/pulse/courts?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Courts Copyright 2025 saąúĽĘ´«Ă˝. en-US Fri, 12 Dec 2025 20:04:03 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421420?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421420 As Washington state is preparing to transition to a new bar exam, its Supreme Court has ordered a retroactive adjustment to the current exam's minimum passing score, making an estimated hundred-plus law school graduates who narrowly failed in recent years newly eligible for admission to practice law. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:58:46 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421608?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421608 Public confidence in state courts held steady this year, even as more Americans seem to have lost faith that those courts provide equal justice to everyone, according to new research. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:30:28 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421292?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421292 The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in four cases this week, including a high-profile one involving 90-year-old precedent that could soon be overturned and another that could remake campaign finance rules. Here, Law360 Pulse takes a data-driven dive into the week that was at the high court. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:00:12 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421581?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421581 A Connecticut appeals court on Friday upheld the two-week suspension of former Alex Jones lawyer Norm Pattis, agreeing that a trial court judge was within her discretion to bench the attorney over his law firm's handling of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims' medical records. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:47:48 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421455?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421455 The acting U.S. Attorney for Delaware said Friday that she is resigning, citing "a highly politicized, flawed blue-slip tradition" for nominees and saying she "fully" supports her first assistant, who has been appointed by a federal judge to succeed her. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:42:20 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421421?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421421 One of President Donald Trump's U.S. attorney nominees, who was on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, and recently told senators he still thinks "there were imperfections" in the 2020 election process, has been advanced toward Senate confirmation. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:22:12 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421438 The former municipal court administrator for West Windsor Township, New Jersey, has alleged that the town failed to accommodate her disability when it fired her instead of giving her a short medical leave of absence after she contracted COVID-19. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:54:05 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421220?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421220 A Washington-based nonprofit watchdog has sued the Trump administration, seeking records related to deals BigLaw firms struck to provide an estimated nearly $1 billion worth of pro bono legal services to further the administration's priorities, following the president's executive orders to withhold security clearances and investigate the firms. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:54:00 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2416632?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2416632 The Second Circuit raised questions during a hearing Friday about Con Edison's decision to terminate a longtime company lawyer shortly after she complained her boss was targeting her because she's an older woman, hinting some support for the attorney's fight to have her discrimination suit reinstated. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 14:52:07 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421101?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421101 A Second Circuit panel vacated a $100,000 charging lien awarded to an attorney who represented a man who sued Marriott International Inc. for race-based harassment, agreeing that the lawyer was fired without cause but finding that the lower court appeared not to address several arguments in favor of a lower amount. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 12:57:07 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2420904?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2420904 San Diego-based law firm Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP has launched a white collar crime and regulatory enforcement defense practice group, citing heightened regulatory scrutiny in the financial and healthcare sectors and rising enforcement risks for licensed professionals and institutions. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:54:10 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2420999?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2420999 The legal industry had another action-packed week as law firms announced year-end bonuses and continued to expand their bench of talent. Test your legal news savvy here with Law360 Pulse's weekly quiz. Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:30:27 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421259?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421259 Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday demanding she release the second volume of former special counsel Jack Smith's report on President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents after he left office the first time. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:05:47 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2420691?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2420691 A commercial litigator who has represented a long list of clients in complex cases — from Lehman Brothers, Facebook, institutional investors and drug developers to LGBTQ+ rights organizations in high stakes appellate cases — will join the bankruptcy bench in New York early next year. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:50:25 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2416631?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2416631 The Sixth Circuit on Thursday seemed to lean toward a broad interpretation of a 2022 law that bars mandatory arbitration for sexual harassment cases, but appeared skeptical that a sexual harassment claim by a former Adams & Reese LLP paralegal passed muster. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:09:58 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421066?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421066 The White House is forging ahead with its bid to win confirmation of the president's controversial pick for U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after a federal judge ruled she was serving illegally on an interim basis. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:34:23 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2421100?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2421100 The Georgia Supreme Court decided it won't review a lower appellate court's ruling that upheld a nearly $500,000 lien awarded to a team of Atlanta personal injury lawyers who said they were bilked by a former client. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:15:54 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2420936?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2420936 A trial date has been set in a former New Jersey Superior Court judge's challenge to the denial of her disability pension application, according to a Wednesday text order. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:25:56 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2420706?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2420706 A number of trends will continue to reshape how people search, consume and trust information next year, and law firms will need to adopt forward-thinking content strategies — from generative engine optimization to interactive legal tools — to stand out, says Elizabeth Lampert at Elizabeth Lampert PR and Nancy Myrland at Myrland Marketing and Social Media. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:18:22 +0000 /pulse/courts/articles/2420599?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /pulse/courts/articles/2420599 Sen. Chuck Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had a message for the White House Thursday: "Get on the ball" with nominations for U.S. attorneys and the judiciary.