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"A President who perverts his role as chief diplomat to serve private rather than public ends has unquestionably engaged in 'high crimes and misdemeanors'—especially if he invited, rather than opposed, foreign interference in our politics," the Judiciary Committee report reads.

U.S. District Judge Dan Polster of the Northern District of Ohio issued an order Thursday stating that the court was "mindful of its ethical obligations" after a group of pharmacy defendants insisted on banning ex parte communications they believe are happening in the opioid litigation.

"Ericsson's corrupt conduct involved high-level executives and spanned 17 years and at least five countries, all in a misguided effort to increase profits," Brian Benczkowski, head of DOJ's criminal division, said in a statement.

Cipollone wrote Friday that the inquiry "is completely baseless and has violated basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness."

DOJ's Hashim Mooppan, a former Jones Day partner, will argue within a span of days in the D.C. and Fourth circuits. He faces Elizabeth Wydra, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center, and Loren AliKhan, the District of Columbia solicitor.

The administration has filled judicial slots with "bulldozer efficiency." Here's what it all means.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hands a big win to Ericsson but holds its tongue on FRAND methodology.

The new partnership class comes after the elite law firm got crowned last year as the mascot for Big Law's diversity problem.

The firm says plaintiffs lawyers at Sanford Heisler never bothered to probe the allegations at the core of their $200 million lawsuit: that the firm pays female associates less than their male counterparts for equal work.

Recognizing the potential consequences, companies in Chapter 11 bankruptcy often try to reduce employee uncertainty by seeking authority from the bankruptcy court. The Bankruptcy Code, however, imposes a variety of limitations on the ability of a debtor-employer to provide certain types of compensation and benefits to "insiders," a term that is broadly defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

Atlanta's former U.S. attorney and his co-writer, who was with the Wall Street Journal during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, offer many can't-make-this-stuff-up anecdotes about the bombing investigation and its coverage.

"There is overwhelming evidence that President Trump betrayed his oath of office," the professors said in an open letter sponsored by a progressive group.

The Houston-area judges were sanctioned in August for their bail bond practices, but the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct has deleted their public admonitions from its website. The judges' lawyer said the sanctions were withdrawn, and the matter is concluded. But judicial ethics experts say that would be unprecedented.

Class counsel said objectors undervalued the settlement, the risks associated with data breach litigation and the complexities of navigating separate negotiations involving state and federal governments.

The book warns against potential abuses of impeachment powers, and calls on Congress to weigh the consequences of either removing a sitting president, or allowing a potentially corrupt executive to remain in office.

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Temporary House Judiciary Committee staffer Joshua Matz and Harvard's Laurence Tribe wrote "To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment," in 2017. It offers hints about how the committee could now be writing articles of impeachment against Trump.

The industry had its best best showing since adding 4,100 jobs in August, according to the latest U.S. jobs report.

Culver City attorney Christopher Hook referred to opposing counsel at Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton as "mother fucking cock suckers," among other slurs and epithets, in what he has labeled a "confidential negotiating tactic" to get insurer Allstate to settle with his clients.

A plaintiff and the attorney who represented him in suing Walmart have filed a new lawsuit, alleging the retailer breached a contract by violating a Rule 11 agreement in the underlying case.