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Criminal Justice

Biden commutes nearly 1,500 sentences in ‘largest single-day grant of clemency’

Trials & Litigation

Federal judge will no longer tolerate lawyers’ barbed briefs and ‘expletive-laden phone calls’

Agriculture & Food

Meet the lawyer who created the food nutrition label

Judiciary

Prosecutor who sent nude photos to federal judge ‘felt trapped,’ thought she had no choice, cited letter says

Judiciary

Supreme Court justice’s teen dream comes true with Broadway walk-on role

Lawyer Pay

$1M-plus bonuses will be paid to ‘multiple associates’ at this prominent law firm

Tax Law

Car-racing costs can’t be deducted by lawyer as marketing expense, 10th Circuit rules

Year in Review: Legal Rebels Podcast

2024 in Review: Generative AI dominated legal tech

Trials & Litigation

Indiana’s former AG says dropped groping suit ends ‘odyssey of unfounded allegations’

Careers

After failed AG bid, Gaetz will host TV show

Civil Rights

Justice Department IG seeks new protections on seizing communications of lawmakers, journalists

Lawyer Discipline

Lawyers who critique critical race theory may challenge Connecticut’s anti-bias ethics rule, 2nd Circuit says

Immigration Law

What laws could Trump invoke to fast track deportations?

Lawyer Pay

Associates at this BigLaw firm can choose one of 3 billable-hour budgets

Constitutional Law

Bar admission denied for applicant who won’t take constitutional oath

Criminal Justice

Wife convicted of murdering prominent attorney husband claimed to reveal real killer at her sentencing

Access to Justice

Pilot project allowing nonlawyer legal providers gets OK in Washington

Criminal Justice

Texas lawyer allegedly killed and cremated son, saying he mistook him for intruder

Constitutional Law

Appeals court upholds nationwide TikTok ban-or-sale law

Trials & Litigation

Naval Academy can consider race in admissions, federal judge rules

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