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U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: COVID-19 ruling reveals much about the new Supreme Court

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: 25 former DC bar leaders decry election suits; ousted 1L presses due process claim

Tort Law

Lawyer is awarded $1 in attorney fees, matching jury award in case of snatched pen

Landlords & Tenants

ABA president urges Congress to prevent COVID-19 eviction crisis

Law Firms

These 7 larger law firms got the $10M maximum in coronavirus pandemic loans

Criminal Justice

AG Barr appoints special counsel to investigate illegality in probe of Russian election influence

Access to Justice

On World AIDS Day, 9 organizations receive HIV Legal Services Fund grants

Criminal Justice

DOJ probed possible bid to pay for presidential pardon, unsealed opinion says

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Former Trump adviser sues over FBI surveillance; ex-lawyer sentenced in Ponzi scheme

Election Law

Trump lawyer says official who defended voting machines should be shot; AG Barr also sees no manipulation

Criminal Justice

Litigant accused in strangulation death of suburban Chicago lawyer lands on most-wanted list

Law Firms

As worst-case scenarios for law firms fail to materialize, some trends emerge, new report says

Practice Management

Alternative legal services provider teams up with Bechtel Corp. to provide diverse legal talent

U.S. Supreme Court

Should immigrants here illegally be excluded from census? SCOTUS justices consider delaying decision

Careers

Meet Sidney Powell, the conspiracy-minded lawyer who vowed to ‘release the kraken’ in election suits

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Another Trump campaign loss in court; donor sues to get back $2.5M

Death Penalty

DOJ rule change would allow some executions by firing squad and electrocution

Election Law

SCOTUSblog co-founder sees ‘zero practical chance’ that ‘faithless electors’ will swing election for Trump

U.S. Supreme Court

With Barrett in majority, Supreme Court lifts COVID-19 restrictions on religious services

Election Law

‘Calling an election unfair does not make it so,’ 3rd Circuit says

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