Home Daily News Both sides denied sanctions in Boies Schiller… Ethics Both sides denied sanctions in Boies Schiller sex-trafficking suit By Debra Cassens Weiss April 24, 2024, 9:38 am CDT Neither Boies Schiller Flexner nor the lawyers representing its legal opponents are entitled to sanctions in a sex-trafficking case, a federal judge in New York…

Home Daily News Supreme Court won’t hear lawyer’s challenge… U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court won’t hear lawyer’s challenge to anti-bias ethics rule By Debra Cassens Weiss April 24, 2024, 10:16 am CDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in a challenge to a Pennsylvania ethics rule that bars lawyers from knowingly engaging in…

1. Introduction The Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA) was signed into law in Nigeria. The Act provides for the protection of personal data. It is the first law enacted to address specifically the protection of personal data in Nigeria after repeated attempts by past administrations to enact legislation on data protection. These attempts led…

Home Daily News How to rid house of leavened products during… Contracts How to rid house of leavened products during Passover? Mormon law prof has contracts for that By Debra Cassens Weiss April 24, 2024, 12:08 pm CDT A professor at the William & Mary Law School was acting as a “friendly gentile” when he…

Home Daily News With addition of 17 lawyers, Baker McKenzie… Law Firms With addition of 17 lawyers, Baker McKenzie picks up most of this firm’s corporate team By Debra Cassens Weiss April 24, 2024, 3:02 pm CDT Baker McKenzie has added 17 corporate and tax lawyers from Munger, Tolles & Olson, including nine partners from…

Home Daily News Lawyer disbarred for destroying his computer,… Ethics Lawyer disbarred for destroying his computer, altering metadata before ethics hearing By Debra Cassens Weiss April 25, 2024, 10:01 am CDT The New Hampshire Supreme Court has disbarred a Portsmouth, New Hampshire, lawyer based on allegations that he destroyed his computer before an ethics hearing…

Home Daily News ‘Oh, shoot, I’m still streaming,’ judge says,… Judiciary ‘Oh, shoot, I’m still streaming,’ judge says, after telling staffer ‘we all know’ murder defendant is guilty By Debra Cassens Weiss April 25, 2024, 11:07 am CDT A Texas judge recused herself in two cases involving a murder defendant Wednesday, after she was caught…

Home Daily News 1st Circuit allows suit by fired worker who… Labor & Employment 1st Circuit allows suit by fired worker who refused to remove Black Lives Matter face mask By Debra Cassens Weiss April 25, 2024, 12:39 pm CDT A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit alleging that Whole Foods Market retaliated…

Home Daily News Lawyer suspended after he’s accused of plying… Ethics Lawyer suspended after he’s accused of plying teens with alcohol and touching one of them sexually By Debra Cassens Weiss April 25, 2024, 3:21 pm CDT The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault after being accused of…