New Orleans Police to Remain under Court Ordered Scrutiny for Years
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan approved a U.S. Justice Department agreement with New Orleans to completely overhaul the…
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Court Orders Kansas to Increase School Funding
On Friday, a three-judge panel at the Shawnee County District Court in Topeka, Kansas, ruled that Kansas must increase educational…
Judge Refuses to Block NY Law Requiring Parental Consent before Traditional Circumcision
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald rejected the request for a preliminary injunction against the new change to…
Greenberg Traurig Strengthens its Health Practice with Carla E. Hogan
On Thursday, Greenberg Traurig LLP announced that Carla Hogan had joined its Albany office as a shareholder in the Health…
Federal Court Dismisses Racial Bias Lawsuit against Quinn Emanuel
Last week, in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, a racial bias lawsuit brought against Quinn Emmanuel by…
Nursing Director Sentenced for Drugging Elderly Patients
On Wednesday, the Kern County Superior Court, California, sentenced a nursing director to three years in state prison for drugging elderly…
In GSC Group Bankruptcy, U.S. Trustee Alleges Kaye Scholer of Inflating Fees
On Friday, the U.S. Trustee in the bankruptcy case of GSC Group Inc, filed papers alleging that law firm Kaye…
US Justice Department Says Sales Bans for Infringing Key Patents Should be Last Resort
A joint policy statement issued by the Department of Justice and the US Patent and Trademark Office was made on…
Michigan Supreme Court Justice Resigning amidst Ethics Probe
On Monday, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway informed the court that she would be resigning effective Jan. 21. Justice…
Schiff Hardin Acquires Washington-based Bruder Gentile & Marcoux
Washington-based energy law practice boutique Bruder Gentile has been acquired by Chicago-based Schiff Hardin. Bruder Gentile was a 10-lawyer law…
Employment Data Suit against Albany Law School Dismissed
This should come as no surprise considering the recent history of lawsuits over misleading empoloyment data brought by law graduates…
Former CEO of Radnor Sues Skadden
Michael Kennedy, the former CEO of defunct packaging firm Radnor Holdings Corp has sued Skadden Arps and the law firm’s…