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Constitutional Law

States, civil rights groups sue to stop Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Judiciary

Federal judge fed up with ‘fiddle-faddle’ requires lawyers to meet for lunch; how did it go?

Law Professors

Penn Law is quicker to discipline whites than minorities, controversial prof alleges in lawsuit

Executive Branch

Trump’s executive orders already face pushback, legal challenges

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will decide whether schools can require LGBTQ-themed books at story time with no opt-outs

Sentencing/Post Conviction

Trump pardons almost all involved in Jan. 6 riot, commutes remaining 14 sentences

Executive Branch

Here are the executive actions and orders Trump signed on Day 1

Constitutional Law

Biden reaffirms belief that the Equal Rights Amendment is the law

Executive Branch

Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug offenders

Immigration Law

ABA calls on senators to oppose ‘deeply concerning’ immigration bill

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban-or-sale law set to start Sunday

Tax Law

SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein faces tax evasion charges

Ethics

Stanford Law prof fires Meta as client, citing platform’s ‘descent into toxic masculinity’

Practice Technology

Most lawyers aren’t using AI to address growing workloads, new report says

Law Firms

US law firms make gains in UK’s mergers market

Attorney General

AG nominee Bondi says no ‘enemies list,’ but won’t rule out probes of Trump foes

Prosecutors

Managers, supervisors must return to office, district attorney in Oregon county says

Trials & Litigation

Drake sues Universal over Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’

Natural Disasters

ABA supports victims of California wildfires

Legal Education

Mythbusters: What do we really know about online law schools?

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