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Yale Law keeps top place in US News rankings preview—but it is tied with another school

Yale Law School and Stanford Law School are tied for first place in a preview of refashioned rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.



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Town justice should be removed for 'remarkable array of misconduct,' commission administrator says

A town justice in Guilford, New York, should be removed from the bench for making sexual comments to attorneys, displaying inappropriate bumper stickers, placing his handgun on the bench, failing to attend to his duties, and ignoring traffic tickets, according to the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct.



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Merger creates 'ultimate training data set' for legal AI, Fastcase and vLex say

Legal technology companies vLex and Fastcase say their newly announced merger will hasten the development of legal artificial intelligence tools through a global law library that draws on more than 1 billion legal documents.



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Is honking your car horn expressive conduct protected by First Amendment? 9th Circuit weighs in

A federal appeals court has upheld a California law that bans honking your car horn—except when reasonably needed to warn of a safety hazard.



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Northwestern law prof’s federal case is ‘the definition of vexatious and wasteful,’ judge says in ordering sanction

A federal judge in Colorado has ordered a professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law to pay attorney fees as a sanction for a federal action that is “the definition of vexatious and wasteful.”



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How can law schools comply with faculty diversity accreditation standards? Some deans have questions

It’s been almost a month since ABA notice was posted that the University of Oregon School of Law was out of compliance for a diversity accreditation standard, and Marcilynn Burke, the dean, still hasn’t figured out why. She’s in the process of finding out, and in the meantime, is getting a report ready to demonstrate compliance.



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Bankruptcy judge's novels appear to be based on me, litigant says in seeking her removal

The former CEO of Highland Capital Management is seeking the recusal of a bankruptcy judge on the ground that she has written two novels that “roundly criticize” the financial industry and include an “evildoer” character who appears to be based on him.



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Former district attorney disbarred for 'mass dismissal' of hundreds of cases, 'drastic reduction' in services

A former Laramie County, Wyoming, district attorney has been disbarred following her “mass dismissal” of about 400 cases, including a case in which a defendant was already serving his sentence and another case in which a defendant was awaiting sentencing after entering a guilty plea.



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Alan Dershowitz can't pursue defamation suit against CNN, despite its 'foolishness' and 'apathy,' judge says

Former Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz can’t pursue his lawsuit contending that CNN defamed him by mischaracterizing his remarks during the first impeachment trial of then-President Donald Trump, a federal judge in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has ruled.



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Why Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records for one $130K hush-money payment

Former President Donald Trump has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to influence the 2016 presidential election and mischaracterize payments for tax purposes.



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