A Texas state judge has said that confidential material belonging to Littler Mendelson PC was found in the possession of a former firm associate whom it has accused of stealing thousands of confidential documents before resigning and criticizing the labor and employment firm on social media.
Mississippi’s Republican-controlled and majority white state Legislature is pushing to install new, unelected judges in Jackson, the majority Black state capital but Jackson’s elected Black judges are pushing back.
Beck Redden LLP has urged a Texas federal court to retain jurisdiction over a malpractice suit against it from a disbarred attorney and former firm client, suggesting that remanding the matter would pit a state court against a federal court and thus undermine the federal judicial system.
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A Texas lawyer accused of disparaging a pair of state judges failed to appear at a scheduled contempt hearing Monday, but his law partner argued on his behalf that such language could be chalked up to their being "mean people" without rising to the level of misconduct.