The sudden departure of three leaders within the Dauphin County Clerk of Court’s Office on Friday left the office with an “unprecedented and untenable leadership void,” the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said in a Saturday order declaring a local judicial emergency at the county court. Now, the Twelfth Judicial District is attempting to dig its way…

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a federal district court in Manhattan to quash a subpoena issued by Coinbase demanding documents related to crypto markets and the personal communications of the agency’s chair. Jorge Tenreiro, the deputy chief of crypto assets in the SEC’s division of enforcement, represents the plaintiff in…

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, began presenting his defense in his bribery and extortion trial Monday by calling his own sister and then his sister-in-law to the witness stand. While prosecutors have argued that the gold bars and envelopes of cash found in Menendez’s house show that he accepted…

A Missouri appellate court reversed a $1 million jury verdict in favor of a woman who was injured during a group exercise class, concluding her negligence claim was barred by the doctrine of implied primary assumption of risk and that she consented to the potential risks. A panel for the…

A federal judge has ruled against President Joe Biden’s Navy secretary and ordered the military branch to at least explain in greater detail why it had denied sailor Ronny Rutledge’s request to reinstate his Navy SEAL status. The military’s Board for Correction of Naval Records “relied on the undisputed fact…

In the world of Big Law, there’s one club everyone wants to join: the global elite. Whether or not it will ever come to pass is debatable, but many are convinced a breakaway group of law firms will one day dominate the industry and the buzz around it is especially…