Litigation Management

Most federal judges responding to survey express dissatisfaction with SCOTUS emergency docket decisions

Dozens of federal judges responding to a survey by the New York Times are expressing concern about the U.S. Supreme Court’s emergency docket decisions in cases related to President Donald Trump since his second term in office.

Oct 14, 2025 9:01 AM CDT

Fake Sullivan & Cromwell entities used by scammers should be dissolved, suit says

New York’s attorney general is seeking a court order dissolving entities with names that are variations of Sullivan & Cromwell and an injunction barring them from continuing fraudulent acts.

Oct 9, 2025 4:55 PM CDT

James Comey, the former prosecutor, high-ranking official and author, is now a federal defendant

Updated: On Wednesday, Comey pleaded not guilty in the Alexandria federal court, the Associated Press reports. The hearing was moved up a day due to security concerns, according to court documents.

Oct 7, 2025 3:12 PM CDT

Judge blocks Kari Lake from laying off over 500 Voice of America staffers

U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth temporarily blocked the layoffs of more than 500 Voice of America employees, delivering a setback to the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the United States’ international broadcasting agency.

Sep 30, 2025 10:24 AM CDT

Juror’s TikTok post during Donna Adelson trial didn’t constitute misconduct, judge rules

A juror who posted a TikTok video during the murder trial of Donna Adelson did not commit misconduct, a judge in Leon County, Florida, ruled last week in an order denying defense motions following their client’s conviction in the death of her former son-in-law.

Sep 29, 2025 12:58 PM CDT

Fani Willis loses bid to regain control of Trump Georgia case

ATLANTA—The Georgia Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to hear Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis’s appeal of a lower-court decision that disqualified her from the criminal racketeering case against President Donald Trump and several allies charged with illegally conspiring to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in the state.

Sep 16, 2025 10:53 AM CDT

Generative artificial intelligence developers face lawsuits over user suicides

As the legal system struggles to catch up with technology, lawsuits are seeking to hold artificial intelligence tools accountable.

Sep 10, 2025 8:53 AM CDT

Immunity doesn’t protect Trump from $83.3M defamation verdict over sexual assault denials, 2nd Circuit rules

A federal appeals court has affirmed an $83.3 million defamation verdict against President Donald Trump for denying writer E. Jean Carroll’s claim that he sexually assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.

Sep 9, 2025 9:19 AM CDT

Not Chickening Out: The world’s oldest profession is fighting

"Tweedledum and Tweedledee agreed to have a battle; for Tweedledum said Tweedledee had spoiled his nice new rattle." —Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

Sep 3, 2025 2:03 PM CDT

Penn Law prof’s discrimination claims ‘do not pass the plausibility test,’ judge says in tossing her suit

A law professor suspended and reprimanded for remarks that “demeaned and denigrated racial minorities” can’t pursue her discrimination lawsuit in federal court, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled last week.

Sep 3, 2025 10:33 AM CDT

Confronted with AI hallucinations in filings, one court shows ‘justifiable kindness,’ while another gets tough

Updated: Many federal courts are trying to teach lawyers a lesson for court filings with errors generated by artificial intelligence, but one recent case takes a kinder, gentler approach.

Aug 19, 2025 10:56 AM CDT

Boies Schiller sanctioned nearly $15K for ‘uniquely eye-opening breakdown in civility’

Boies Schiller Flexner must pay $14,866 for disobeying court orders to cooperate with an opposing counsel on joint case filings, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled last week.

Aug 11, 2025 10:14 AM CDT

How to maximize case management to empower modern litigation

Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Keao Caindec, the co-founder and CEO of Clarra, a case management platform.

Aug 8, 2025 9:34 AM CDT

Who—or what—is to blame for 2 federal judges’ error-filled withdrawn opinions?

The responsibility for substantial errors in opinions recently withdrawn by two federal judges likely lies in the first instance with artificial intelligence, but the buck doesn’t stop there, observers say.

Aug 7, 2025 9:56 AM CDT

LSAC hit with lawsuit challenging application fees

“LSAC has violated federal antitrust law and gouged law school applicants attempting to follow their dreams,” the suit states.

Aug 6, 2025 3:04 PM CDT