Courthouse News Service filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Superior Court of the District of Columbia this week, alleging that the court’s unlawful policies of delaying access to electronically-filed civil complaints violates the media outlet’s First Amendment rights. This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar, ALM’s source for immediate…

The legal industry is in growth mode as law firms look to expand fast, but sudden leadership exits are also becoming more common as running large law firms becomes more challenging. Just this week, Davis Wright Tremaine’s managing partner Scott MacCormack suddenly resigned from his leadership position, primarily because he wanted to…

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried should be sentenced to up to 50 years behind bars following his conviction on fraud charges, federal prosecutors recommended on Friday. “With all the advantages conferred by a comfortable upbringing, an MIT education, a prestigious start to his career in finance, and a worthy idea for…

The Georgia Court of Appeals released a “somewhat rare” 32-page opinion in a shareholder derivative suit, upholding the Superior Court of Gwinnett County’s grant of summary judgment to the majority shareholders of an embattled LLC. Harold Daniel of Harold Daniel Law, appellate counsel for the company, advised lawyers to become…

While access to justice and the role that technology plays in achieving that mission has garnered more attention, compared to general legal technology companies, Justice Tech providers have struggled with investor interest. The reasons are varied. For one, racial and gender biases work against many justice tech founders who tend to come from marginalized…

Like many—if not most—federal district courts, both the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (SDNY and EDNY, respectively) local court rules authorize any judge of the court, district court or magistrate judge to order the parties in any civil matter to explore resolution by…