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BANKRUPTCY JUDGE TASKED WITH SCANDAL CLEANUP OF ‘ADOPTED SON’

A Houston bankruptcy judge’s failure to disclose his longstanding romance with a
partner at a local firm has spawned legal disputes over millions of dollars in
fees he approved for the firm. Now, his close friend and colleague is set to
decide how some of those battles—and the questions of judicial ethics that they
raise—will play out in court.


REPUBLICANS VOW TO BLOCK FUTURE BIDEN JUDICIAL NOMINEES

A coalition of Republican senators has vowed not to support any of President Joe
Biden’s judicial nominees, effectively blocking the appointment of new district
judges in Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, and other states six months before Election
Day.


STARBUCKS, UNION REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR JOB PROTECTIONS


MUSK ACCUSED OF $7.5 BILLION OF INSIDER TRADES IN INVESTOR SUIT


CFPB HITS STUDENT LOAN SERVICER OVER BANKRUPTCY-DISCHARGED LOANS


NRA RULING EYED FOR CLUES IN SUPREME COURT SOCIAL MEDIA CASE

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COLUMBIA HIRES WALL STREET LAWYERS FOR STUDENT PROTEST PROBES

Columbia University is using lawyers from Manhattan’s Debevoise & Plimpton to
investigate student misconduct complaints stemming from recent pro-Palestine
protests on campus.

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EEOC REPUBLICANS FORCE PAUSE ON PICKET-LINE HARASSMENT MEMO


TEXAS JUSTICES REJECT CHALLENGE TO ABORTION BAN EXCEPTIONS


RUDY GIULIANI SHOULD LOSE DC LAW LICENSE, PANEL URGES COURT


TARGET SUED OVER USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TOOLS ON CUSTOMERS




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WHY THE SUPREME COURT DOESN'T HAVE A CODE OF ETHICS

A recent revelation, that the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
featured a symbol associated with false claims about the 2020 presidential
election, has once again put a spotlight on judicial ethics. In this video, we
explore why the Supreme Court doesn’t have an official code of ethics and how
that impacts the court’s legitimacy.


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WITH CHEVRON DOCTRINE LIKELY TO FALL, WHAT COMES NEXT?


CAN'T AFFORD A LAWYER? AI MIGHT BE THE SOLUTION


BUSINESS LEADER TALKS OECD TAX DEAL AND ITS IMPACT


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SHOPPING FOR THE JUDGE YOU WANT HONED TO PERFECTION IN TEXAS

Conservative groups have ensured that their challenges to Biden administration
policies get in front of like-minded judges by claiming an address in Fort Worth
or Amarillo, recruiting plaintiffs who live or work in those districts, and even
collaborating with the state of Texas.

By Jacqueline Thomsen


HOUSTON BANKRUPTCY COURT


SEX, SECRETS TRIGGER DOWNFALL OF STAR TEXAS BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

After helping to transform Houston’s bankruptcy court from a backwater to a
boomtown, Judge David R. Jones resigned in 2023 following the disclosure of his
long-running romantic relationship with a local bankruptcy lawyer. As the
revelations mount, the inner workings and casual approach to potential ethical
conflicts of a highly productive and tight-knit legal community have begun to
surface.


SEX, SECRETS TRIGGER DOWNFALL OF STAR TEXAS BANKRUPTCY JUDGE

After helping to transform Houston’s bankruptcy court from a backwater to a
boomtown, Judge David R. Jones resigned in 2023 following the disclosure of his
long-running romantic relationship with a local bankruptcy lawyer. As the
revelations mount, the inner workings and casual approach to potential ethical
conflicts of a highly productive and tight-knit legal community have begun to
surface.


HOW FOUR JUDGES KEPT ROMANCE ALLEGATIONS QUIET FOR TWO YEARS


JACKSON WALKER SAYS JUDGE TRIED TO MISLEAD COURT ON ROMANCE


JACKSON WALKER SEEKS SANCTIONS, DISMISSAL OF JUDGE ROMANCE SUIT


BANKRUPTCY JUDGE ROMANCE LITIGANT URGES COURT TO LET SUIT STAND


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JUDGE TO APPROVE $8 MILLION ORRICK DATA BREACH SETTLEMENT

An $8 million settlement to resolve a class action over Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe LLP’s data breach that impacted roughly 461,100 people is going to
receive an early nod from a federal district court.


TRUMP SAYS HIS GAG ORDER IS STILL IN EFFECT: HE MIGHT BE RIGHT

A day after being convicted of 34 felony counts, Donald Trump said a gag order
still prevented him from fully defending himself outside of court.


REPUBLICANS VOW TO BLOCK FUTURE BIDEN JUDICIAL NOMINEES (2)

A coalition of Republican senators has vowed not to support any of President Joe
Biden’s judicial nominees, effectively blocking the appointment of new district
judges in Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, and other states six months before Election
Day.


COLUMBIA HIRES WALL STREET LAWYERS FOR STUDENT PROTEST PROBES

Columbia University is using lawyers from Manhattan’s Debevoise & Plimpton to
investigate student misconduct complaints stemming from recent pro-Palestine
protests on campus.


VINSON & ELKINS BOOTED FROM WOOD PELLET BANKRUPTCY OVER CONFLICT

Wood-pellet maker Enviva Inc. can’t keep Vinson & Elkins LLP as its bankruptcy
counsel because the firm also represents the company’s largest equity holder, a
bankruptcy judge ruled.


SNELL & WILMER’S DENVER OFFICE ADDS CORPORATE, LITIGATION PAIR

Aubyn Krulish and Bill Ojile have joined Snell & Wilmer’s Denver office as
partners, the firm said Friday.


STARBUCKS, UNION REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS FOR JOB PROTECTIONS

Starbucks Corp. and Starbucks Workers United have reached several tentative
agreements covering guardrails for worker firings and information sharing.


EEOC REPUBLICANS FORCE PAUSE ON PICKET-LINE HARASSMENT MEMO

A joint memorandum from two federal labor agencies on navigating racially
charged picket-line speech that risks violating anti-discrimination laws is on
hold due to an internal push from EEOC Republicans for a public hearing.


NEW YORK TOWN’S POLICE OFFICERS ADVANCE PAY CALCULATION CLAIMS

Police officers who say Cortland, N.Y., failed to properly calculate their pay
rates can pursue wage-and-hour claims after a federal judge rejected the city’s
motion to dismiss the case Friday.


EEOC SUES PEPSICO FOR NOT ACCOMMODATING, FIRING BLIND EMPLOYEE

PepsiCo Beverage Sales violated federal law when it failed to provide a
reasonable accommodation to and fired a blind employee in its North Carolina
call center, the EEOC said in a lawsuit Friday.


CASE: WAGE & HOUR/OVERTIME (N.D. MISS.)

A Mississippi federal district court denied summary judgment to Neelkanth
Hospitality, LLC on an unpaid overtime claim under the FLSA of a former manager
who alleged that she wasn’t paid overtime even though she worked an average of
60 hours per week. Brown v. Neelkanth Hosp., LLC, 2024 BL 181431, N.D. Miss.,
4:22-CV-187-SA-DAS, 5/28/24


TEXAS OFFICIALS FACE TRIAL ON CONSPIRACY TO FIRE POLICE CAPTAIN

Four government officials in Texas will face trial on whether they conspired to
fire a police captain over an affidavit he filed in a criminal case stating that
a friend wouldn’t get a fair trial.


NEW HAMPSHIRE NEARS POSSIBLE DEAL ON MARIJUANA MARKETPLACE

New Hampshire would join the rest of New England in 2026 in operating an
adult-use marijuana market if lawmakers resolve differences between House and
Senate bills within the next week.


US SEEKS UNPAID FBAR PENALTIES FROM MEXICAN AUDIO BUSINESS OWNER

The general manager and majority shareholder of a Mexican audio electronics
business should owe about $68,200 in penalties for his failure to report
ownership interest in more than a dozen foreign bank accounts, the US told a
federal court in California.


GRANT THORNTON CLOSES SALE OF STAKE TO PRIVATE-EQUITY FIRM

Accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP has completed the sale of a large stake in
the firm to private-equity firm New Mountain Capital LLC.


LONE STAR, EVERCORE, RBC TO FACE FOUNDATION BUILDING SALE CASE

Lone Star Funds, two major financial firms, and former senior leaders of
Foundation Building Materials Inc. lost their bid Friday to end litigation
challenging the drywall distributor’s $1.37 billion sale to American Securities
LLC.


STATE OF TAX: CALIFORNIA CLOSER TO BUDGET DEAL, SALT CAP LIMBO

The week in state tax news: Lawmakers in California agreed to take up the
governor’s latest proposals to plug a major state budget deficit, with some
tweaks, while their counterparts in Illinois wrapped up a budget package with
tax changes for sportsbook operators and remote retailers, among other entities.
Meanwhile, the looming expiration of the 2017 tax law puts the SALT deduction
cap on a collision course with the alternative minimum tax.


CASE: CONSENT ORDER DID NOT PREVENT THE IRS FROM ASSESSING ADDITIONAL
DEFICIENCIES NOT CONTEMPLATED IN BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, TAX COURT DECISION
AFFIRMED (11TH CIR.)

The IRS is not precluded from asserting additional nondischargeable debts after
entering into a consent order setting the amount of the IRS’s tax claim in
Appellant’s bankruptcy proceeding because the ...


GREEN GROUPS DROP SUIT AGAINST SEC EMISSIONS DISCLOSURE RULES

Two environmental groups that had sued the SEC over its corporate emissions
disclosure rules arguing they did not go far enough told the Eighth Circuit
Friday evening they are dropping their cases.


AUTODESK CFO REASSIGNED AFTER INTERNAL ACCOUNTING PROBE (1)

Autodesk Inc. reassigned its chief financial officer after an internal
investigation into accounting practices delayed financial filings for weeks.


AUTODESK RISES AS INTERNAL PROBE ENDS WITH NO RESTATEMENTS (1)

(Adds share move, background on investigation and company commentary.)


LONE STAR, EVERCORE, RBC TO FACE FOUNDATION BUILDING SALE CASE

Lone Star Funds, two major financial firms, and former senior leaders of
Foundation Building Materials Inc. lost their bid Friday to end litigation
challenging the drywall distributor’s $1.37 billion sale to American Securities
LLC.


MIAMI YACHT OWNER DENIED INSURANCE PAYOUT FOR FIRE LOSS

The owner of a yacht that burned in a fire will have to eat the loss because his
insurance policy was based on an inaccurate valuation of the boat and thus void,
a federal judge ruled.


CARL ICAHN BUILDS SIZABLE STAKE IN CASINO GROUP CAESARS (3)

Carl Icahn has amassed a sizable position in Caesars Entertainment Inc., people
familiar with the matter said, but has no plans to repeat a previous activist
campaign at the hotel and casino group.


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