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Family Law

Utah Supreme Court rules for adult adoptee who wanted to unseal records for medical and genetic information

Law Professors

Is SCOTUS making it harder to teach constitutional law? Profs ‘depleted’ and taken aback by ‘velocity’ of change

Health Law

Alabama justice who quoted Bible in IVF case often invokes religion

Law Firms

Partner ran office ‘like a toxic boys club locker room,’ fired Thompson Hine lawyer alleges

Judiciary

‘Known Christian conservative’ judge says his ouster over sexual assault reversal was ‘total political hit job’

Bar Associations

Longtime civil rights advocate Emmet Bondurant will receive this year’s ABA Medal

Practice Technology

What’s new in document automation for lawyers?

U.S. Supreme Court

Justices skeptical of Texas, Florida laws that bar platforms from deleting content

Sixth Amendment

Only 1 out of 5 defendants in this Mississippi county get court-appointed lawyers before indictment

Technology

Use of ChatGPT to support fee bid is ‘utterly and unusually unpersuasive,’ federal judge says

Verdicts & Settlements

NRA general counsel violated statutory duties but caused no monetary harm, jurors find; LaPierre liable for $5.4M

Legal Education

As ABA gathers more information on JD-Next, law schools still have to obtain variances to use test

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court offers possible road map for schools to diversify top programs

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Thomas hires clerk accused of sending racist text; was she set up by rogue employee?

Careers

New website will let law clerks judge their judges

Mind Your Business

Do you know who your legal recruiter is?

Education Law

Harvard, Columbia face spike in legal fees after antisemitism claims

Criminal Justice

Former Texas lawyer accused of bilking clients for at least $20M is sentenced for ‘Ponzi-type scheme’

Practice Management

What’s the current state of remote and hybrid work in law firms?

Family Law

Leaving kids home alone wasn’t endangerment, state supreme court says; ‘no parent can shield a child from all risks’

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