The Washington Supreme Court overturned a recommendation to censure and remove a municipal court judge last month, saying the disciplinary action was inappropriate for the accusations that she was "rude, condescending or harsh toward staff and litigants,” and racism in the justice system could have been at play.
The Wyoming Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the state’s near-total abortion ban and a first-of-its-kind prohibition on abortion pills, saying that the laws violated the state constitution.
The Florida Supreme Court recently struck down a proposal that would have allowed certain state government lawyers to practice in the state for three years without taking the Florida bar exam.
The Department of Justice is suing Illinois' Democratic governor and attorney general, claiming that new state laws prohibiting detention of immigrants at courthouses and other key locations are unconstitutional and “threaten the safety of federal officers,” according to the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would not allow President Donald Trump to deploy the National Guard in the Chicago area for now, a significant setback for his campaign to push troops into cities across the country over the objections of local and state leaders.
Judges and licensed attorneys will also be included on another panel of subject matter experts who will check the questions for accuracy, according to last week’s order.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that police investigating a rape did not need a warrant to obtain a person's Google searches, the Record reports.
An attorney known for his activism on behalf of the homeless has been disbarred for allegedly pressuring a client to sign a plea agreement and mishandling her money while also propositioning her for sex and cocaine.
Financially incentivizing more attorneys to practice in “high-need areas” in Wisconsin is chief among proposals from a Wisconsin Supreme Court committee tasked with addressing ongoing attorney shortages in the state.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has retained Munger, Tolles & Olson in a $1 million contract to advise her office on legal issues regarding two civil rights probes in the city.
The Washington Supreme Court order stated that the state’s Uniform Bar Exam passing score, which had been set to 266 since July 2020, would be lowered to 260 on the advice of the state’s three law school deans.
A lawyer who filed more than 600 Americans With Disabilities Act lawsuits in federal court against hotels and was found to have repeatedly inflated his attorney fees has been suspended from practicing in Maryland.
