Litigation Management

Soldier wounded in suicide bombing wants right to sue military contractor

The suicide bomber made his away across Bagram air base in Afghanistan in 2016, heading toward a Veterans Day 5-K race featuring hundreds of U.S. soldiers. As U.S. Army Spec. Winston T. Hencely moved to grab the man, the bomber detonated an explosive-laden vest that left Hencely with severe injuries and killed six.

Nov 4, 2025 9:34 AM CST

Over $200M verdict overturned in ‘Maya’ hospitalization case chronicled in Netflix documentary

A trial judge made errors requiring a new trial in a case stemming from a woman’s suicide after her 10-year-old daughter was removed from her care and held at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida, a Florida appeals court ruled last week.

Nov 3, 2025 11:05 AM CST

Apparent AI errors snag BigLaw firm; 1 case ‘is totally fake,’ another ‘is almost real,’ federal judge says

A federal judge in Oregon is threatening sanctions against a corporate litigant and its BigLaw attorneys for “fake citations” that appear to be the product of generative artificial intelligence.

Oct 29, 2025 3:06 PM CDT

Lincoln’s Last Theorem: Confronting the stereotype that ‘lawyers are bad at math’

Lawyers are frequently stereotyped as being "bad at math." The stereotype is inaccurate. Lawyers must employ mathematics regularly in both litigation and transactional work; they cannot be innumerate and practice competently. The “lawyers are bad at math” stereotype excuses otherwise unacceptable practices and must not be perpetuated.

Oct 28, 2025 3:01 PM CDT

Justice by Design: Can legal tech deliver on its promise?

Justice can be defined as the quality of being impartial or fair. In practice, fairness has never been evenly distributed. Access to justice has always been available to those who can afford it, while those without the necessary means were often left to their own devices. That unfortunate reality reflects inherent inequity; when only the wealthiest in a society can afford legal representation, injustice inevitably follows.

Oct 24, 2025 11:05 AM CDT

What to know about John Bolton, the former Trump adviser under indictment

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday, accused of mishandling classified and sensitive material. The longtime Republican has been a controversial figure for decades and a thorn in Trump’s side, having written a scathing book about his time in the White House during the first Trump administration. Here’s what to know about Bolton as he finds himself in the news once again.

Oct 17, 2025 9:58 AM CDT

Will Trump’s view of rebellion prevail in suits contesting federal deployment of National Guard?

Updated: So far, three federal judges have ruled against Trump in preliminary decisions, two of which were temporarily stayed in whole or in part by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Oct 16, 2025 3:25 PM CDT

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