Law students working unpaid internships with federal judges may be able to accept substantial financial support from law firms recruiting them, provided the payments are kept separate from their judicial work, according to new guidance from the judiciary’s ethics committee. The U.S. Judicial Conference’s Committee on Codes of Conduct addressed the issue as law firms …

Law Firm Stipends for Federal Judge Interns Get Conditional Ethics Green Light Read More »

A Louisiana federal court has introduced new disclosure requirements for parties using third-party litigation financing, adding another layer to the growing push for greater transparency over who is financially backing lawsuits in U.S. courts. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana said parties must identify litigation funders involved in their cases and …

Louisiana Federal Court Tightens Disclosure Rules for Litigation Funding Read More »

A group of major food manufacturers is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to remove Paul Weiss from a lawsuit accusing sugar producers of fixing prices, arguing that the law firm has a serious conflict because it previously sought to represent the companies now challenging the alleged conduct. Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz Global, Nestlé USA, Hershey …

Paul Weiss Faces Disqualification Push in Sugar Price-Fixing Battle Read More »

A federal appeals court on Wednesday appeared unconvinced by Louisiana’s attempt to roll back expanded access to the abortion drug mifepristone, with judges pressing the state over whether it has enough legal grounds to challenge federal prescribing rules. During arguments before a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, …

Appeals Court Puts Louisiana’s Abortion Pill Challenge Under Scrutiny Read More »

The U.S. Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to intervene in a growing dispute over how President Donald Trump’s administration has installed interim federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation. The request follows a ruling by a federal appeals court that found Sigal Chattah was not lawfully serving as Nevada’s top federal prosecutor and barred her …

DOJ Takes Nevada Prosecutor Fight to Supreme Court, Seeking to Preserve Trump Ally’s Post Read More »

The battle over Missouri’s Republican-backed congressional map has landed back before the U.S. Supreme Court, with opponents seeking to block a federal ruling that cleared the way for the new boundaries to be used in November’s elections. The emergency appeal was filed on Wednesday by People Not Politicians and other challengers, shortly after U.S. District …

Missouri Redistricting Showdown Returns to US Supreme Court as Election Map Fight Deepens Read More »

A major copyright battle involving OpenAI, Microsoft and The New York Times is moving toward a potentially consequential ruling over whether companies can legally use copyrighted works to train artificial intelligence systems. In filings before U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein in Manhattan, both sides have asked the court to rule in their favor on the …

AI Copyright Fight Puts Training Data Under the Legal Microscope Read More »