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Homelessness

California aims to expand mental health treatment with new conservatorship definition of ‘gravely disabled’

Law Firms

Partners approve merger that will create A&O Shearman

Second Amendment

9th Circuit dissenters criticize court’s ‘blank check’ for gun restrictions, including ban on high-capacity gun magazines

Trials & Litigation

Judge in Bankman-Fried trial prods defense lawyers on repetitive questions, appears irritated

Judiciary

Judge won’t oust opioid special master for bungled email that ‘should have been protected, rather than exploited’

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Generative AI creates fake images that bring to life real stories from Australia’s offshore detention camp

Public Interest

Labor activist Dolores Huerta urges attorneys to ‘get involved in civic life’

Criminal Justice

Law student, son of Buc-ee’s co-founder, arrested for alleged secret filming of house guests

Criminal Justice

Lawyer said to have BigLaw connection arrested after young children found alone at beach

Judiciary

Judge displayed photos of male lawyers in hot pink chairs, exchanged 500-plus texts during murder trial, petition says

Bankruptcy Law

Texas bankruptcy judge questioned over relationship with local lawyer

Solos/Small Firms

Florida lawyer dies in skydiving incident

Law Firms

Winston & Strawn rescinds NYU law student’s job offer over ‘inflammatory’ Israel comments

Associates

Most BigLaw associates think their firms aren’t trying to keep them, new survey shows

First Amendment

Tennessee can continue ban on absentee ballot distribution, 6th Circuit says

Criminal Justice

Restaurant recording allowed in dentist’s trial for allegedly ordering murder of law prof Dan Markel

The Modern Law Library

Transform your negotiations with a ‘win-win-win’ mindset, says author

Criminal Justice

Lawyer pleads guilty in ‘Ponzi-type scheme’ that cost his clients up to $65M

Criminal Justice

Wrongfully convicted man urges criminal justice reform at final day of Clio Cloud Conference

Law Firms

Gordon Rees rebrands, becomes first law firm to add ‘numerical identifier’ to name

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