A federal appeals court has kept in place an injunction blocking Florida from enforcing a law that would restrict drag shows in the state, saying the statute likely […]
Rhode Island Becomes 36th State to Adopt NextGen Bar Exam
Rhode Island becomes the 36th state, and 40th jurisdiction, to announce plans to adopt the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam (NextGen UBE), the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) […]
California State Bar Sues Testing Vendor Over Botched February Exam
California’s state bar on Monday sued the vendor that administered its disastrous February 2025 bar exam, accusing the testing company of misleading agency leaders about its technical and […]
Judge’s ‘Heavy Caseload’ Does Not Permit ‘Temporary Recusal’ From a Case, State Appellate Court Says
A judge’s decision to recuse himself from a child custody case barred him from entering another order years later, the North Carolina Court of Appeals concluded this week. […]
Federal Judge Limits Pricing Discrepancies to State Law Claims
A lawsuit against Stop & Shop alleging the grocer improperly enriched itself by having different prices online and in-store can only continue on statutory claims that the store […]
Lloyd’s of London Faces an Additional $800K in Interest in Coverage Dispute, State Appellate Court Rules
Recognizing that state courts haven’t always followed the law in awarding interest, the Massachusetts Appeals Court weighed in on when the prejudgment interest clock started ticking for a […]
State Bar Defends AI Use on Bar Exam, Asks Calif. Supreme Court to Lower Passing Score
In a late-night filing, the state bar asked the California Supreme Court on Tuesday to reduce the raw score needed to pass the February bar exam, acknowledging that […]
State Appellate Court Upholds $5.18M Verdict for Property Damage
A Missouri appellate court affirmed a $5.18 million verdict in favor of a commercial airline supplies company, concluding that a group of defendants failed to preserve their challenges […]
Dustin McDaniel, Co-Chair, State Attorneys General Group at Cozen O’Connor and Former Attorney General of Arkansas, and Liz Murrill, Attorney General for the State of Louisiana
In April, Legal Speak spoke with a legal audience of general counsels, technologists, executives and industry professionals from multinational companies live on location at the General Counsel Midwest […]
Change of Venue Doesn’t Impede a Request to Change Judges, State Appellate Court Said
A Missouri appellate court blocked a judge’s order that denied an underlying suit be assigned to a new jurist, concluding the request wasn’t barred by a prior venue […]