New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has moved to fill a vacancy on the state’s replacement ethics watchdog, even as two courts have agreed with lawyers for ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo that the body was unconstitutionally created by lawmakers. Hochul on Wednesday announced the nomination of retired longtime New York City public-sector…

The grande dame of Miami architecture, which is practically home to thousands of lawyers, might soon have a new owner. A large for-sale sign erected by the Internal Services Department of the Miami-Dade County government now greets judges, attorneys and visitors, in hopes of finding a deep-pocketed investor as the building’s…

A Lake County jury has awarded a Florida woman more than $4.2 million in damages for injuries she sustained from a slip-and-fall incident at a Publix store, and Morgan and Morgan’s attorneys were there for the win. The firm says that to their knowledge and research, this is the largest…

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, on Wednesday informed a federal judge that he will not take the witness stand in his bribery and extortion trial in the Southern District of New York. Menendez told U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein of the Southern District of New York that he discussed…

A federal district court judge granted a preliminary injunction on enforcement of a U.S. Department of Energy temporary ban on applications for the export of liquefied natural gas. Louisiana was joined by the attorneys general of 16 other states, including Texas, Florida, Georgia and California. It filed suit March 21…

A New Haven jury awarded a $15.4 million verdict to a plaintiff Wednesday in a medical malpractice case against Meriden Wallingford Anesthesia Group. In 2017, Maria Ocasio underwent an outpatient scoping procedure, which required anesthesia. MWAG administered and managed the anesthesia before and during the procedure, according to court documents.