are reporting “significant emotional distress that is affecting their mental health and making it difficult to focus on their studies, Maureen Martin wrote, adding that some are afraid to attend their graduation ceremonies this week, fearing that some immigration-related action might take place.

       

Florida appellate judges denied a stay in a lawsuit involving President Donald Trump as plaintiff, ruling that the defendants cannot invoke presidential privileges to pause the proceedings.

       

Kieran Gostin, a Wilkinson Stekloff partner who handled oral arguments for Visa, argued that there was “tension in the DOJ's alleged market, which Visa maintains omitted key participants. But U.S. District Judge John Koeltl for the Southern District of New York expressed doubts that the market definition issue could be resolved on a motion to dismiss.        

“Harvard is one of our nation's most important institutions, and when an institution has problems, I believe the solution is to work constructively to fix the problems, while holding true to its foundational commitment to academic excellence, Shanmugam said.

       

In a brief order that lacked a legal explanation, the circuit paused the U.S. Court of International Trade's late Wednesday decision rebuking a series of presidential orders that collectively instituted a baseline 10% duty rate on imports from nearly all countries, as well as higher duties for dozens of U.S. trading partners.