Analysis

Here's What Comes Next After Trump's Conviction

By Phillip Bantz

Donald Trump's forthcoming appeal of his historic conviction Thursday in the New York hush money case could include challenges to the state's evidence and jury instructions, but it's unlikely the case will be resolved before Election Day.

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What The Trump Verdict Was Like From Inside The Courtroom

By Frank Runyeon, Rachel Scharf and Stewart Bishop

Law360 reporters were providing live updates from the Manhattan criminal courthouse as a jury found Donald Trump guilty of falsifying business records. Here's a blow-by-blow of the historic verdict.

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Donald Trump Convicted Of All 34 Counts In NY Trial

By Frank Runyeon, Rachel Scharf, Stewart Bishop and Elliot Weld

Former President Donald Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury Thursday of 34 felonies over a plot to illegally sway the 2016 presidential election in his favor by concealing hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels.

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Atty Who Missed Depo Amid Eclipse Trip Slams AAA's Fee Bid

By Lynn LaRowe

A lawyer sanctioned for missing a client's deposition in Florida when the attorney was viewing the solar eclipse in Arkansas has slammed the AAA organization's related fees request as "hyperinflated" and cited a popular job-hunting website to back up his argument.

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Physician, Health Cos. Spar Over Docs In Fla. Qui Tam Suit

By David Minsky

A doctor and several healthcare businesses accused each other of withholding evidence in a Florida federal False Claims Act lawsuit, with the doctor saying several key Zoom meeting records were destroyed, although the businesses have alleged the doctor refused to provide a financial agreement she made with a cohort.

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Judge Finds US Owns Fla. Island In Long-Running Dispute

By Nate Beck

A federal judge ruled that the government owns a vacant island off the harbor of Key West, Florida, in rejecting a developer's long-running claim to title, finding that the U.S. Navy has used the site as a buffer from forces such as hurricanes and private development.

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Chancery Sweeps Away Most Challenges To Broker's Control

By Jeff Montgomery

Independent insurance distributor BRP Group Inc. has defeated most stockholder challenges to founder preapproval requirements for company actions, according to a Delaware Court of Chancery ruling upholding a consent and defense agreement established after the company was sued.

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Brief

11th Circ. Backs Navy Win In National Origin Harassment Case

By Madeline Lyskawa

An Eleventh Circuit panel refused to revive a former Naval employee's lawsuit alleging he faced harassment as a result of his Nigerian descent, holding a Florida federal judge did not err in finding he failed to establish harassment that was sufficiently severe or pervasive. 

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Ex-FTX Auditor Must Face SEC's Independence Rules Suit

By Sydney Price

The former auditor of Sam Bankman-Fried's defunct cryptocurrency exchange FTX must face the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's claims it violated auditor independence rules while collecting $3 million in fees from clients, a Florida federal judge has ruled, finding the agency's allegations establish severe recklessness.

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NFL Kicker Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Flight Attendants

By Y. Peter Kang

Two flight attendants who worked on a transatlantic charter flight for the Jacksonville Jaguars have sued the team and kicker Brandon McManus in Florida state court, alleging he sexually assaulted them during the eight-hour flight to London.

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SEC Cites High Court CFPB Ruling In Market Surveillance Suit

By Carolina Bolado

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has told the Eleventh Circuit that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision finding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure is constitutional should sink a challenge from broker-dealer firms seeking to escape paying for a market surveillance tool.

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Court Urged To Bring Fla. College Retirement Fee Suit To Trial

By David Minsky

Workers for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University have urged a Florida federal court to reject the college's bid for an early win in the proposed class action lawsuit over retirement account investments, saying key factual disputes that still remain over whether recordkeeping fees should be hashed out at trial.

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Morgan & Morgan Settles Ex-Paralegal's FMLA Suit

By Abby Wargo

Morgan & Morgan PA reached a deal with a former paralegal ending her suit accusing the firm of interference and retaliation when she was unlawfully fired, she said, after requesting time off afforded by the Family and Medical Leave Act, the firm told a Florida federal judge Thursday.

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Gunster Bolsters Employment And Immigration Teams In Florida

By Jack Rodgers

Gunster has hired two attorneys in two separate Florida offices who will continue their practices focused on labor and employment and immigration issues, the firm announced this week.

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Polsinelli Keeps Up Miami Growth With Boutique Litigator

By Madison Arnold

A commercial and real estate litigator from boutique law firm Mark Migdal & Hayden has jumped to Polsinelli PC to become Polsinelli's fourth shareholder addition in its Miami office this year alone.

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Mukasey Frenchman Co-Founder, Ex-DOJ Atty Join Dynamis

By Daniel Connolly

A longtime white collar defense lawyer and a former federal prosecutor have joined new white collar defense firm Dynamis LLP as partners, adding to its lineup of attorneys with expertise in cryptocurrency and other complex financial matters.

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Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

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Judge In Fatal Crash Remembered As 'Extraordinary' Mentor

By Emily Johnson

A Nevada federal judge who was reportedly struck and killed by a vehicle near the federal courthouse Wednesday is remembered as a loving family man, hardworking judge and mentor who was generous with his time.

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Ex-Fox Rothschild Corporate Chief Accuses Firm Of Age Bias

By Jake Maher

The former head of Fox Rothschild LLP's corporate department sued the firm for age discrimination Wednesday in New Jersey state court, saying it slashed his pay to below that of a first-year associate and then forced him out after nearly 30 years of employment there.

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Ballard Spahr Faces Claim It Fired Worker Over Sick Husband

By James Boyle

A former legal assistant at Ballard Spahr LLP claims the firm fired her in retaliation for using the Family and Medical Leave Act to take time away from work to care for her cancer-stricken husband, according to a complaint filed in Pennsylvania federal court.

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The 'Not-Postings' Of A Delaware Chancery Court Judge

By Leslie A. Pappas

Close observers of Delaware's Court of Chancery have recently gotten a new window into the First State's preeminent court of equity: Delaware Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, one of seven judges on the court's bench, has recently rejoined LinkedIn.

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ExamSoft, Bar Examiners Face $2M Software Crash Claims

By Aaron Keller

A 68-year-old former paralegal who hopes to become a pro bono attorney has sued the Connecticut Bar Examining Committee and ubiquitous bar exam test-taking software vendor ExamSoft Worldwide Inc. for $2 million, claiming three software crashes stymied her ability to take a exam offered remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Justices Revive NRA's Free Speech Claims Against NY Official

By Abraham Gross

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the National Rifle Association can proceed with certain claims in its lawsuit alleging that a former New York state official violated the gun rights group's free speech protections by pressuring financial institutions to cut ties with it.

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High Court Calls For 2nd Circ. Redo In BofA Preemption Fight

By Jon Hill

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a Second Circuit decision that freed Bank of America NA from class action litigation brought over a New York escrow interest law, ruling that the circuit court wasn't "nuanced" enough in finding the law preempted for national banks.

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Justices Back Ariz. Execution Despite Trial Lawyer's Miscues

By Jeff Overley

Three decades after an Arizona man fatally bludgeoned a friend, a young girl and a grandmother, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ended his efforts to escape execution, finding that a trial lawyer's incomplete illustration of the man's psychologically damaging experiences doesn't merit leniency.

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Chief Justice Roberts Declines Senate Democrats Meeting

By Courtney Bublé

Chief Justice John Roberts declined the invitation from two top Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss the high court's ethics in light of the controversy surrounding the flags flown outside Justice Samuel Alito's homes.

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NYU Law Review Beats Bias Claims Over Diversity Efforts

By Matt Perez

A New York federal court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit from a self-described straight white male, first-year law student at New York University claiming the NYU Law Review is discriminatory.

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Ex-BigLaw Atty Fights 10-Year Sentence In OneCoin Case

By Andrea Keckley

A former Locke Lord LLP partner urged the Second Circuit Wednesday to ax his 10-year prison sentence and conviction for laundering around $400 million in proceeds from the global OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, saying the case was contaminated by perjury and errors at the trial court level.

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Regulator Says Attys Hit For AI Use Have Themselves To Blame

By Thy Vo

An attorney for Colorado's ethics watchdog said Thursday that recent disciplinary action against lawyers for filing briefs with fake case citations generated by ChatGPT indicates a "lawyer problem" rather than issues with the technology.

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