Trump lawyer John Eastman‘s California disciplinary trial resumes Aug. 24 amid a tangle of legal issues including attorney-client privilege and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, an issue that’s become more acute since his indictment by a Georgia grand jury last week.
Legal clients in Vermont may pursue malpractice claims for a lost opportunity to settle, the state’s high court said in a case of first impression.
A consortium of European companies involved in designing and constructing locks for the Panama Canal failed to convince a federal appeals court to vacate an arbitration award in favor of the canal authority.
Generative artificial intelligence is on the verge of transforming how corporate legal departments deal with routine functions—even as it creates new obstacles that must be navigated.
Rob Chesnut, former general counsel and Justice Department prosecutor, writes on in-house, corporate, and legal ethics issues. Here, he writes about how judge shopping is damaging American’s trust in the justice system.
US prosecutors accuse disbarred plaintiffs’ attorney
A special committee of three Federal Circuit judges and the 96-year-old colleague whose mental fitness for the appeals court they’re investigating, Judge Pauline Newman, have failed to resolve her lawsuit against them through mediation, according to a status report filed Friday.
A federal judge in Washington won’t release records about the secret court fight prosecutors waged to force one of
Virage Capital Management, which invests in lawsuits hoping for a return, is being sued over funds the firm claims it is owed from a now-disbarred attorney who represented former NFL players in a class action over concussions.
The Texas House of Representative released almost 4,000 pages of evidence supporting its impeachment of Attorney General
A look at the growing field of litigation finance and what it means for the future of the business of law.
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