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ABA Sues to Defend Law Firms Affected By Trump's Executive Orders

By Catherine Hodder, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on

The ABA sued in federal court to enjoin enforcement of Trump’s Executive Orders punishing prominent law firms that oppose Trump and his policies. In the ongoing saga of President Trump’s attacks on major law firms that he dislikes, the American Bar Association (ABA) has entered the fray. On June…

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No Judging the Judges as Trump Administration Freezes ABA Out From Federal Court Nominees Ratings

By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on

There has long been tension between the American Bar Association's vetting of federal judicial nominees and the Trump administration. This is somewhat unsurprising, as the ABA categorized more of Trump's nominees as unqualified than any other administration's nominees (although the vast majority of Trump nominees, as with…

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Exodus of Partners Continues From Paul Weiss

By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on

In March 2025, the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (Paul Weiss) faced threats to its ability to interact with the federal government through an executive order from President Donald Trump. Choosing to capitulate rather than fight, Paul Weiss pledged $40 million in…

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A Former Legal Giant Gets 87 Months in Prison for Wire Fraud Convictions

By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on

He was known for being the lawyer who took on some of the largest companies in the country to fight for the rights of the little guy. With his sentence of 87 months for wire fraud on June 3, 2025, the now-disbarred Tom…

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Alabama's Million-Dollar Prison Defense Team Caught Using Fake Citations

By Vaidehi Mehta, Esq. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on

Alabama pays millions to private attorneys to defend them from some of their alleged bad deeds—but now, that defense has gone spectacularly wrong. A federal judge is considering sanctions against the law firm representing Alabama after one of its attorneys used AI to cut corners in court.

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Referee Suggests COVID-19 'Brain Fog' Responsible for Attorney's Courtroom Transgressions

By Kit Yona, M.A. | Reviewed by Joseph Fawbush, Esq. | Last updated on

Coronavirus disease 2019, better known as COVID-19, hit the entire world in 2020. It effectively shut down the planet as scientists and researchers sought means to counteract it. There's still much to learn about the aftereffects and lingering maladies associated with COVID-19. One characteristic that's common to those…

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