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NJ Sen. Seeks Fix For Daniel's Law Amid Legal Challenges
A New Jersey state senator has introduced legislation intended to rescue Daniel's Law from mounting constitutional challenges, saying the state's judicial-privacy statute has been weakened by 2023 amendments that have spawned confusion, lawsuits and compliance problems for businesses and public agencies.
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Murder Conviction Tossed Over Judge's Texts To Prosecutor
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge's midtrial text messages seeking to influence the prosecution's handling of a witness have caused a murder conviction to be overturned in California, after the attorney general's office conceded the messages showed too high a likelihood of judicial bias to be ignored.
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DOJ Official Among Trump Picks For District Courts
President Donald Trump announced judicial nominees for federal courts in Tennessee, Indiana and Missouri on Friday, including a current U.S. Department of Justice official.
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Northern NY US Atty To Defend DOJ In Maurene Comey Suit
The U.S. attorney's office for the Northern District of New York has agreed to defend the U.S. Department of Justice against a lawsuit from former FBI Director James Comey's daughter over what she calls her illegal firing, that office informed a New York federal judge this week.
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House Eyes Vote To Repeal Provision On Senators' Lawsuits
A House bill to repeal a controversial provision tucked into the government funding package that would allow senators investigated by former special counsel Jack Smith to sue for damages is listed for possible consideration on the schedule for the week of Nov. 17.
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Non-Attys Could Help Close Georgia's Civil Justice Gap
Low-income Georgians and rural Georgians face several barriers to accessing legal services, including living in a legal desert, according to a Georgia Supreme Court committee’s report. The panel's proposal allowing "limited licensed legal practitioners" to assist with civil housing and consumer debt matters could improve access to justice across the state.
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Voir Dire: Law360 Pulse's Weekly Quiz
The legal industry had another busy week with more lateral hires and leadership changes, and one BigLaw firm exploring private equity investments.
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Prosecutorial Watchdog Takes Helm In Trump Election Case
The Georgia election interference charges against President Donald Trump and others will continue after the head of the state's prosecutorial oversight agency said Friday that for now, he'll take over the case from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis after multiple outside prosecutors turned down the job.
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Ex-Judge Worries Top Court Will Be 'Timid' In Checking Trump
A Massachusetts federal judge who recently resigned to more openly speak out against the Trump administration told Law360 on Thursday he is concerned the U.S. Supreme Court will be unwilling to provide a constitutional check on presidential overreach.
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Colo. High Court Appoints Appellate Chief Judge
The Colorado Judicial Branch announced Thursday the appointment of Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Ted Tow as the court's next chief judge.
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Detroit Judge Faces Ethics Complaint For Cuffing Dozing Teen
Michigan's judicial watchdog filed misconduct charges Thursday against a Detroit judge who had a teenage girl visiting his courtroom on a field trip detained and handcuffed, and then staged a mock trial in front of her classmates.
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Judge Denies NJ Lawmaker's Bid To Toss ICE Facility Charges
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday refused to toss the criminal indictment filed against U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., following a confrontation with federal agents at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Newark.
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Rumble Cites Judge's Longtime Friendship With Google VP
Rumble asked a California federal judge to consider recusal should the Ninth Circuit revive its antitrust lawsuit against Google, citing a yearslong friendship with Google's top in-house litigation chief that involved the judge officiating at her wedding and their ongoing participation in a fantasy football league.
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Fla. Judge Cites Free Speech In Death Row Ethics Fight
A state appellate judge is asking the Florida Supreme Court to dismiss her ethics charges over a series of text messages she exchanged with a state attorney discussing postconviction litigation in a death penalty case, saying the communications are protected under the First Amendment.
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Fired Immigration Judges Share Concerns As Cases Pile Up
Fired immigration judges spoke on Thursday about their "crushing" backlog of cases, a buildup exacerbated by the Trump administration's elimination of their colleagues' positions.
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Coalition Rips Trump Deputy AG's Claim Of 'War' With Judges
A group of former federal judges on Thursday condemned what they called "inflammatory remarks" last week by Deputy U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche detailing the U.S. Department of Justice's "war" with "rogue activist" judges.
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Minn. Chief Federal Judge To Take Semi-Retired Status In July
Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz of the District of Minnesota will take semi-retired status next summer, according to an update on Thursday from the federal judiciary.
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NJ Comptroller Slams 'Power Grab' For Oversight Powers
The acting New Jersey comptroller said Thursday that plans to wrest investigatory powers from his agency and move them to a state commission that reports in part to Senate leadership is a "naked power grab" aimed to "weaken accountability, undermine oversight, and shield the powerful from scrutiny."
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Judge Halts Jackson Walker Secret Romance Settlements
A Texas federal judge has paused a number of settlements between Jackson Walker LLP and former clients, criticizing the firm for trying to undermine the U.S. Trustee's investigation into alleged malpractice stemming from a secret romance between a former partner and a bankruptcy judge.
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Del. US Atty Tapped For Acting Role After Interim Term Expires
Delaware's former interim U.S. attorney has been appointed acting U.S. attorney after the district court declined to keep her as the top federal prosecutor in the First State when her term expired.
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Judge Casts Doubt On Legitimacy Of Halligan's Appointment
A federal judge in Virginia said Thursday that Attorney General Pam Bondi couldn't have reviewed the full transcript of the grand jury proceedings that netted an indictment of James Comey before ratifying the charges against the former FBI director because the U.S. Department of Justice didn't have them at the time.
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Ga. Gov. Taps New Prosecutor After Prior's Feud With Judge
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has tapped a Milledgeville attorney to take over a nearby solicitor general's post, after the prior prosecutor quit amid a Facebook feud with a state court judge and dueling allegations of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.
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NY Gov't Ethics Watchdog Called To Testify Against AG James
The federal government subpoenaed the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government on Wednesday to testify in its case against New York Attorney General Letitia A. James.
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Efforts To DQ Judge In Venezuelan Debt Case Come Up Short
A federal judge on Thursday denied efforts to unseat him and the court-appointed special master overseeing the sale of Citgo's parent company to satisfy billions of dollars in Venezuelan debt, ruling that the motions are both procedurally defective and unmeritorious.
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Justices Won't Block 5th Circ. Order On Child's Removal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday denied an emergency application to stay a Fifth Circuit decision that would allow an asylum-seeker's 7-year-old daughter to be deported to Venezuela.