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Tort Law

Bystander can be on phone instead of scene to sue for distress of witnessing daughter’s crash, top state court says

Ethics

Judge’s sanctions threat based on just one misused word, Hunter Biden’s attorneys say

Annual Meeting

ABA Annual Meeting opens in Chicago this week

First Amendment

6th Circuit refuses to block school’s pronoun policy; dissent makes belief-in-ghosts comparison

Cybersecurity

Lawyer thought he was working with feds when he lost retirement savings to scammers

Ethics

Sanction affirmed for lawyer accused of cursing and pushing opposing counsel after ‘tense’ deposition

Law Firms

Former McElroy Deutsch CFO apologizes for ‘terrible decisions’ before getting prison time for embezzlement

Criminal Justice

Shaken-baby murder conviction overturned after defendant offers evidence questioning diagnosis

From the ABA President

Lawyers must act now to save our democracy

Criminal Justice

An exonerated man was ‘50 feet from freedom.’ Then a court stopped him

Tort Law

Customer should have known boneless chicken wings can contain bones, top state court says in tossing suit

Law Firms

Want to nap at work or hop on a Peloton? These law firms have the amenities

U.S. Supreme Court

How term limits for Supreme Court justices—now backed by Biden—could work

Ethics

Take heed before using artificial intelligence, new ABA ethics opinion says

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Kagan calls for a way to enforce Supreme Court ethics code

Annual Meeting

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker will speak at ABA Annual Meeting

Practice Technology

Beyond Traditional Tools: Leveraging AI for efficient law practice management

Mind Your Business

7 steps to successful crisis management

First Amendment

Punishing first grader for ‘Black Lives Mater’ drawing violates First Amendment, appeal argues

What's on the Shelf?

Chicago lawyer writes about being GOAT at New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

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