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Law Firms

2 BigLaw firms in merger talks that could produce 1,600-lawyer firm with top 50 revenue

Law Firms

Ex-BigLaw partner can’t get cyberstalking injunction against blogger, judge says

Paralegals

Send in the paralegals

Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court will consider whether criminalizing homelessness violates Eighth Amendment

Ethics

Lawyer reprimanded after mistakenly emailing opposing counsel with plan to avoid judge’s call

Cannabis Law

Pulling the Weed: Bankruptcy opinion shows debt restructure path for cannabis workers

Judiciary

‘I don’t play well’ judge who threatened to track down, jail misbehaving litigant gets tossed from case

Law in Popular Culture

Netflix’s ‘The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker’ smashes the circumstantial evidence argument

Mind Your Business

4 data security considerations for GCs when engaging contract lawyers

U.S. Supreme Court

Job transfers can be discriminatory without needing to show significant harm, SCOTUS rules

Legal Rebels Podcast

The future of DEI programs in the legal industry

LGBTQ Legal Issues

4th Circuit allows transgender girl to stay on West Virginia track team

Trials & Litigation

Smartmatic and OANN settle lawsuit over 2020 election coverage

Legal Education

Law schools examine pedagogy as NextGen bar exam looms

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS seems divided over obstruction charge in Jan. 6 case

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Major legal AI tool set is expanding its capabilities

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS declines to stay Idaho ban on gender-affirming care for minors

Trials & Litigation

‘Rust’ armorer sentenced to 18 months in prison for fatal shooting

Trials & Litigation

Meet two of Trump’s NY trial lawyers, Todd Blanche and Susan Necheles

Privacy Law

Could privacy laws be changing? Here’s what’s brewing in Congress

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