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Sentencing/Post Conviction

Mandatory law leads to 110-year sentence for fatal crash; DA moves for reconsideration

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Law Firms

2 law firms announce separate mergers effective Jan. 1

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U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court sets special hearing on vaccine mandates for larger workplaces, health workers

Trials & Litigation

Federal magistrate judge orders lawyers to ‘not impugn Chinese culture’ in future depositions

Supreme Court Report/Year in Review

Roberts’ reference to memos of Blackmun on Roe v. Wade raises questions about SCOTUS justices’ private papers

Juries

Some states seek to eliminate racial bias in jury selection with peremptory-challenge changes

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CEO roundtable with Ari Kaplan: Trends, challenges and opportunities in 2021 and the year ahead

Law Firms

Wife of Marvel chairman sues Kasowitz Benson for alleged ‘salacious and outrageous’ litigation

Criminal Justice

Delayed justice is still a problem after COVID-19 disruptions

Criminal Justice

Inmates confined at home because of COVID-19 emergency need not return to prison when it ends, DOJ says

The Modern Law Library

In ‘All Her Little Secrets,’ the death of an attorney’s boss could bring her secrets to light

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer is fined after her process server delivers subpoena to another attorney during murder-trial break

Year in Review

Chemerinsky: The most significant Supreme Court cases of 2021

Law Firms

Some law firms push back dates for return to office amid omicron concerns

Law Professors

UIC law prof must receive online diversity training, coaching before classroom return, letter says

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Top 5 legal technology news stories of 2021

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