A federal judge on Monday dismissed the headline-grabbing indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding the controversial prosecutor handling both cases was not properly appointed.
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Comey, James Defeat Charges Over Halligan's Appointment

By Ryan Boysen

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the headline-grabbing indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding the controversial prosecutor handling both cases was not properly appointed.

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Google Calls Rumble's Recusal Bid Irrelevant To Its Appeal

By Andrea Keckley

Google is urging the Ninth Circuit to disregard concerns Rumble has raised about the trial judge's relationship with the tech giant's litigation vice president, saying Friday that the information is irrelevant to the YouTube rival's appeal of the court's ruling that its antitrust lawsuit was filed too late.

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8th Circ. Won't Force Judge's Recusal In Pork Price-Fixing Case

By Matthew Perlman

The Eighth Circuit has denied a mandamus petition from Agri Stats Inc. and major pork producers who are seeking a Minnesota federal judge's recusal in price-fixing litigation based on a law clerk's previous work on a related case.

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Jenner & Block Hires Ex-DOJ Atty, Space Force Adviser In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Jenner & Block LLP has tapped a former trial attorney from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Division, who brings to the firm's team in Washington, D.C., the perspective of a former member of the U.S. Air Force and legal adviser to the U.S. Space Force, according to a Monday announcement.

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DOD Probes Sen. For Urging Troops To Defy Illegal Orders

By Courtney Bublé

The U.S. Department of Defense announced on Monday it is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired Navy captain, for telling members of the military to not follow illegal orders.

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Justice Thomas Says Court Should Clarify Military Immunity

By Y. Peter Kang

For the third time in five years, Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday said the U.S. Supreme Court should have granted review of a long-standing court precedent shielding the government from claims incidental to military service, in a suit over the death of an off-duty Air Force service member.

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Justices Refuse Drug Price-Fixing Class Action

By Abigail Harrison

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will not review the Fourth Circuit's decision to back the dismissal of a proposed class action accusing drugmakers of conspiring and inflating the price of a medication for Huntington's disease.

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Wash. Gov. Ferguson Taps Civil Rights Chief For Top Court

By Rachel Riley

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has tapped a leading civil rights litigator from the attorney general's office to replace retiring Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary I. Yu when she steps down at the end of the year.  

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Justices Won't Review Doctor's Conviction For Reusing Devices

By Abigail Harrison

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a petition from a North Carolina physician seeking to revisit the Fourth Circuit's decision to back her conviction for healthcare fraud.

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UC Law SF Fights Bid To Recuse Judge In Disability Bias Suit

By Rose Krebs

The University of California College of the Law, San Francisco is pushing back against a bid to recuse U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen from presiding over a onetime student's disability discrimination lawsuit in California federal court, arguing that the judge's "minimal ties" to the school do not warrant recusal.

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Stone Hilton Fights Ex-Aide's Bid To Toss FLSA Defense

By Irene Spezzamonte

A former Stone Hilton PLLC executive assistant's bid to toss the firm's defense in her sexual harassment and unpaid wage suit that she is exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act was three weeks late, the firm and its founders have told a Texas court.

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