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Law Firms

Dechert faces 3 UK trials, 2 US suits stemming from 1 former partner’s work

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer accused of pursuing client-poaching ‘modus operandi’ hit with $2.3M verdict

Ethics

Choice-of-law questions for state ethics rules examined in new ABA opinion

Judiciary

Federal judge faces probe after he orders handcuffing of 13-year-old girl in gallery in ‘scared straight’ approach

Constitutional Law

Backers of Equal Rights Amendment lose mandamus bid in DC Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Student loan relief cases will have lasting effects whatever Supreme Court decides

U.S. Supreme Court

Student debt relief meets with skepticism from majority of Supreme Court justices

Associates

Dip in summer associate hiring at firms is bad omen for larger class of 2024, NALP says

U.S. Supreme Court

Unclaimed MoneyGram checks are subject of Jackson’s first SCOTUS opinion in argued case

Layoffs

Perkins Coie lays off 58 business professionals, cites higher costs and workplace transformations

Trials & Litigation

Lawyers flock to East Palestine after train derailment, hosting information sessions and signing up clients

Law Firms

After firm sues its own lawyer for alleged ‘quiet quit,’ she files bias suit; stuffed bear noose cited

Contracts

Lady Gaga failed to pay promised $500K for return of stolen bulldogs, suit alleges; plaintiff was charged in case

Law Schools

Which law schools are choosiest? Washington University is in top five, while Yale is mostly No. 1

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court accepts challenge to funding of consumer bureau that could put 12 years of CFPB actions at risk

Law in Popular Culture

‘Rust’ and a look at criminal liability on movie sets

Asked and Answered

Family law gave this lawyer some ideas about what clients really want

Criminal Justice

In murder trial cross-examination, prosecutors focus on ex-lawyer Murdaugh’s financial misdeeds and his ‘new story’

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Newest SCOTUS justice writes second cert-denial dissent; Roe v. Wade archive to be auctioned

Bar Exam

Legal Ed data shows decrease in first-time bar pass rates

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