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Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman and the court's judicial council have been ordered to mediate their dispute over whether the 96-year-old Judge Newman is still competent to remain on the bench, offering a possible off-ramp for bitter litigation over a sensitive topic that's generally discussed only behind closed doors.

A New York federal judge has sanctioned two personal injury attorneys for submitting a brief written by artificial intelligence that cited nonexistent case law, finding the lawyers "abandoned their responsibilities" to check their work, and their behavior rose to "bad faith" when they then waited weeks to finally come clean about the embarrassing episode. 

A New York federal judge has sanctioned two personal injury attorneys for submitting a brief written by artificial intelligence that cited nonexistent case law, finding the lawyers "abandoned their responsibilities" to check their work, and their behavior rose to "bad faith" when they then waited weeks to finally come clean about the embarrassing episode. 

Crowell & Moring LLP is withdrawing from defending Humana in a Walgreens lawsuit that claims the firm's "betrayal" led to a $642 million arbitration award, with Crowell & Moring denying wrongdoing but acknowledging the conflict claims will bog down the case if it stays on.

A D.C. federal judge tore into Crowell & Moring LLP attorneys at a Wednesday hearing, demanding to know why she wasn't told about contractual language that seemingly means Crowell could forfeit its fees if the firm is conflicted out of representing Humana in bitter litigation against Walgreens — an outcome that now appears increasingly likely.

A D.C. federal judge tore into Crowell & Moring LLP attorneys at a Wednesday hearing, demanding to know why she wasn't told about contractual language that seemingly means Crowell could forfeit its fees if the firm is conflicted out of representing Humana in bitter litigation against Walgreens — an outcome that now appears increasingly likely.

The University of California College of the Law, San Francisco — recently changed from UC Hastings, over the namesake's purported financing of murderous anti-Native American raids — can't use an anti-SLAPP statute to bat away a lawsuit that seeks to undo the name change, a California appeals court has ruled.

A D.C. federal judge tore into attorneys from Crowell & Moring LLP at a Thursday hearing, saying she was deeply troubled by Walgreens' claims that Crowell attorneys advised the pharmacy chain on its drug pricing policies, then turned around and persuaded Humana to sue Walgreens over those same policies years later.

A D.C. federal judge tore into attorneys from Crowell & Moring LLP at a Thursday hearing, saying she was deeply troubled by Walgreens' claims that Crowell attorneys advised the pharmacy chain on its drug pricing policies, then turned around and persuaded Humana to sue Walgreens over those same policies years later.

A former public defender suing the federal judiciary for mishandling her sexual harassment complaint — a closely watched case that's made precedent — will now be represented by an unknown law clerk, after a judge allowed her former dream team of Harvard Law School professors and litigators to walk due to "irreconcilable differences."