Colorado High Court Sanctions Judge Who Served As Counsel for Family Member | Law.com Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/2024/03/06/colorado-high-court-sanctions-judge-for-serving-as-counsel-for-family-member/ Credit: Pixel-Shot/Adobe Stock NEWS Ten days after he sat in on an interview as his brother-in-law’s counsel and signed a medical release on his behalf, Adams County District Judge Robert Kiesnowski retired…

Kirkland Attorneys Swat Down $100M Drilling Trespass Claim in Ohio Court | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/03/06/defense-win-kirkland-attorneys-swat-down-100m-claim/ Gulfport Energy logo on the company headquarters building. Credit: Google The dispute centered on whether a geological formation cited by the plaintiffs was part of an oil and gas field in Ohio…

Plaintiffs’ lawyers asking to approve a $45.5 million class action settlement with Altria over Juul cigarettes told a federal judge Wednesday that they received 14.4 million claims, nearly five times what was expected—but about 80% of them were likely invalid or fraudulent. “The innovation appears to be endless,” Dena Sharp,…

Amid Controversy Over Noncompetes, Carlton Fields Gets Key Victory | Daily Business Review Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2024/03/06/amid-controversy-over-noncompetes-carlton-fields-gets-key-victory/ Natalie J. Carlos, left, and Alan Rosenthal, right, of Carlton Fields. Courtesy photos Five U.S. states have fully banned noncompete clauses: California, Colorado, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Minnesota. March 06, 2024 at 02:05…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s decision to abstain from exercising jurisdiction over an action challenging Sacramento, California’s policy that requires individuals applying for permits to operate storefront marijuana dispensaries be residents of the city. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California previously…

A referee filed two reports in which she recommended that the Florida Supreme Court enter a 30-day suspension for a father-daughter pair of lawyers. The basis for the referee’s recommendation was her finding that the duo’s overall messages conveyed that “the court system is unfair, biased and does not provide…