When Farrah Jinha’s 15-year marriage failed, she never imagined it would result in an eight-year legal battle, culminating in 2021 with an 18-day trial pitting her — alone — against her ex-husband’s professional legal team. But faced with a $200,000 retainer fee that needed to be paid to keep her lawyer, Jinha says she was forced to take over her divorce proceedings in B.C. …
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Trump lawyer Alina Habba claims ‘radical Left liberals’ do not care about facts …
Former President Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba argued Sunday that “radical Left liberals’ have no regard for the law in light of the former president’s trial in New York. While appearing on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo, Habba discussed Trump’s trial, one of several legal battles the former president is facing as he seeks another shot at …
Read More »The Lawyer Who Sued Harvard on Affirmative Action Is Going After Law Firms
(Bloomberg Law) — Edward Blum’s newest anti-affirmative action group sued Perkins Coie and Morrison Foerster Tuesday, alleging that diversity fellowships at the firms are unlawful in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning affirmative action. “This kind of rank discrimination was never lawful, even before SFFA v. Harvard held that colleges cannot use race in admissions,” the suit …
Read More »McKesson Again Tabs Past Morrison & Foerster Lawyer as Law Chief
McKesson Corp.’s chief legal officer and general counsel Lori Schechter will turn over leadership of the drug distributor’s law department on Jan. 1 to Michele Lau, the company disclosed in its quarterly earnings statement. Lau, the top lawyer and corporate secretary at internet domain registrar GoDaddy Inc., is poised to resign Nov. 17 from those roles ahead of her return …
Read More »The Big Law Criminal Lawyer With The Rugby World Cup Side Hustle
When the All Blacks battle South Africa for the Rugby World Cup final the focus will be on a big law partner who has, as one media outlet noted, a cooler side hustle than many. Wayne Barnes, 44, is a partner at the London office of biglaw US firm Squire Patton Boggs and is also one of the world’s top …
Read More »Former Trump lawyer Ellis pleads guilty in Georgia, could testify against Trump
WASHINGTON, Oct 24 (Reuters) – A former lawyer for Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping the then-U.S. president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state of Georgia and agreed to testify against Trump if called upon. Ellis is the third member of Trump’s legal team to reach a plea deal since Thursday, following …
Read More »Ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty, could testify in Georgia case
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) – A former lawyer for Donald Trump on Thursday pleaded guilty to aiding the former U.S. president’s efforts to overturn his election defeat in the state of Georgia, agreeing to testify against him if called. The lawyer, Sidney Powell, pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties, a …
Read More »A lawyer used ChatGPT to cite bogus cases. What are the ethics?
ChatGPT logo and AI Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration// Acquire Licensing Rights A New York lawyer submitted a brief citing six non-existent judicial decisions produced by ChatGPT Lawyers must ensure competency and confidentiality when using AI, experts warn May 30(Reuters) – A New York lawyer is facing potential sanctions over an …
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