By JOHN COUNCIL | April 27, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered Texas to pay nearly $600,000 in attorney fees to Akin Gump lawyers who defeated the state's same-sex marriage ban nearly a year ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court's historic Obergefell v. Hodges decision.
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By Andrew Denney | April 25, 2017
Persistent and sustained elevator outages in New York City subway stations have made the transit system largely inaccessible to straphangers with disabilities, according to class action suits filed in state and federal court.
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By Sue Reisinger | April 25, 2017
A panel sponsored by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security explored those lines in a webcast Tuesday. "Whistleblowers, Leaks and the Media: The Legal Rules" included lawyers and journalists who have been caught up in national security issues.
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By John Council | April 25, 2017
A woman who witnessed her mentally ill father's fatal shooting by police officers—and was only narrowly missed herself—will be able to sue a Texas Ranger who later interrogated her for five hours about the incident without a warrant, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has said.
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By Charles Toutant | April 19, 2017
A First Amendment suit by an Atlantic City strip club seeks to halt enforcement of a state law making it a crime for restaurants and clubs to advertise a BYOB policy.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 18, 2017
A gay man has won legal recognition of his common-law marriage to his partner, who died two months before the U.S. Supreme Court expanded the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.
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By Scott Flaherty | April 17, 2017
Sanford Heisler said outgoing Tennessee federal Judge Kevin Sharp will expand the firm and help it trade blows with Chadbourne & Parke in a $100 million sex bias suit.
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By Kristen Rasmussen | April 12, 2017
The University of Florida's top legal Gator has spent the last few months wrestling a prominent Gainesville attorney in a match that includes scathing employee reviews, administrative leave and even hints of criminal wrongdoing.
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By Leigh Jones | April 11, 2017
One is a partner at Mayer Brown; another is a partner at Reed Smith. Both are adamant about helping LGBT lawyers thrive in the profession.
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By David Ruiz | April 7, 2017
The bench trial over the U.S. Department of Labor's lawsuit against Google Inc. alleging the company failed to turn over employee compensation data as part of a compliance review, as required by law, started Friday in San Francisco.
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