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No-Fault Fight: As some states consider making divorce more difficult, legal tech companies brace for ripple effects

President Donald Trump’s administration’s focus on promoting marriage and families has trickled down to lawmakers in several conservative states, which have considered repealing or restricting no-fault divorce. As states continue to consider and advance these laws, legal tech leaders who have automated the divorce process are not only paying attention to the potential impact on their clients but on their businesses moving forward.

Jan 1, 2026 1:10 AM CST

Attorney sentenced to 25 years in prison after taking client money for gambling

An elder law attorney from Florida has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stealing nearly $2 million from his clients’ accounts.

Dec 18, 2025 11:24 AM CST

Ex-DLA Piper partner accused of assault by former associate

An associate who had previously worked at DLA Piper is suing the law firm and a former partner, alleging rape and assault.

Dec 18, 2025 11:01 AM CST

Attorney and former city council member charged with witness intimidation

A Wheeling, West Virginia, attorney and a former city council member, who were involved in the Marion County, West Virginia, murder prosecution of alleged Pagan Motorcycle Club leader Ryan Lane, were arrested by the West Virginia State Police on Tuesday on new charges of improperly influencing potential witnesses.

Dec 17, 2025 11:24 AM CST

Former judge reprimanded for insulting, humiliating children in court

A former municipal court judge in Texas has been publicly reprimanded for berating and demeaning juveniles and their parents in court.

Dec 16, 2025 11:02 AM CST

Apple co-founder, now 91, sues AI consultant for fraud and elder exploitation

An Apple co-founder is suing a consultant who offered to use artificial intelligence to preserve and promote his historical contributions to the company for alleged fraud and elder exploitation.

Dec 11, 2025 9:02 AM CST

2025 Year in Review: Generative AI, access to justice and law schools

Another year is nearly in the books. In many ways, 2025 was a continuation of trends present in previous years.

Dec 10, 2025 9:08 AM CST

Justice Gorsuch writes children’s book about ‘Heroes of 1776’

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is co-authoring a children’s book about heroes of the American Revolution and stories behind the Declaration of Independence.

Dec 4, 2025 12:37 PM CST

Judge violated ethics rules for ordering teens’ detention but not for legislative and Tea Party remarks, court finds

An Ohio judge has been suspended for ordering the detention of two teenagers in the juvenile lockup for a weekend after they repeatedly refused to attend visitation with their father.

Dec 3, 2025 9:50 AM CST

What happens when 2 USC Gould Law professors divorce? The university gets sued

Professor Camille Gear Rich is suing the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, stating that the administration ignored her Title IX complaints that professor Stephen M. Rich, her ex-husband, was having an affair with a student. She also alleges the school later denied her disability accommodations in retaliation.

Dec 2, 2025 1:36 PM CST

Supreme Court sympathetic to antiabortion center in fight over donor names

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin (D) issued a subpoena in 2023—part of an investigation into whether a chain of faith-based, antiabortion pregnancy centers were deceiving clients and donors by falsely suggesting they offered abortion referrals.

Dec 2, 2025 12:46 PM CST

Judge accused of hitting prosecutor is suspended without pay

A judge in Brown County, Texas, has been suspended without pay after his indictment stemming partly from allegations that he hit a prosecutor and tried to hinder an arrest by failing to sign an arrest warrant.

Dec 2, 2025 11:50 AM CST

Supreme Court tells state to reconsider screening child victim from defendant

In 2021, a Mississippi jury found Jeffrey Clyde Pitts guilty of sexually abusing his 4-year-old daughter. When the girl testified against her father in court, a screen was placed between her and Pitts to protect her from trauma.

Nov 25, 2025 10:30 AM CST

New Jersey’s top court is first to reject evidence of shaken baby syndrome as unreliable

Testimony that merely shaking a baby can produce internal bleeding near the brain and in the retina is too unreliable for admission in criminal cases of child abuse, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in a 6-1 decision last week.

Nov 25, 2025 9:23 AM CST

Court orders exes to bid for custody of Tucker the goldendoodle

It took a ruling from one of the country’s top business courts last week to settle a yearslong dispute between a former Delaware couple: Who gets to keep Tucker, the pair’s adorable goldendoodle, after their breakup?

Nov 18, 2025 1:16 PM CST

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