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Judge sanctioned after disclaiming family law knowledge
The New Jersey Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Judge Michael J. Kassel of the Camden County Superior Court in New Jersey on Wednesday Jun 2, 2023 3:16 PM CDT
TikTok is trending for the wrong reason these days. In late March, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew after claiming the app, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, is a national security threat because of its ties to the Chinese government.
Jun 1, 2023 2:30 AM CDT
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Tsion Gurmu traces her interest in law back to the Buford Highway community in Atlanta, where she grew up among a large number of asylum-seekers from Africa who struggled to navigate the immigration system.
Jun 1, 2023 12:40 AM CDT
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If the U.S. Supreme Court restricts
the consideration of race in college admissions, there is another looming issue: whether schools can use race-neutral tools that boost diversity.
May 31, 2023 11:59 AM CDT
A lawyer in Camden, South Carolina, plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to rename
Brown v. Board of Education for the first case taken to federal court in a quest to eliminate the separate-but-equal doctrine.
May 31, 2023 9:50 AM CDT
A draft ethics opinion says California judges should not attend law office celebrations with free food and drinks.
May 31, 2023 8:16 AM CDT
Family courts in Colorado custody cases can’t cut off a child’s contact with a protective parent to whom they are bonded just to improve a relationship with a rejected parent accused of abuse or domestic violence, according to a bill signed into law last week.
May 30, 2023 3:37 PM CDT
“The president’s time is the most precious resource we have at the White House,” Ron Klain tells me. As President Joe Biden’s chief of staff, it fell to Klain to make certain that it was used wisely.
May 30, 2023 2:55 PM CDT
Impeached Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had a legitimate reason to fire whistleblowers, according to
a tweet by his office citing a law firm report backing up that claim.
May 30, 2023 10:22 AM CDT
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill last week that that requires telemarketers to provide a callback number and to identify themselves and whom they represent within 30 seconds.
May 26, 2023 12:26 PM CDT
A disbarred lawyer who is
serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife and one of his sons has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly stealing money from clients and his housekeeper’s family.
May 26, 2023 12:08 PM CDT
Virginia proposes ban on agreements limiting ethics complaints
A proposed ethics rule in Virginia would ban lawyers from making agreements with clients or former clients that limit their right to…
May 26, 2023 10:48 AM CDT
A committee of the Texas House of Representatives has recommended that Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton be impeached for allegedly misusing his power to benefit a developer who contributed to his campaign and provided other benefits.
May 26, 2023 9:57 AM CDT
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