Updated: A federal judge known for not mincing words swiftly achieved the desired effect by inviting two apparently squabbling attorneys to a “kindergarten party” in his Austin, Texas, courtroom.
Citing family obligations and excessive caseloads, a longtime federal district judge in Fresno, Cal., announced yesterday that he will step down from the bench at the end of the month…
A Pennsylvania lawyer who is currently a Republican state senator and is the sister of a state supreme court justice has been criminally charged for allegedly faking evidence in an…
A Georgia judge who acknowledged he let a child molestation case fall through the cracks has resigned amid an ethics investigation into the case and two other issues.
Corrected: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told law students on Monday that the Supreme Court confirmation process has become so partisan that she probably would not be confirmed if the vote…
Updated: A federal judge in Austin, Texas, has served notice on local lawyers that they would be well-advised to try harder to get along. In a Friday court order, he…
The Iowa Supreme Court has rejected a proposal aimed at speeding up the lawyer discipline process by keeping secret the reasons for consent suspensions.
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser has admitted he touched the neck of a colleague who accused him of putting her in a chokehold, but said it was a reflexive…
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