SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 29, 2022
Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a capital defendant’s request for habeas relief on the ground that his lawyer conceded guilt over his objection, as in 2018’s McCoy v. After McCoy , Tyler unsuccessfully sought relief in Louisiana state courts. In Tyler v.
JURIST
JANUARY 7, 2022
Federal district courts in Missouri and Louisiana stayed enforcement of the policy in 24 states, so the Biden administration asked the Supreme Court to lift the stay while the issues were being decided. Two of the six lawyers arguing against the mandate appeared virtually, having recently tested positive for COVID-19.
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LawSites
JANUARY 25, 2023
to serve as a lawyer’s virtual legal assistant, able to help with researching legal issues, drafting emails and letters, summarizing documents, brainstorming blog ideas, and even just conversational chatting. In the example you see above of using Copilot for legal research, the lawyer asks for the leading U.S. Correct my grammar.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 7, 2022
In addition, for the first time since the court’s return to in-person arguments, two of the six lawyers participated by phone. Sotomayor, who has lifelong diabetes that puts her at higher risk from COVID-19, did not take the bench at all; she instead opted to participate in Friday’s arguments remotely.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Federal prisoner Quartavious Davis asserted that his trial lawyer rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance for not pursuing a plea deal for him, causing him to receive a sentence many times longer than his co-defendants who pleaded guilty. There were no new cert grants from our last installment of relisted cases. New Relists Brown v.
SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 31, 2021
Some were lawyers. In 1967, President Lyndon Johnson appointed Ramsey Clark, a lawyer who had served in various senior positions in the Department of Justice, to be his attorney general. As both a government lawyer and in private practice, Douglas Huron spent his legal career advocating on behalf of workers. Some were not.
ALPS
APRIL 28, 2021
Many states permit lawyers to include in their engagement agreements arbitration provisions which would require potential clients to arbitrate future malpractice claims. It is an issue with which many states are now grappling, so it would behoove lawyers to check the law in their own states if they are considering including such a clause.
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