State Court Judge Admonished for ‘Virus’ Comments to Jury in Nepotism Trial | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/06/21/texas-judges-in-hot-seat-over-comment-to-jury-continuing-education/ Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct seal. “There seems to be an invidious virus that is going around the country these days, and it’s infecting individuals and institutions whose sole duty…

After being released on a cumulative $5,000 surety bond, Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson joined her defense counsel from Arrington & Phillips in southwest Atlanta to host a press conference Friday afternoon. On Peterson’s behalf, attorney Marvin S. Arrington Jr. and a pair of witnesses linked to an incident at…

Motley Rice is strengthening its mass torts presence in Philadelphia with the addition of  member Michael Daly, who is leaving his position as Philadelphia office leader with Pogust Goodhead to help head up the national plaintiffs firm’s own local office. Daly will be Motley Rice’s second attorney stationed in Philadelphia, according to…

Sacramento-based medical service provider Sutter Health, represented by Keker, Van Nest & Peters, secured a victory in a seven-week insurance fraud trial on Monday. Judge Stephen D. Kaus ruled in the Alameda Superior Court that Sutter did not have the requisite intent needed to charge a defendant with insurance fraud under CALCRIM No. 200…

A federal judge in Missouri dismissed a former client’s suit against a St. Louis law firm and attorneys after he claimed counsel spread fake news stories to various media about a purported connection to former Gov. Eric Greitens in an attempt to be granted clemency. In a June 14 opinion, U.S. District…

The State Bar of California’s plans to launch a new state bar exam are still in the works even though Kaplan North America, which had been chosen to develop the exam, recently asked to withdraw from participating, citing intellectual property concerns raised by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Audrey…