Campaign finance spending from Big Law firms and lawyers; state and federal judicial nominations
By Bhavleen Sabharwal | January 31, 2025
The Trump administration has made swift efforts to strike down several civil rights protections by issuing executive orders targeting immigrants, climate change, oil exploration, health and medical research, eliminating federal diversity programs, directives defining Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), freezing federal spending, directives defining gender and much, much more.
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By Brian Lee | January 30, 2025
A state appellate court on Thursday unanimously reinstated New York's John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2022, a law that prohibits "vote dilution" actions by municipalities. In a ruling penned by Appellate Division, Second Department Presiding Justice Hector D. LaSalle, the court found that the statute comports with federal and state constitutions.
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By The Young Lawyer Editorial Board | January 30, 2025
The members of the Young Lawyer Editorial Board hope that this article will provide a “judicial elections refresher” to our fellow attorneys so that we all may be well-informed voters and continue to educate and empower our friends, family and colleagues to exercise our constitutional right to vote.
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By Amanda Bronstad | January 27, 2025
The Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Monday that an Uber-funded ballot initiative designed to cap contingency fees in all civil cases at 20% was "misleading and confusing."
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By Alexander Lugo | January 23, 2025
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services released his financial disclosure as part of his nomination process, listing all the law firms he's been affiliated with over the years and those with which he plans to remain.
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By Alexander Lugo | January 21, 2025
Holland & Knight and Greenberg Traurig are among the firms expecting a significant rise in interest as the state continues ascending in national politics, thanks to President Trump's appointees and state policies that are shaping conservative thinking across the country.
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By Jonathan Nash | January 16, 2025
There is an entirely separate reason that the attorney general should not release the document retention report on the events of Jan. 6, 2021: Under the law governing that case, Jack Smith does not qualify as a special counsel.
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By Alyssa Aquino | January 14, 2025
Accepting the former mayor's arguments would lead to “absurd results,” said Administrative Judge Shahabuddeen Ally of the Civil Court of the City of New York.
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By Charlotte Kramon and Jeff Amy | January 14, 2025
Even as he held events to build public support ahead of the legislative session, which begins Monday, the Republican governor is having to contend with GOP lawyers in the General Assembly who make a living by filing lawsuits, Democrats who mostly oppose changes and a state Supreme Court that has voided earlier limits.
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By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | January 14, 2025
The office of former Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded it had enough admissible evidence against President-elect Donald Trump to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial for Trump's alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
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