By Christine Charnosky | October 26, 2023
"In line with NCBE's mission of service to jurisdiction high courts, law schools, candidates and the public for almost a century, we are committed to responsiveness to the courts and fairness and transparency to candidates and law schools," NCBE President Judith Gundersen said in a statement.
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By Nicholas Riccardi | The Associated Press | October 26, 2023
Mike Johnson, the Louisiana congressman who was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Wednesday after a three-week standoff among Republicans, took the lead in filing a brief in a lawsuit that sought to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 presidential election win. That claim, widely panned by legal scholars of all ideologies, was quickly thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press | October 26, 2023
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, ordered the state to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia's 56-member state Senate and five new Black-majority districts in its 180-member state House.
By Cedra Mayfield | October 26, 2023
"'[L]oading' the decedent into the back of the patrol car was inherently a part of the detention process because the decedent could not have been detained inside the patrol car without having been 'loaded' inside it by the deputies," read the Supreme Court of Georgia reversal.
By Eric Tucker | The Associated Press | October 26, 2023
In a motion filed Wednesday night, special counsel Jack Smith's team encouraged Chutkan to put the restrictions back in place. Prosecutors cited in part statements in social media and at a news conference over the last day by Trump about his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, who was reported by ABC News on Tuesday to have testified before a grand jury after receiving immunity from prosecution.
By Sudhin Thanawala | The Associated Press | October 26, 2023
In a lawsuit, Texas-based True the Vote challenged the eligibility of more than 360,000 state voters, saying it had good reason to believe they had moved out of their districts and were ineligible to cast a ballot there. But a group founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams argued in a 2020 lawsuit that the mass challenge violated federal law because it intimidated voters.
By Alex Anteau | October 25, 2023
According to the winning companies' motions to dismiss the protestor's claims, "Everyone else—patients with serious medical conditions, the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, the courts, and the other litigants—are just collateral damage in the protesters' campaign of delay."
The American Lawyer | Analysis|Research
By Amanda O'Brien | October 25, 2023
"The differences the data reflects are that mothers are disproportionately not getting important assignments, not being assigned matters with travel, not having sponsors and mentors, and there's a disparity in income particularly as income rises," attorney Roberta Liebenberg, a co-author of the report, said.
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By Mason Lawlor | October 25, 2023
"When other companies hear this, they'll understand that discrimination isn't free," plaintiffs counsel said.
By Thomas Spigolon | October 25, 2023
Lawyers often know the advantages of taking pleas early in legal proceedings, said Emory law professor Fred Smith Jr.
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