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Judiciary

Judge who displayed Confederate-flag statue should be removed, judicial conduct commission says

Second Amendment

Federal court upholds Maryland training, background checks for handguns

Law Firms

Law firms had strong financial performance in first half of 2024, survey says

Law Firms

Willkie adds 5 partners, 6 associates from this BigLaw firm, adding to growing Chicago office

Pro Bono

Wanted: Lawyers to help with this year’s election

Practice Technology

ILTACON 2024: Selling legal tech’s monorail

Ethics

Lawyer gets stayed suspension for fake blog comments

Cybersecurity

How to combat cybersecurity threats when using artificial intelligence

Practice Management

How midsize firms are achieving growth through adaptation

Ethics

Worried your legal work could contribute to clients’ criminal conduct? New ABA ethics opinion shares guidelines

Election Law

SCOTUS allows Arizona voter-registration law requiring proof of citizenship

Women in the Law

These firms are ‘ceiling smashers’ for having highest percentage of women in equity partnerships

Personal Lives

How an understanding court clerk saved lawyer with dementia from humiliation

Mergers & Acquisitions

Lathrop GPM will merge with Silicon Valley firm Oct. 1; ‘why wait?’ managing shareholder asks

Supreme Court Report

Give Us a Break: Supreme Court’s summer hiatus interrupted by emergency docket cases

Judiciary

Family sues judge who ordered teen to be handcuffed after she fell asleep

Criminal Justice

Ex-babysitter who hit infant 40 years ago pleads guilty to manslaughter in his 2019 death

Criminal Justice

Assistant pleads guilty to embezzling more than $50K from criminal court judge

Ethics

Judge reprimanded for false ‘elder abuse’ claim on Facebook in spat over guardianship case

Practice Management

Law firms on track for strong year, report says

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