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Law Firms

Sidley Austin will provide scholarships, internships to law students to settle Labor Department diversity probe

The Modern Law Library

Voting rights attorney writes a tale of dark money chicanery in ‘The Coyotes of Carthage’

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Top DOJ officials backed family separations; judge forgives gunman who killed her son

Ethics

Lawyer is suspended after calling opposing counsel ‘complete idiot’ and litigant ‘obviously delusional’

Criminal Justice

Trump’s bid to block tax records subpoena based on ‘implausible speculation,’ 2nd Circuit says

Ethics

When are personal relationships with opposing counsel conflicts? New ABA ethics opinion weighs in

Law in Popular Culture

‘On the Basis of Sex’ and remembering Justice Ginsburg

Criminal Justice

Med-mal lawyer is accused of trying to extort hospital system

Law Firms

Sheppard Mullin lays off staffers as it restores pay

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Property law scholar wins ‘genius grant;’ judge says inmates entitled to stimulus checks

Judiciary

Judge steps down after newspaper asks about sexual assault allegations

Personal Lives

Would-be lawyer, 87, wants to try to pass the bar again, but obstacles remain

Law Firms

BigLaw firm resolves pay bias claim over bonuses paid at predecessor firm

Judiciary

Judge reprimanded for apparent KKK reference when complaining about court mask mandate

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court reinstates witness requirement for mail-in ballots in South Carolina

Law in Popular Culture

‘CSI effect’ remains a myth, retired judge says on 20th anniversary of popular forensic science show

Judiciary

Lawyer takes on politically popular name before launching campaign for judgeship

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Texas attorney general’s aides seek probe of possible wrongdoing; legal industry gains jobs

Access to Justice

How can courts counter disinformation? Arizona task force releases recommendations

U.S. Supreme Court

Thomas and Alito blast same-sex marriage decision as SCOTUS declines Kentucky clerk’s case

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