DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has picked a longtime aide to serve as the state’s second acting attorney general following Republican Ken Paxton’s historic impeachment on allegations of misconduct and crimes, the governor’s office announced Monday. Angela Colmenero will step in as the state’s top lawyer on an interim basis starting Friday while […]
Continue Reading(Bloomberg) — Rudy Giuliani was ordered to pay the attorney fees of two Georgia election workers suing him for defamation, after a judge found he failed to comply with his obligations to turn over evidence in the case. Most Read from Bloomberg US District Judge Beryl Howell entered an order on Friday directing Giuliani to […]
Continue ReadingTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton tests in front of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, just a few days before a grand jury indicts him on three felony.Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton could soon be out of a job after being accused of several crimes. The […]
Continue ReadingAG Andrew Bailey Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey put out an emergency regulation on Thursday severely restricting gender-affirming care, claiming that gender-affirming care is already banned in the state due to a state law blocking some medical treatments deemed to be dangerous. A vast majority of the major medical associations in the United States […]
Continue ReadingA George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor in St. Louis already mired in accusations of negligence and misconduct was a hit with more bad news on Friday, when one of the few remaining prosecutors who handled the city’s most violent felonies abruptly resigned, citing a “toxic work environment.” Natalia Ogurkiewicz, 27, joined the office of St. Louis Circuit […]
Continue ReadingThis post was written by Ashlee Vega- Slattery, University of Touro Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center The question at 20 Rewe Street, LTD v New York State is whether landlords were adequately compensated by the State for taking part of their property in Brooklyn. The property, which is located in a manufacturing/industrial zone and covers […]
Continue ReadingA New York legal firm sued one of its attorneys, accusing her of using remote work as a vehicle to “quiet quit” while she devoted herself to a new venture. Defendant Heather Palmore filed a countersuit against Napoli Shkolnik, accusing the firm, which specializes in personal injury litigation, of mistreating minority employees, “brazen bullying” and […]
Continue Reading(Reuters) – US Attorney John Lausch said he will leave his position as the top federal prosecutor in Chicago on March 11, leaving open a post that was last filled by former President Donald Trump in 2017. Lausch’s lieutenant, First Assistant US Attorney Morris (Sonny) Pasqual, will serve as the US attorney on an acting […]
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