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'Blatant abuse of power': Lawyers sound off against RFK Jr.'s latest attack on health care
'Blatant abuse of power': Lawyers sound off against RFK Jr.'s latest attack on health care

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s latest attack on transgender health care faced a wall of resistance on Wednesday after 19 states sued the Department of Health and Human Services. Last week, Kennedy announced that HHS would stop funding health care providers that provide gender-affirming ... Read more

Raw Story - Dec 25
Lawyers accuse DoJ of political pressure in University of California antisemitism investigation
Lawyers accuse DoJ of political pressure in University of California antisemitism investigation

Attorneys who eventually quit tell LA Times they were pushed to conclude university system had violated lawAttorneys with the US Department of Justice have reportedly said they felt pressured to accuse the University of California of discriminating against Jewish students and faculty, at the urgi... Read more

The Guardian - Dec 15
Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit
Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit

The Times spoke to nine former Department of Justice civil rights attorneys tasked with investigating antisemitism complaints at the University of California. They all resigned during their invetigation. Here's why. Read more

Los Angeles Times - Dec 13
‘Underpaid family court lawyers on verge of quitting’
‘Underpaid family court lawyers on verge of quitting’

One barrister tells of earning just £7 an hour, while another says toll of 70-hour weeks could compromise vulnerable clients Read more

The Times - Dec 11
Now it's clear why Trump got rid of top military lawyers
Now it's clear why Trump got rid of top military lawyers

At least President Trump didn't "kill all the lawyers" first, literally following Shakespeare's words in "Henry VI, Part 2" on evading the rule of law. Instead, just a month into his second term in February, he and Defense Secretary Pete... Read more

Buffalonews - Dec 09
Personal Injury Lawyers Are Failing the People Who Need Them Most
Personal Injury Lawyers Are Failing the People Who Need Them Most

Legal realities intensify the moral duty civil trial attorneys carry. We are often the first, and sometimes the only, people who can translate chaos into order. That duty calls us to act as emotional first responders, steady hands in the storm, guided by grace as much as by law. Read more

International Business Times - Nov 11
Lawyers make final appeal to stop S.C. execution
Lawyers make final appeal to stop S.C. execution

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lawyers for a man on South Carolina's death row are trying to stop his execution later this month by arguing the judge who sentenced him to die never got to consider how badly his brain was damaged... Read more

Scnow - Nov 07
Defense Lawyers Demand Dismissal of Abuse Case Against Israeli Soldiers
Defense Lawyers Demand Dismissal of Abuse Case Against Israeli Soldiers

The chief legal officer of Israel’s military resigned after authorizing the leak of a video in the case involving grave abuse of a Palestinian detainee. That further politicized a fraught case. Read more

The New York Times - Nov 02
Will Rachel Reeves raid LLPs in the Budget and what do lawyers, accountants and GPs stand to lose?
Will Rachel Reeves raid LLPs in the Budget and what do lawyers, accountants and GPs stand to lose?

There are well sourced reports the Chancellor is planning to raise billions of pounds from professionals who are part of partnerships. Financial planner Ian Cook explains. Read more

Mail Online - Oct 31
Nigerian separatist leader sacks lawyers at start of his defence in court
Nigerian separatist leader sacks lawyers at start of his defence in court

Nnamdi Kanu is on trial for terrorism and incitement to violence as head of the separatist group, Ipob. Read more

Yahoo! News - Oct 23