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Banking Law

Law firms have ‘another risk to contemplate’ after failure of bank that catered to their needs

Health Law

Health care providers divulge patient information to Facebook, other third parties, lawsuits allege

Trials & Litigation

Daughter sues agency after DNA test IDs likely suspect in institutionalized mother’s rape

U.S. Supreme Court

Jackson’s votes in Supreme Court’s first 6 opinions make her ‘last justice standing’

Law Firms

Law firms can’t be sanctioned for multiplying cases ‘vexatiously’ in federal court, 5th Circuit says

Legal Education

Law school gets extension to meet Standard 316; ABA Legal Ed council posts additional notice on faculty diversity

Law Professors

Law prof placed on leave after he’s charged with assaulting woman at New York casino

Insurance Law

STD contracted during car sex isn’t covered by GEICO auto policy, federal judge rules

Trials & Litigation

Wrongful death suit accuses 3 women of helping man’s then-wife obtain abortion pills

Cybersecurity

Smith Gambrell faces 2 suits over late disclosure of hack said to have exposed client information

Law Schools

Stanford apologizes after conservative federal appeals judge is heckled during Federalist Society talk

Ethics

State bar finds ‘shocking past culture of unethical and unacceptable behavior’ in its handling of Girardi complaints

Judiciary

Court backlogs persist in this state because of shortage of attorneys; ‘the wheels of justice depend on lawyers’

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Legal sector continues to gain jobs; Roe v. Wade archive auctioned

Bankruptcy Law

LeClairRyan trustee settles with last president of law firm

Technology

DoNotPay doesn’t live up to its billing as a ‘robot lawyer,’ offers ‘substandard’ legal docs, suit claims

Obituaries

Bill Horton, longtime ABA leader and past Health Law Section chair, dies at 63

Second Amendment

States don’t have to ‘stand idly by and watch the carnage,’ 11th Circuit says in upholding age restriction on gun sales

Law Firms

Shearman leader will ‘begin to pass the torch’ after failed merger talks, overseas partner departures

Constitutional Law

Ban on ‘rude’ public comments at town meetings violates state constitution, court rules

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