Lawyer Ethics

Do Lawyers Advising Pot Companies Violate Ethics Rules?

Now that more than 30 states and U.S. territories permit the use of marijuana for medical or recreational purposes, the […]

Appeals Court Throws SEC Judges’ Rulings Into Question

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Administrative Law Judges should be appointed to their positions, like ALJs in other federal agencies, […]

MN County Extorts “Booking Fee” From Low-Income Residents

In Minnesota’s Ramsey County, which includes the state capital St. Paul, people who are arrested have to pay a $25.00 […]

Lawyers Will Fight Back At Executive Branch Overreach

Politicians have many motivations for how and when they defend or decry U.S. laws, and the courts in this country […]

Fight For Blind Students To Avoid LSAT Headed To SCOTUS

A blind man who says he was rejected from every law school he applied to because his disability prevented him […]

SCOTUS To Hear Bad Legal Advice Case

The U.S. Supreme Court this week agreed to hear a case in which a South Korean immigrant was told by […]

Judge Cleared Of Wrongdoing In Stanford Sexual Assault Case

When California Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky sentenced former Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to six months in county jail and […]

Midwestern City Tops “Judicial Hellhole” List

In the annual ranking of “judicial hellholes” compiled by the American Tort Reform Association, the City of St. Louis Circuit […]

Do Non-lawyer Judges Violate Defendants’ Rights?

A cert petition before the U.S. Supreme Court asks whether allowing non-lawyer judges to preside over cases violates defendants’ rights […]

Angry, Vindictive Judge Gets Suspension

A complaint filed against a Pennsylvania judge alleges that he violated sexual harassment policy, and when his advances were rebuffed, […]

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