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How should you rethink your office space in the future? Here are some ideas

Law firms’ use of office space was shrinking even before the COVID-19 pandemic, said Jeana Goosmann, the founder, CEO and managing partner of the Goosmann Law Firm, on Thursday at ABA Techshow 2022.



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Sotomayor and Gorsuch dissent in SCOTUS decision blocking information about secret CIA jail



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Check out the best swag from the ABA Techshow 2022 (gallery)

The ABA Techshow 2022 brought a welcome return to major in-person events, giving legal professionals from around the world getting one of their few chances in recent years for a hands-on look at the latest legal technology.



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What’s the worst that could happen? ABA Techshow attendees role play law firm disasters

If you worked late into Tuesday night on an important deal, ignored emergency response warnings that a huge snowstorm was on the way, and then woke up Wednesday morning to find that the weather was even worse than expected, the power was out, and you only had two hours of battery left on your laptop, what would you do?



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No reasonable consumer would think strawberry Pop-Tarts contain only strawberries, judge rules

A federal judge in Chicago has tossed a lawsuit claiming that Kellogg deceived consumers about the filling in strawberry Pop-Tarts through packaging depicting oozing red filling and a half of a strawberry.



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8 Supreme Court justices agree Kentucky AG can intervene to defend restrictive abortion law

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was the only dissenter when the high court ruled Thursday that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron can intervene to defend a restrictive abortion law.



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Parents of transgender teen win TRO that blocks Texas from investigating them

A judge in Travis County, Texas, has blocked the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating parents of a transgender teenager who is getting medical treatments for gender dysphoria.



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Tennessee lawyer who fits mold of 'volunteer state' is winner of ABA ethics award

A Memphis, Tennessee, lawyer who has long been active in the ABA is the winner of the 2022 Michael Franck Professional Responsibility Award.



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TurnSignl wins ABA Techshow 2022's Startup Alley competition

TurnSignl, an app that helps drivers record roadside interactions with law enforcement and immediately access lawyers via videoconferencing, won the Startup Alley pitch competition at the ABA Techshow 2022 on Wednesday evening.



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White House should give temporary protected status to Ukrainian refugees and immigrants, ABA president urges

ABA President Reginald Turner called on the Biden administration Wednesday to designate Ukraine for “temporary protected status”—an immigration status granted to nationals of certain countries who are unable to return home safely because of ongoing armed conflict or other extraordinary conditions.



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