Courts & Cases

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Concertina wire lines the path as members of Congress tour an area near the Texas-Mexico border Jan. 3 in Eagle Pass, Texas. A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues. AP Photo/Eric Gay, File

Supreme Court allows feds to cut razor wire at US-Mexico border

A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to resume cutting for now razor wire that Texas installed along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border that is at the center of an escalating standoff between the Biden administration and the state over immigration enforcement.
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Adrian removed from bench over reversal of rape conviction

Adams County Judge Robert Adrian, who sparked outrage by reversing a man’s rape conviction involving a 16-year-old girl, has been removed from the bench after a judicial oversight body found he circumvented the law and engaged in misconduct.
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Lea Gutierrez aims to shift perceptions as ARDC administrator

Lea S. Gutierrez, the new administrator for the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, said she wants lawyers to think of the organization as more than just a disciplinary entity.

Trial Notebook

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Court weighs informed consent on alternative treatment options

With no local precedent on an important aspect of informed consent in a malpractice case against an emergency medicine physician, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals looked at “the primary cases” from other jurisdictions on “the duty to inform the patient of alternative treatment options.”

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