Trials & Litigation

Why federal judge fined Alston & Bird $10K for conducting jury research on LinkedIn

U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick has fined Alston & Bird $10,000 for violating his standing order that bars lawyers from researching potential jurors by looking at their LinkedIn pages.

Oct 30, 2025 11:58 AM CDT

Thanks to unprecedented gerrymandering battles, redistricting lawyers are busier than ever

As critical midterms loom, legions of election law lawyers are locked in nearly unprecedented conflict. Ordinarily, redistricting occurs after a census at the start of each decade; midcycle remapping for partisan advantage has happened only twice since 1970.

Oct 30, 2025 11:42 AM CDT

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

Law firm deals with government have ethical implications, DC Bar ethics opinion says

Law firms that enter into agreements with the government that may limit or shape their law practices should consider the ethical implications, according to an October ethics opinion by the District of Columbia Bar.

Oct 29, 2025 10:22 AM CDT

Suit by expelled law student alleges BigLaw firm acted as ‘outsourced Title IX decision-maker’ without due process

Updated: A male law student expelled from the Charleston School of Law in South Carolina alleges in a lawsuit that the school had a “double standard rooted in gender bias” in handling dueling harassment complaints.

Oct 28, 2025 4:04 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

Judge recuses himself after ‘impulsive comment from the bench’ about shooting attorneys

A judge in Wakulla County, Florida, has apologized and recused himself from an estate battle after telling attorneys in the case that he “would like to tell the deputy to pull his gun and shoot all three of you.”

Oct 27, 2025 3:49 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

Google’s AI platforms spread ‘radioactive lies’ about conservative activist, suit says

Conservative activist and filmmaker Robby Starbuck alleges in a lawsuit that Google’s artificial intelligence platforms are portraying him as a “monster” through “radioactive lies” that he had a criminal record, abused women and once shot a man in the leg.

Oct 23, 2025 2:23 PM CDT

Federal judge’s decision tossing youths’ climate lawsuit had ‘silver lining’

A federal judge had some good news for 22 youths in his Oct. 15 decision dismissing their lawsuit seeking to block President Donald Trump’s executive orders promoting fossil fuels.

Oct 21, 2025 9:25 AM CDT

Federal courts furlough some staff as money runs out; Supreme Court will close to the public

The federal judiciary ran out of money for full, paid operations Monday, according to an announcement by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

Oct 20, 2025 10:02 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

Lawyer goes to bat for son over Little League suspension for celebrating home run

When a 12-year-old baseball player hit a home run in the sixth inning of a game, he did something to celebrate: He flipped his bat in the air. An umpire ejected him from the game for tossing his bat. Under Little League rules, an ejection also required him to be suspended for one additional game. The boy’s father, a lawyer, decided to take the league to court.

Oct 16, 2025 9:11 AM CDT

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones’s bid to set aside $1.4 billion verdict

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a bid by conspiracy theorist and Infowars founder Alex Jones to set aside the historic $1.4 billion jury verdict against him for defaming families of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass killing.

Oct 14, 2025 1:35 PM CDT