SANCTIONS ORDER. Attorneys Kathryn Young Williams and Kathleen M. Wilson's PHV admission is REVOKED; Attorneys Mark C. McClinton and Shauncey Hunter Ridgeway are DISQUALIFIED from further participation in this case. Motions for Leave to File 112 , 113 terminated as moot. Signed by Senior Judge Sharion Aycock on 6/8/2026. (jtm)
Afroman’s Defamation Trial Is Going About As Well For The Deputies As Their Original Raid Did
We’ve been following the saga of Afroman (real name Joseph Foreman) and the Adams County Sheriff’s Office for a few years now, and I’m delighted to report that the defamation tria…
FTC Approves Final Order In Craig Brittain ‘Revenge Porn’ Case
After a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order resolving the Commission’s complaint aga
Recent judgments | Provincial Court of British Columbia
Different ways that Provincial Court judgments may be delivered, and how to find them.
From Haymarket to Prairieland: How dissent has unleashed the long arm of the law
The Prairieland sentencing has dark historical parallels, Kim Kelly writes. But we can change the end of the current story.
Los Angeles city attorney appears ousted in primary, while city controller glides toward victory
Los Angeles City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto all but conceded defeat in her reelection bid Wednesday. City Controller Kenneth Mejia holds a commanding lead over his opponent.
DOJ Withdraws NY Times Subpoenas After Judge Notices It Never Bothered To Follow The Rules For Subpoenaing Reporters
Just last week we had the story of the Trump DOJ issuing very questionable subpoenas of NY Times journalists while trying to track down who leaked information to those reporters regarding the poten…
The Fiduciary Obligation
ROBERT FLANNIGAN; The Fiduciary Obligation, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, 1 October 1989, Pages 285–322, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls
Meet the Author: Alicia Solow-Niederman
Alicia Solow-NiedermanAssociate Professor of LawGeorge Washington University Law School
Mississippi Makes Move Toward State-Funded Public Defenders
Indigent felony defendants in many counties have lacked court-appointed lawyers before indictment, even while they sat in jails for weeks or months.
New Proceedings Filed in Immigration Court
Syracuse University Intervenes to Block Subpoena of Police Records — ProPublica
The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.
Adequate indigent defense should be a top priority
This past weekend, I published a story for The Commonwealth assessing Mississippi’s 23 circuit court districts’ indigent defense plans — that is how each of those courts provides lawyers to indigent, or poor, criminal defendants charged with a felony who can’t afford their own counsel.
Watch These Judges Rip Into Lawyers For Citing Cases That Don't Exist
“It's striking, concerning, disappointing, and saddening to think that members of the bar would forward cases to a court that don't exist, and to think that the lawyers on the other side of that didn’t read it for whatever reason, didn’t check it.”
Mississippi public defenders could curb incarcerations - Mississippi Today
What Mississippi needs is a state-level public defender mandate establishing clear, enforceable standards that apply in every jurisdiction: standards for compensation and expenses, for workload, for when counsel first meets a client, for continuity of representation through all stages of a case.
A Theory of Fiduciary Liability – McGill Law Journal / Revue de droit de McGill – Érudit
An article from McGill Law Journal / Revue de droit de McGill, on Érudit.
