ABA Journal

06/06/2026

9th Circuit judge faces misdemeanor charges of battery and property damage.

A spokesperson for the 9th Circuit confirmed that the charges, filed in Bonneville County, Idaho, Magistrate Court, involve the judge. Nelson pleaded no

06/06/2026

Exodus: Thousands of federal lawyers left their jobs by choice or by force in 2025. https://ow.ly/xEX350YBtMi

06/05/2026

Striking a Chord: Judge Samuel Thumma finds joy in barbershop singing. https://ow.ly/5PBj50YBLGZ

06/05/2026

Three lawyers associated with California’s DTLA Law Group were charged with operating personal injury practices in jurisdictions where they are not licensed, according to a State Bar of California media advisory.

Farid Yaghoubtil, a plaintiff personal injury lawyer, is one of four lawyers from California’s DTLA Law Group charged by the state bar trial counsel with multistate unauthorized law practice and collecting illegal fees. (Screenshot via YouTube)

06/05/2026

The judge who chairs the federal judiciary’s Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules revealed that an AI video from social media portrays him as a N**i who sentences a private equity executive to prison for his political views.

A federal judge in New York who is developing rules to help combat deepfakes in the courtroom said on Thursday that he now has become the target of artificial intelligence-generated synthetic media.

06/05/2026

The court heard arguments on Thursday the case of Yuki Gleason who said no when a police officer asked her to perform a sobriety test after pulling her over for swerving.

The Hawaii Supreme Court is considering whether refusing sobriety tests can be used as evidence that a driver knew they were intoxicated.

06/04/2026

Elon University gets nod from ABA Legal Ed council to move forward on merger. https://ow.ly/Ewrk50Z7M4R

The merger of the Elon University School of Law and the Queens University of Charlotte has moved a step forward, as the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar approved its plan to change the location of its part-time hybrid JD program to Charlotte, North Carolina, wh...

06/04/2026

DOJ seeks 8-year prison sentence for SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein. https://ow.ly/gY2R50Z7Hqf

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to sentence former U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein to eight years in prison after a jury convicted him on tax and financial crime charges earlier this year.

06/04/2026

Attorneys' lack of candor over AI errors leads to stricter sanctions.

A federal appeals court has sanctioned two lawyers for filing briefs that contained artificial intelligence-generated hallucinations and for their lack of candor over the mistakes.