Ex-Homicide Suspect Alleges ​​​​​​​Police Excluded Key Evidence

By Parker Quinlan

Two police detectives in Hartford, Connecticut, have been hit with a civil rights lawsuit claiming they deliberately excluded evidence from an arrest warrant application and misled witnesses to try to pin a cold homicide case on the wrong man.

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Conn. Ethics Watchdog Wants Immigration Atty Disbarred

By Brian Steele

Connecticut's attorney ethics watchdog wants an immigration lawyer disbarred in the state for eight years as reciprocal discipline after he was disbarred in Massachusetts following ethics accusations that he mishandled cases, overcharged clients and brought them to the attention of immigration authorities. 

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Goldman, Morgan Stanley Beat Archegos Suit At 2nd Circ.

By Jessica Corso

The Second Circuit on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley of profiting off insider knowledge that the investment firm Archegos Capital Management was about to collapse, ruling that the companies had no duty to withhold from trading on the information.

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Order Halting Ørsted Wind Project Is Valid, Trump Admin Says

By Tom Lotshaw

The Trump administration has told a D.C. federal judge that its challenged decision to halt work on an approved and nearly completed offshore wind farm in New England stands on firm legal ground and should not be overturned.

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Feds Oppose Sierra Club's Bid To Freeze $50M In Border Funds

By Elaine Briseño

The Trump administration told a California federal court Monday that forcing it to honor a settlement agreement between the Sierra Club and the Biden administration to use $50 million in border security funds on environmental projects would place the government between two conflicting court orders.

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DOE Asks Judge To Pull Plug On States' Cost Cap Suit

By Tom Lotshaw

The U.S. Department of Energy has asked an Oregon federal judge to toss a New York-led lawsuit challenging a new policy that would cap certain overhead costs under energy assistance awards, arguing the change falls within its discretionary authorities.

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Bakery Drivers Are Exempt From Arbitration, 2nd Circ. Told

By Aaron Keller

Two Connecticut delivery drivers asked the Second Circuit on Tuesday to reverse an order sending their employment misclassification lawsuit to arbitration, arguing the Federal Arbitration Act doesn't apply to workers engaged in interstate commerce and cuts through contracts that purportedly cast them as independent contractors.

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2nd Circ. Revives Suit Over Buddhist Group's Water Pollution

By Juan-Carlos Rodriguez

The Second Circuit on Tuesday revived an environmental group's Clean Water Act enforcement suit accusing a New York Buddhist center of contaminating nearby waterways with wastewater containing fecal coliform bacteria.

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Guo Ch. 11 Trustee Reveals $70K Deal With NY Law Firm

By Aaron Keller

The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing Chinese exile Miles Guo's Connecticut bankruptcy estate settled a $115,600 clawback action against a New York immigration firm for $70,000, new court records show.

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Conn. Bars Masked Agents, Warrantless Arrests In Its Courts

By Tom Lotshaw

State and federal law enforcement officers are barred from wearing face masks or making warrantless arrests in Connecticut state courts under a policy that took effect Tuesday.

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Conn. Ruling May Help Prevent Abuse Of Anti-SLAPP Statute

If the decision in Aguilar v. Eick, where the Connecticut Appellate Court held that the state's anti-SLAPP statute does not authorize the court to conduct an evidentiary hearing, is reconsidered by the state Supreme Court, it could provide an important mechanism for defendants to prevent plaintiffs from pleading around the reach of the statute, say attorneys at McCarter & English.

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Rebutting Price Impact In Securities Class Actions

Defendants litigating securities cases historically faced long odds in defeating class certification, but that paradigm has recently begun to shift, with recent cases ushering in a more searching analysis of price impact and changing the evidence courts can consider at the class certification stage, say attorneys at Katten.

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7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know

For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.

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BREAKING: Ex-Calif. Judge Gets 35 Years For Shooting Wife To Death

By Gina Kim

Former California state court judge Jeffrey M. Ferguson lost his bid for a new trial Wednesday and was sentenced to 35 years to life in prison for shooting his wife to death at home in a drunken rage.

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7th Circ. Pick Shrugs Off Conservative Group's Opposition

By Courtney Bublé

During her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Rebecca Taibleson, a federal prosecutor in Wisconsin tapped for the Seventh Circuit, fended off opposition to her nomination from conservative groups, antipathy that the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee called a "new low" for the committee.

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House Votes To End DC Judicial Nominations Commission

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 218-211 along party lines on Wednesday to eliminate the commission that vets and picks potential judicial nominees for Washington, D.C.'s local courts.

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Retired Judges Speak Out On 'Threats' To Constitution

By Courtney Bublé

More than 40 retired federal judges appointed by presidents of both parties released an open letter Wednesday, the anniversary of the signing of the Constitution, saying they sought to underscore the importance of the rule of law at a time when the nation's ideals "are under historic strain."

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Giuliani Must Pay Attys $1.4M After Missing Bills Claim Fails

By Adrian Cruz

A New York state judge has awarded nearly $1.4 million to Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP in its lawsuit accusing former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani of racking up unpaid legal bills for the firm's work in various criminal, civil and administrative matters.

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SEC Policy Shift Could Foreclose Some Investor Class Actions

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a policy statement Wednesday that allows the use of mandatory arbitration by new publicly traded companies as its chief seeks to "make IPOs great again," but Democrats warned the move could shut the door to shareholder class actions.

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Ex-Law Student's Bias Suit In Wrong Forum, 4th Circ. Told

By Patrick Hoff

A Black former student at Washington University School of Law shouldn't be able to revive claims that she was suspended from campus and lost her scholarship after complaining about a professor's race bias because she filed the suit in the wrong state, the law school told the Fourth Circuit.

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