Trials & Litigation

DOJ fired lawyer because she wouldn’t bend rules for Mel Gibson, lawsuit alleges

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, a former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer claims that she was wrongfully terminated after refusing to restore gun ownership rights for actor Mel Gibson, who had a domestic violence conviction.

Sep 4, 2026 2:07 PM CDT

DC appeals court blames Deutsche Bank lawyers for AI hallucinations

Calling it a “cautionary tale about the misuse of artificial intelligence,” the District of Columbia Court of Appeals struck down a Deutsche Bank subsidiary’s appellate brief in an ongoing mortgage foreclosure lawsuit after finding that it cited nonexistent cases.

Sep 4, 2026 1:53 PM CDT

Lindsay Clancy murder trial ends in mistrial despite dramatic appeal from defense

The high-profile trial of Lindsay Clancy ended in a mistrial Friday after a Massachusetts jury could not reach a unanimous decision in the triple-murder case.

Sep 4, 2026 11:13 AM CDT

2 BigLaw firms fined $2M, accused of helping client make false statements

Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have agreed to pay $2 million in sanctions amid accusations that they helped a client hide records and make false statements, according to Reuters.

Sep 4, 2026 10:51 AM CDT

‘Survivor Greece’ contestant whose leg was severed in boating accident sues for over $100M

A contestant on Survivor Greece who lost his leg in a boating accident during production has sued the reality TV show’s producers claiming that they failed to protect participants while filming a spearfishing segment in the Dominican Republic.

Sep 4, 2026 9:35 AM CDT

Social media loves Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer Kevin Reddington, aka ‘Shreddington’

As the jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse charged with strangling and killing her three small children in 2023, starts its fifth day of deliberations, social media continues to celebrate Kevin Reddington—her 75-year-old defense lawyer who has been trying cases for more than 40 years.

Sep 2, 2026 11:39 AM CDT

Does Bryan Garner think AI will end bad legal writing?

Artificial intelligence is making legal writing cheaper, faster and less embarrassing. Its first achievement won’t be a flowering of legal thought. It’ll be the elimination of drudgery: typos, ghostly cross-references, inconsistent uses of supposedly mandatory "shalls" and defined terms that mutate from section to section.

Sep 2, 2026 9:04 AM CDT

Lawyers withdraw as counsel for singer known as D4vd in murder trial of 14-year-old girl

A singer known as D4vd, who was charged with killing a 14-year-old girl found in the trunk of his Tesla, is now being represented by a public defender.

Sep 1, 2026 11:22 AM CDT

Jones Day lawyer returns to firm after stint at DOJ

A lawyer who worked in the U.S. Department of Justice and fought some of the second Trump administration’s high-profile legal battles, including defending the White House over its ballroom construction, is rejoining Jones Day, the law firm announced Monday.

Sep 1, 2026 10:33 AM CDT

Judge’s release of order with AI errors is ‘pretty serious matter,’ 5th Circuit says

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans is weighing whether a challenge to a Mississippi law that prohibits programs promoting diversity, equity and inclusion should be reassigned after the district court judge issued an error-riddled ruling in the case.

Sep 1, 2026 10:02 AM CDT

‘We Want Information’: What ‘The Prisoner’ knew about AI

When I first watched The Prisoner as a teenager, I was captured, in every sense, by its themes and its aesthetics. A secret agent resigns, is gassed in his London flat and wakes up in a candy-colored seaside village where everyone wears numbered badges and piped blazers, the taxis only make local trips, and a white balloon hunts down anyone who tries to leave.

Sep 1, 2026 9:06 AM CDT

DOJ fired lawyer because she wouldn’t bend rules for Mel Gibson, lawsuit alleges

DC appeals court blames Deutsche Bank lawyers for AI hallucinations

Lindsay Clancy murder trial ends in mistrial despite dramatic appeal from defense

2 BigLaw firms fined $2M, accused of helping client make false statements

‘Survivor Greece’ contestant whose leg was severed in boating accident sues for over $100M

Social media loves Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer Kevin Reddington, aka ‘Shreddington’

Does Bryan Garner think AI will end bad legal writing?

Lawyers withdraw as counsel for singer known as D4vd in murder trial of 14-year-old girl

Jones Day lawyer returns to firm after stint at DOJ

Judge’s release of order with AI errors is ‘pretty serious matter,’ 5th Circuit says

‘We Want Information’: What ‘The Prisoner’ knew about AI

‘Dumb judge’ and other insults turn up in BigLaw lawyers’ emails in NCAA eligibility suit

Attorneys awarded $146.8M in fees after verdict against Google

Judge considers attorney fees request in $425M Google privacy class action

5th Circuit examines, and sets aside, server test for online copyright infringement claims

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