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Judge strikes down student-debt relief
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman of Fort Worth, Texas, ruled Thursday that the Biden administration’s plan to forgive some federal student-loan debt was an unconstitutional…
Nov 11, 2022 3:14 PM CST
Ex-prosecutor gets prison time for bulls proposal
Jeffrey Siegmeister, the former state attorney for Florida’s Third Judicial Circuit, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 months in federal prison, partly for…
Oct 21, 2022 2:40 PM CDT Ginni Thomas tells Jan. 6 committee about her stolen-election views Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas told the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack that she…
Sep 30, 2022 3:13 PM CDT Trump lawyer resolves rap-music bias suit Alina Habba, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, has resolved a race- and gender-bias lawsuit largely based on the rap music that she…
Sep 23, 2022 1:05 PM CDT A federal judge has ordered Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to write apology letters to the families of the victims of a double murder after concluding that supervisors in his office made misleading statements to the court. Sep 14, 2022 12:06 PM CDT St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was reprimanded Tuesday for her handling of a 2018 investigation into then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens for alleged invasion of privacy. Sep 1, 2022 8:44 AM CDT Aug 19, 2022 2:31 PM CDT Aug 19, 2022 1:39 PM CDT A Dallas attorney was sentenced to five years in prison for laundering money that he thought was involved in drug trafficking, federal prosecutors in Texas said Wednesday. Aug 19, 2022 8:46 AM CDT A Florida prosecutor who was suspended for his positions on abortion and transgender medical care has filed a federal lawsuit against Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Aug 18, 2022 1:58 PM CDT Aug 16, 2022 12:19 PM CDT A man who had previously threatened a federal judge attacked a court security officer in the elevator at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, New York, according to a criminal complaint made public Monday. Aug 16, 2022 10:21 AM CDT Aug 16, 2022 8:55 AM CDT Legal sector adds 3,000 jobs or more, 3 months in a row The legal services sector added 3,100 jobs in July following a June gain of 3,300 jobs and a…
Aug 12, 2022 2:19 PM CDTWeekly Briefs: SCOTUS justice’s wife stands by stolen-election views; district attorney’s daughter arrested in his stabbing
Weekly Briefs: Bias suit against Trump lawyer resolved; Montana no longer defies court order over birth certificates
Federal judge orders district attorney to write apology letters to families of murder victims
Top St. Louis prosecutor is reprimanded for discovery missteps, misstatements in then-governor’s prosecution
Second mistrial in murder case declared after prosecutor mistakenly texts judge
A mistrial has been declared in a case involving a man charged with killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son—after a prosecutor allegedly complained about the judge’s ruling in a group text message that included the judge.
Ex-deputy attorney general in Virginia sues former colleagues for defamation
Dallas attorney who agreed to launder supposed drug money sentenced to 5 years in prison
Florida prosecutor sues governor over suspension, claiming free speech violations
Reform-minded LA district attorney survives second recall attempt
The effort to force Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón into a recall election failed Monday.
New York man arrested and charged with assault after attack at courthouse
Federal prosecutor reaches settlement over discrimination in US attorney’s office
A longtime federal prosecutor has reached a settlement in his lawsuit alleging retaliation for calling out racially discriminatory actions and language at the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California.
Weekly Briefs: Legal sector gains 34,700 jobs in a year; judge unseals Trump search warrant
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