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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton must face the State Bar of Texas' ethics lawsuit over his attempts to reverse the results of the 2020 presidential election since the suit is against Paxton in his personal capacity and does not violate the separation of powers, a Texas appellate court has ruled.

High-profile death penalty cases, voting rights, civil forfeiture and fair pay for legal aid workers were among the biggest issues this year impacting the rights of disadvantaged people facing challenges in the American justice system.

A New York federal judge on Tuesday ordered one of Michael Cohen's attorneys to provide copies of three apparently fictional cases cited in a recent motion, in an incident appearing to echo other instances in which attorneys have been tripped up by the tendency of artificial intelligence to "hallucinate" legal citations.

Unlike the shortage of attorneys available to represent clients in rural areas, experts say there are an adequate number of courthouses to serve people living in remote areas of the country. It's getting to them that's the problem.

An engineer convicted of stealing trade secrets from Analog Devices Inc. should have to cover the company's $600,000 legal tab with WilmerHale and Quinn Emanuel, since it needed an experienced attorney sitting in on the engineer's trial, Analog Devices told a Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday.

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP shouldn't be able to defend Google in the government's ad tech monopolization case against it, Yelp and a newspaper trade group have said, arguing that they already hired the firm to provide advice concerning investigations into the internet giant.

The indictment in Georgia of multiple attorneys tied to former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election is a "stunning" historical moment, but is also not surprising and could be difficult for the charged lawyers to defend against, according to legal ethics experts.

The Florida defense attorney representing former President Donald Trump against federal charges stemming from his attempts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election is respected, methodical and understated, according to lawyers who know him, one of whom is surprised to see him representing Trump.

The Florida defense attorney representing former President Donald Trump against federal charges stemming from his attempts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election is respected, methodical and understated, according to lawyers who know him, one of whom is surprised to see him representing Trump.

Evidence that attorney John Eastman participated in attempts to create alternate slates of Trump electors during the 2020 presidential election is relevant to the disciplinary case against him and should be admitted during his ethics trial, according to the California State Bar.