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Appeals court upholds nationwide TikTok ban-or-sale law

A Washington federal appeals court has turned away a challenge to a fast-approaching nationwide ban of short-video app TikTok unless it divests from Chinese ownership by Jan. 19, affirming the law as constitutional.



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Naval Academy can consider race in admissions, federal judge rules

The U.S. Naval Academy can continue to use race-conscious admissions policies, a federal judge ruled Friday in a closely watched case that followed last year’s Supreme Court decision rejecting the use of affirmative action in college admissions.



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Rejection of Boeing plea deal on DEI grounds causes consternation

The surprise rejection of Boeing Co.’s proposed guilty plea to fraud charges stemming from two fatal 737 Max crashes has inserted a fiery culture issue into the proceedings after a judge opposed the consideration of race in the selection of a compliance monitor.



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Applications for law school up an 'unnatural' 35% from 2023

It’s shaping up to be very competitive year for aspiring law students.



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Lawyers spar in Supreme Court over constitutional rights in transgender health care case

The lengthy arguments this week in United States v. Skrmetti—a major case about whether a Tennessee law barring certain medical treatments for transgender minors violates the 14th Amendment—were marked by past positions, anticipation of future battles, a historical first and one justice’s curious silence.



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Lighting a Spark: Students learn about environmental justice from attorneys in public service project

Last month, students in Washington, D.C., got to learn about environmental justice from actual environmental lawyers.



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Judge with propensity for hugging workers said he had 'loose screws' in head after thwarted kiss, ethics complaint says

Updated: A judge in East Chicago, Indiana, who acknowledged routinely hugging court staff members is facing ethics charges that allege unwanted touching and inappropriate remarks.



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Muslim lawyer can't sue over revoked BigLaw job offer based on this theory, federal judge rules

A federal judge in Chicago has tossed a promissory estoppel claim in a Muslim lawyer’s lawsuit against Foley & Lardner for revoking her associate job offer after learning of her comments about Israel and Gaza.



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Trump's lawyers cite Hunter Biden pardon in NY hush money dismissal bid

President-elect Donald Trump’s felony conviction for falsifying business documents is tainted by the same corruption in the justice system that President Joe Biden decried when he announced his son’s pardon, Trump’s attorneys wrote in a document released Tuesday.



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Notre Dame has become a pipeline for SCOTUS clerkships and a magnet for justices

The Supreme Court’s conservative justices are increasingly hiring Notre Dame Law School’s graduates and faculty to work in their chambers. Those who interact with the justices say they are drawn to the Midwestern campus because of its breadth of conservative legal scholarship, in addition to the appeal of football and an all-day tailgate.



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