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Lead Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission lawyer resigns – Baltimore Sun

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The Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission will have to search for a new lead attorney after Bar Counsel Lydia Lawless submitted her resignation last Tuesday. Lawless, who has held the role since being appointed in 2017, will leave office March 17, the commission announced Monday. “I am confident that I brought a fresh perspective to the role of bar counsel and that I have accomplished the goals that I set for myself and the office,” Lawless is quoted as saying in a news release from the commission. “I know that my successor will find ways to continue to improve upon the…
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Lead Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission lawyer resigns – Baltimore Sun

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The Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission will have to search for a new lead attorney after Bar Counsel Lydia Lawless submitted her resignation last Tuesday. Lawless, who has held the role since being appointed in 2017, will leave office March 17, the commission announced Monday. “I am confident that I brought a fresh perspective to the role of bar counsel and that I have accomplished the goals that I set for myself and the office,” Lawless is quoted as saying in a news release from the commission. “I know that my successor will find ways to continue to improve upon the…
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Jackson Mahomes’ attorney allowed to file documents under seal in sexual battery case

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A Johnson County judge will allow the attorney for Jackson Mahomes to file certain documents under seal, according to the judge’s order issued on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Mahomes, a social media influencer on TikTok and Instagram, has been charged with three felony counts of aggravated sexual battery and a misdemeanor count of battery. Brandan Davies, a lawyer with Roth Davies LLC, last week filed a motion on behalf of Mahomes asking for an order allowing him to file a motion and affidavit under seal. The motion referenced a Kansas law that pertains to the admissibility of evidence or testimony concerning…
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Texas doctors department as attorney general investigates hospital’s gender-affirming care | Texas

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An investigation led by Republican Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has sent doctors at an Austin hospital into a panic, causing all the physicians in its adolescent medicine department to depart. Earlier this week, Dell Children’s clinic, which provides gender-affirming care for trans children, announced to parents that they would need to find new providers for their children in transition. In a statement, the hospital said: “We are working with our staff, families, and other providers to ensure our patients’ safety and make sure we are helping families connect with the appropriate healthcare services. While the physicians who previously staffed…
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Ben Crump, Attorney for Malcolm X’s Family: “We Refuse to Let Anybody Exterminate Black History”

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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: this is Democracy Now!democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. We continue to look at the life and legacy of Malcolm X, born 98 years ago today, as we turn to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, representing Malcolm’s family in a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the FBIthe CIA, New York City and state, and the New York police, as well as the District Attorney’s Office, for concealing evidence of their involvement in Malcolm X’s 1965 assassination. Three men were convicted of…
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Navigating Attorney Lateral Moves: Key Trends Shaping Today’s Legal Landscape

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The legal landscape is continuously evolving, and Lateral Link’s extensive research into the trends and shifts in the United States’ legal market offers valuable insights. As we explore these findings, we’ll discuss the implications for both law firms and individual attorneys while highlighting specific firms that have been active in the lateral market. Talent Wars: The Surge in Partner Hires Between 2021 and the end of 2022, 200 Am Law firms made waves by hiring over 3,600 new partners. These talent wars at the partner and associate levels were the talk of 2022, but the origins of these new partners…
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Missouri Judge Blocks GOP Attorney General’s Ban on Gender-Affirming Care

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A Missouri judge temporarily halted a rule that requires adults and children to complete more than a year of therapy before receiving gender-affirming treatments such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery. Judge Ellen Ribaudo of St. Louis County Circuit Court temporarily blocked enforcement of Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s emergency rule. She ruled that the plaintiffs would “be subject to immediate and irreparable loss, damage or injury if the Attorney General was permitted to enforce the Emergency Rule, and its broad, sweeping provisions were implemented without further fact-finding or evidence.” As she pointed out, patients “are at high risk…
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Lori Vallow’s family reacts to her murder conviction: ‘We thank you’

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Lori Vallow’s family and the family of her sister Summer Shift have issued a joint statement after she was convicted of murder. Vallow was found guilty of the first-degree murder of her children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, and of a charge of conspiracy in the first-degree murder of her husband Chad Daybell’s late wife Tammy. Vallow was born Lori Cox and is one of four siblings, the others being Summer, Adam Cox, and her alleged co-conspirator Alex Cox. Their initial support of Vallow in the early days of the search for the children evaporated when the bodies of Tylee…