/pulse/courts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Courts Copyright 2026 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:05:50 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2425454?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2425454 An ex-assistant U.S. attorney and two other former Justice Department employees urged a Washington, D.C., federal court on Tuesday to deny the government's motion to dismiss their lawsuit claiming they were unlawfully fired, arguing an internal government employment board isn't appropriate for their cases and is controlled by President Donald Trump. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:42:30 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2425157?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2425157 Advice that McDonald Hopkins LLC gave a Florida hospital manager about potential exposure to criminal prosecution for healthcare fraud is neither privileged nor work product, and so should be handed over to a Blue Cross health insurer being sued for malicious prosecution in Georgia federal court, the insurer said. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:27:28 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2418969?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2418969 New Jersey courts saw some history-making litigation come to a close over the course of 2025, including the largest environmental settlement ever achieved by a single state and the first clergy abuse trial verdict since the statute of limitations on child sexual abuse claims was extended. Another notable development was the state's federal bench exercising a rarely used authority to reject President Donald Trump's pick for interim U.S. attorney. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:21:25 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2425096?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2425096 A number of high-profile cases in 2025 found judges taking on the role of criminal defendants over a wide range of allegations, from murder and sexual assault to corruption and interfering with an ICE arrest. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:11:53 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2412478?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2412478 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration cannot deploy National Guard troops into Chicago to aid federal immigration enforcement, saying President Donald Trump didn't show he was permitted to federalize the National Guard under a statute he had relied on. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:23:09 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2425073?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2425073 When news broke this month that former special counsel Jack Smith planned to open a new boutique law firm, it underscored a bigger trend: All year long, elite small firms have proliferated as many federal lawyers left government service and some disaffected attorneys left BigLaw jobs. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:28:42 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2425245?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2425245 The Colorado Supreme Court is set to begin next month the process of selecting a new justice to replace Justice Melissa Hart following her retirement announcement earlier this month, the Colorado Judicial Branch said in a press release Tuesday. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:09:42 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424988?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424988 The federal judge who oversaw the criminal case against President Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago blocked the release Monday of the final report from former special counsel Jack Smith. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 20:21:23 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424927?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424927 Former CIA Director John Brennan's attorneys asked the chief judge for the Southern District of Florida on Monday to block prosecutors from trying to steer any potential charges against him for investigating Russia's 2016 election interference to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's courtroom. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:24:45 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424836?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424836 A California attorney has pushed back on opposition from California's attorney general and the state's bar association amid his efforts to block enforcement of a ban on fee sharing with out-of-state law firms owned by nonattorneys, arguing the new state law is a "protectionist act, in defiance of the constitution." Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:18:01 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424854?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424854 The New Jersey Senate confirmed the acting Warren County Prosecutor for the full prosecutor's role as well as approving nearly 20 new Superior Court judges Monday.  Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:15:30 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424686?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424686 A retired prosecutor who protested Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's deal with the Trump administration has sued New York City and others in federal court, alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was arrested outside the BigLaw firm's headquarters in Manhattan. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:05:43 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2423874?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2423874 This year, judges across the country grappled with attorneys' use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence, and prominent federal prosecutor battles dominated headlines in some of the top legal ethics matters of 2025. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:23:01 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2423375?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2423375 As generative artificial intelligence tools become embedded in mainstream legal practice, they are reshaping the administration of law itself, from how experts document and validate their work to how joint defense teams operate, demanding a new level of contractual clarity and operational discipline, says Karineh Khachatourian at KXT Law. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 13:56:30 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424643?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424643 The Trump administration is not waging an intimidation campaign against U.S. law firms, the government said Friday, calling an American Bar Association lawsuit challenging its alleged "law firm intimidation policy" as total speculation that must be dismissed due to lack of standing. Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:59:16 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424683?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424683 The ousted administrator of Norfolk Southern's $600 million settlement over the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, will pay $17.25 million to resolve claims that it mishandled the distribution of payouts, according to deal terms approved Monday.  Fri, 19 Dec 2025 23:06:00 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424472?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424472 The U.S. Department of Justice indicated Friday that it will appeal the dismissals of headline-grabbing indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, after a federal judge ruled the controversial prosecutor handling both cases was not properly appointed. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 22:07:57 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2423711?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2423711 Federal prosecutors are urging the Fourth Circuit not to give "a do-over" to a medical malpractice attorney who was convicted of attempting to extort the University of Maryland Medical System out of $25 million and who says his self-representation at trial was not competent. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:56:06 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424382?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424382 The conviction of a Wisconsin state judge for obstructing ICE officers is just the start of what will likely be a long legal battle, with major questions over judicial immunity, the evidence at hand and the meaning of "corrupt" yet to be decided. Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:19:43 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2424179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2424179 An Illinois federal judge has refused to order a new trial or alter a roughly $2.6 million damages award after a jury sided with three former employees of the Lake County Circuit Court Clerk's Office who claimed they were fired by the new clerk for campaigning for the incumbent she defeated in the 2016 election.