For years, federal prosecutors have been coming up with ways to fight state and local corruption, and the battles may be harder going forward, thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court opinion. The Supreme Court found a federal fraud statute regarding state and local officials does not cover gratuities, even if the payments were intended as rewards for official acts.

During next week’s ABA Annual Meeting, Emmet Bondurant will receive the ABA Medal—the highest honor bestowed by the association—for his own longtime dedication to righting wrongs in the legal system.

An Indiana lawyer has received a 30-day stayed suspension in an ethics case that raised this issue: Can a lawyer be sanctioned for an “offensive personality”?

Lawyer Doug Emhoff made history as America’s first male vice-presidential spouse, and who could do so again in November if Harris were to win the presidency.

The long hours and the pressure to succeed are like a pressure cooker just waiting to explode. And often, your body will start giving you signs that you have to help your mind. While you may recognize common signs of stress—tension headaches, fatigue and mood changes—there are other surprising signs of stress that your body may provide. Here are some to watch.

Clio, a cloud-based practice management software company, has clinched $900 million in a Series F round—one of the largest single investments in legal technology to date.

A judge in Oneida County, New York, should be removed from the bench for “truly egregious” misconduct during a July 2022 high school graduation party outside a friend’s home, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.

Updated: A graduate of an unaccredited online law school may take the bar exam in Utah, even though she did not satisfy a requirement for 10 years of experience in another jurisdiction before admission, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled in a 3-2 decision.

The cost of phone calls will drop dramatically for incarcerated people under new rules that federal regulators have approved, concluding a decades-long effort to provide relief to the nation’s 2 million inmates and their families.

As President Joseph Biden tries to hand over the Biden-Harris campaign committee’s millions in remaining cash to Harris, Republican lawyers and operatives are saying “not so fast.”