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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants an en banc panel of the Eleventh Circuit to rehear a recent decision to revive ousted state prosecutor Andrew Warren's bid for reinstatement, arguing the three-judge panel's ruling transformed "the First Amendment from a shield against government oppression into a sword against a governor's disciplinary decisions." ....
A malpractice claim brought against a New York law firm will be allowed to proceed despite there being no attorney-client relationship between the plaintiff and firm, an Empire State judge determined, citing an exception in state law "for harm caused by professional negligence in the presence of fraud, collusion, malicious acts or other special circumstances." ....
A former West Virginia police officer who was sentenced to nine years behind bars for assaulting an arrested man and lying to a court can't get his conviction overturned on the grounds that witnesses' mask wearing during his 2021 trial violated his Sixth Amendment rights, the Fourth Circuit ruled Thursday. ....
Attorneys accused of misconduct for their federal lawsuit challenging 2020 election results in Michigan pushed back on a disciplinary board's decision not to toss proceedings, arguing the grievance administrator applied incorrect professional standards and inappropriately targeted out-of-state attorneys. ....
A former chief financial officer for insurance recovery firm Anderson Kill PC who claims he was illegally fired after seeking disability accommodations has blasted a bid to disqualify his counsel and partially dismiss the suit, saying the filing was meant "to distract from clear factual and legal issues that ought to proceed quickly to trial." ....