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Law Firms

Deloitte is monitoring changes to law firm ownership rules, but isn’t planning to begin law practice here

Practice Management

LegalZoom is pursuing an alternative business structure license in Arizona

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: First Black woman to clerk at SCOTUS dies; judge allows Dominion defamation suits

Judiciary

Judges in this state are requiring probationers to get vaccinated

Litigation Management

Nearly two-thirds of female multidistrict litigation plaintiffs are dissatisfied with their lawyers, survey finds

Practice Management

Index of law firm profitability jumps to record high after unusual pandemic year

Careers

Rudy Giuliani will send you a personal greeting through Cameo—for a fee

Law in Popular Culture

Stoicism and the legal profession: Refraining from being quarrelsome

Ethics

Lawyer who gave ‘perfect’ secretary a second chance after theft is suspended after misjudging her

Trademark Law

5th Circuit rules for ‘The Hammer’ in lawyer’s trademark suit over purloined keywords and click-to-call ads

Federal Government

Biden’s new picks for solicitor general and Manhattan US attorney once clerked for AG Garland

Constitutional Law

House committee can access some Trump financial records from accounting firm, judge rules

Legal Education

Law prof’s federal discrimination suit against University of Idaho allowed to go forward

Public Health

Some Texas courts agree to courthouse mask mandates despite governor’s contrary order

Education Law

Judge denies Florida Coastal’s motion to reinstate federal aid

Trials & Litigation

5th Circuit warns of ‘cautionary tale for every attorney’ as it refuses to revive lawsuit

Criminal Justice

Arrest is made in fatal stabbing of lawyer in his New York City office

The Modern Law Library

How neurodiverse lawyers can thrive in the profession—and change it for the better

Immigration Law

Federal law doesn’t preempt New Jersey’s ban on immigration cooperation, 3rd Circuit rules

Annual Meeting

Pregnant workers’ rights to reasonable accommodations should be guaranteed by law, ABA House says

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