/pulse/courts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Courts Copyright 2025 °µÍø½ûÇø. en-US Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:49:27 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348749?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348749 Georgia's Judicial Qualifications Commission urged a hearing panel to reject a Fulton County judge's request to quash her ethics charges due to what she characterized as "improper failures to disclose information and recuse" by two JQC members. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:07:25 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348693?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348693 The Fourth Circuit on Tuesday sent a free speech lawsuit brought by immigration judges back to district court, reasoning a lower court judge must first determine if a federal law is working as intended with respect to claims that might otherwise be handled administratively. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:56:15 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2349000?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2349000 A Manhattan jury on Tuesday heard closing arguments in Harvey Weinstein's retrial on sexual assault charges in New York state court, as his attorney said he was "abused" by "mad," "scorned" ex-lovers who didn't have the talent to make it in show business. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:21:24 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348254?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348254 A Senate hearing on Tuesday was marked largely by partisan fighting over whether federal courts have justifiably ruled against the Trump administration, but there were some hints that cooperation to rein in acknowledged litigation abuses such as forum shopping and universal injunctions might be possible. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:43:53 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348628?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348628 Retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Joan N. Feeney has been chosen to mediate a dispute between Jackson Walker LLP and the U.S. Trustee's Office over the watchdog's bid to get the firm to forfeit fees from dozens of cases overseen by an ousted judge, setting Feeney up to help resolve one of the most contentious cases to hit the bankruptcy bar in years. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:54:13 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348897?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348897 Texas lawmakers wrapped up the state's 89th legislative session this week, passing a number of bills on topics like artificial intelligence and social media, business law and the authorities granted to the attorney general. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:49:15 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348596?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348596 A senior federal prosecutor who supervised more than 1,000 cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has joined litigation boutique Rogers Joseph O'Donnell PC after leaving the U.S. attorney's office in D.C. last week. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:43:59 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348668?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348668 The New Jersey Senate has approved the nominations of three Superior Court judges, an administrative law judge and a county prosecutor. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:40:03 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348827?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348827 A former deputy chief of staff and general counsel to U.S. Sen. Rick Scott was sworn in Monday as the 42nd U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Florida after having served in the role on an interim basis since President Donald Trump nominated him for the post. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:21:03 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348578?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348578 A Pennsylvania state judge accused of misusing COVID-19 unemployment relief money to pay his law firm's staff is seeking employment records from their other jobs to determine the credibility of who he calls "disgruntled employees" who made the claims about him to the government. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:18:25 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348547?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348547 Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP has expanded its offerings in Washington, D.C., with the addition of a longtime U.S. Department of Justice attorney who worked on the indictment of former U.S. Rep. George Santos. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:11:19 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348646?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348646 Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Ras Baraka filed suit Tuesday against interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba over his May 9 arrest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility he was visiting with three members of Congress, claiming false arrest, malicious prosecution and defamation. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:51:40 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348680?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348680 The former general counsel of Stamford-based Webster Bank has chipped away at a $7.4 million restitution order since being sentenced to four years in prison for a yearslong fraud scheme and is capable of paying back the full amount in a lump sum, prosecutors have told a Connecticut federal judge. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:47:37 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348346?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348346 A former attorney at the New York Stock Exchange and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has been tapped to lead the Garden State's securities enforcement division, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin has announced. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:36:29 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348638?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348638 A California federal judge sentenced Tom Girardi on Tuesday to over seven years in prison for his wire fraud conviction, granting some leniency to the disbarred attorney on his 86th birthday by imposing a sentence below the guidelines in recognition of his age and ailing health.  Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:00:31 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2345428?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2345428 A rebound in client work sent the nation’s largest law firms into growth mode last year, driving a wave of hiring, mergers and strategic moves that reshaped the top tier of the °µÍø½ûÇø 400. Here's a preview of the 100 firms with the largest U.S. attorney headcounts. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 13:36:18 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348784?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348784 A Manhattan federal judge declined on Tuesday to revoke bail for a businessman accused of helping a Russian banker evade sanctions on assets worth nearly $150 million, after his lawyer said his text to a trial witness was merely a phone flub. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:38:14 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2346829?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2346829 After spending the last few months as the acting U.S. attorney for Connecticut, Marc H. Silverman has made the move to private practice in New York at E. Danya Perry PLLC. Tue, 03 Jun 2025 07:35:20 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2347386?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2347386 Morrison Foerster LLP has hired the former assistant attorney general for the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legislative Affairs, who is joining the firm to co-lead its congressional investigations group, the firm announced Tuesday. Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:27:24 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2348182?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2348182 The order striking down the Trump administration's executive order targeting Jenner & Block LLP "meant what it said," a Washington, D.C., federal judge ruled Monday, saying the government must rescind enforcement of all parts of the president's directive.