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U.S. Supreme Court

Wins for 2 corruption defendants show Supreme Court’s distaste for broad interpretations of fraud laws

White Collar Crime

2 ‘Varsity Blues’ convictions overturned, partly based on faulty honest-services fraud theory

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

How lawyers can take advantage of ChatGPT and other large language models disrupting the legal industry

Law Firms

Alleged cut-and-paste mistake wasn’t reason for client’s claimed $636M loss, Proskauer argues

U.S. Supreme Court

Jackson joins 3 conservative dissenters as Supreme Court upholds California’s pig welfare law

Ethics

Montana judge gets unpaid suspension for courthouse hallway comments

Law Firms

Former Proskauer COO withheld raises to create resentment, spur moves to new firm, amended suit says

Legal Education

Following methodology changes for US News rankings, 7 law schools reach top 100

Law in Popular Culture

The public defender approach to personal life

Law Firms

Law firms see ‘bifurcated recovery’ with strengths and challenges varying by firm size

Lawyer Pay

$200K is median base pay for new associates, thanks to market pressure from talent wars, NALP says

Layoffs

55 lawyers among 5% of global workforce being laid off at this BigLaw firm

Trials & Litigation

Judge sanctions lawyer for ‘obnoxious’ and ‘appalling’ deposition conduct

The Modern Law Library

End of the Cold War launched new efforts to build the rule of law

New Attorneys

BigLaw is losing its appeal, new survey of Gen Z lawyers and law students says

Verdicts & Settlements

Jurors award $5M to writer who sued Trump for alleged assault; what evidence supported her allegations?

Criminal Justice

False-records case against Trump ‘stands apart,’ newspaper review finds

Insurance Law

‘Warlike action’ exclusion didn’t protect insurers from Merck’s cyberattack claim, appeals court says

Women in the Law

Only 58% of women lawyers in BigLaw would recommend legal careers for their daughters, survey says

Criminal Justice

Pregnant criminal defense lawyer on bed rest loses trial-delay bid in top state court

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