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Trials & Litigation

Lawyer finds two words that doom billion-dollar case

Election Law

7th Circuit blocks Indiana’s second-try voter purge law; changes were ‘largely cosmetic’

Constitutional Law

Federal judge refuses to block Indiana University’s vaccine mandate; incoming 1L is among the plaintiffs

Health Law

11th Circuit keeps CDC cruise ship rules in place

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Webinar considers legal profession’s caregiving bias; animal rights lawyer pleads guilty

Ethics

Federal prosecutors ‘deliberately misled’ court, judge says; alleged fraudsters get new trial

Law Firms

Law firms ‘cannot long endure a remote work model,’ says Morgan Stanley chief legal officer

Storytelling

Films like ‘Adaptation’ can give lawyers a window into how to construct compelling narratives in court

Ethics

Lawyer who lobbed F-word at judge is sentenced to jail time

Immigration Law

Why a federal judge ruled against the DACA program protecting some immigrants from deportation

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: LSC could see $600M in 2022 funding; Netflix’s ‘Tiger King’ to receive shorter prison sentence

Bankruptcy Law

2nd Circuit says private student loans can be discharged in bankruptcy

Criminal Justice

Illinois bans practice of lying to minors during police interrogations

Law Firms

New data shows lateral associate hiring happening across the board

Immigration Law

Garland restores discretion to immigration judges in ‘administrative closure’ decision

Continuing Legal Education

ABA submits response to Florida Supreme Court’s ban on ‘quotas’ in CLE panels

Law in Popular Culture

Three BigLaw attorneys share stories about their TikTok personas

COVID-19

11th Circuit upholds CDC freeze on evictions due to COVID-19

Judiciary

Federal judiciary supports legislation to prevent access to judges’ information

Law in Popular Culture

Britney Spears succeeds in move to hire own lawyer in conservatorship case

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