The fact that a later-disqualified Freeman Mathis legal team filed a motion that led to summary judgment is not grounds to revive a bank compliance officer's age and gender discrimination suit, as the issue wasn't raised with the trial court, the Geo D. Warthen Bank argued to the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday.
The Texas House board charged with managing suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment has said he is wrong for "professing puzzlement" over his charges, while the embattled AG fired back that his accusers should be barred from certain further briefing in the lead-up to his blockbuster trial.
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The Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s rejection of a woman's prior settlement offers means it can't walk away from her bid for attorney fees in her wrongful death action even though the company has defeated a $16 million punitive damages award she won in the case.
The California State Bar Court has rejected a Golden State attorney's First Amendment challenge to ethics charges against her over tweets she made about Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the 2020 killing of George Floyd, saying she may face discipline over the statements.