Eleven attorneys have been asked to provide a valid basis for them to avoid potential sanctions following a judicial report that determined they may have engaged in judge-shopping. The sanctions enquiry comes in the light of their challenge towards an Alabama’s law that prohibits certain medical procedures for transgender youth.
Notable firms involved are Cooley LLP, Lightfoot Franklin & White LLC, along with eminent LGBTQ rights organizations. The decision is referenced in a recently revealed order.
The Alabama regulation in question adds restrictions on medical procedures for transgender youth in the state, a move that had instigated strong pushback from various rights organizations.
The legal professionals under question now face the challenge to establish the legitimacy of their actions when they took measures to challenge such law.