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Law Firms

Has litigation ended between Littler and ex-associate? Settlement cited, but resolution unclear

10 Questions

LSAC president reflects on challenges facing legal ed as she shifts to lead Association of American Law Schools

LGBTQ Legal Issues

Court blocks enforcement of Title IX rules protecting transgender students

Attorney General

Justice Department rejects contempt case against attorney general

Legal Education

5 more law schools now approved to use JD-Next for admissions

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era federal ban on bump stock devices

Law Firms

Kaufman Dolowich fired associate after rejecting his disability accommodation request, suit alleges

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court sides with Starbucks in blow to union activists

U.S. Supreme Court

Does SCOTUS decision in ‘Trump too small’ case show ‘rifts in the originalist consensus’?

Criminal Justice

The chaos unfolding at Young Thug’s trial, explained

Judiciary

‘That’s it, take him!’ Lawyer handcuffed in courtroom hallway after judge’s alleged command

Legal Education

Oregon’s alternative pathway to the bar proves popular

U.S. Supreme Court

Expanded access to abortion drug remains intact after Supreme Court says challengers lack standing

Civil Rights

Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre can’t get reparations under nuisance law, top Oklahoma court says

Attorney General

GOP-run House votes to hold AG Merrick Garland in contempt

Civil Rights

Winner of ABA Thurgood Marshall Award got an early start in civil rights work

Criminal Justice

Appeals court upholds negligent homicide conviction for encouraging suicide by electronic means

Ethics

Lawyer accused of seeking Israeli hackers to obtain judge’s personal emails

Legal Rebels Podcast

Can generative AI tools make it easier for lawyers to offer pro bono services?

Technology

‘Robot lawyer’ DoNotPay reaches settlement in suit alleging it’s neither robot nor lawyer

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