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Trials & Litigation

Pro-Trump lawyer is tossed from defamation case for ‘mendacity’ and ‘surprising incompetence’

Obituaries

Stanford law prof remembered as leading legal ethics scholar and advocate for access to justice

Constitutional Law

Could the 14th Amendment be used to disqualify Trump from office?

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: State bar considers ousting Giuliani; pelt-wearing protester is judge’s son

Law Students

Harvard 2L is remembered with acts of kindness by more than a thousand people

Bar Exam

California releases bar exam results, and like many jurisdictions sees increase in pass rates

Law Firms

18 law firms join Crowell & Moring in calling for Trump’s removal; NYC bar also seeks ouster

Rule of Law

House introduces article of impeachment accusing Trump of ‘incitement of insurrection’

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will consider challenges to charitable donor disclosure requirements

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court agrees to hear First Amendment case of suspended cheerleader

Ethics

Georgia lawyer in Capitol assault says mob was patriotic and heroic

Trials & Litigation

When it comes to cross-examination, is less more?

Mind Your Business

How law firms can be—and stay—effective during the COVID-19 crisis

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Man at Pelosi’s desk among those charged in Capitol riot; Dominion sues Sidney Powell

Labor & Employment

COVID-19 spurred more than a thousand workplace lawsuits in 2020, class action report says

Law Firms

Among those calling for Trump’s removal are Crowell & Moring and more than 6,500 lawyers

Personal Lives

Angry BigLaw lawyer goes viral as #guyonporch during riot

Trials & Litigation

Trump and allies drop 4 Georgia election lawsuits; state officials deny settlement claim

Partners

Second BigLaw partner on Trump’s Georgia phone call leaves his law firm

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Riot review won’t exclude Trump; sanctions bid against election lawyers targets ‘paranoia’

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