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Banking Law

Lawyer moved into Wynn Las Vegas, spent over $10M in ‘massive fraud,’ suit alleges

Legal Rebels Podcast

What to expect from ABA Techshow 2023

Law Firms

Lawyer profits at major firms slide with big drop in productivity in fourth quarter of 2022, new report says

Lawyer Wellness

Lawyers are twice as likely to have thoughts of suicide, new study finds

Layoffs

Am Law 200 firm cuts lawyers and staffers as it looks at cost-cutting measures

Tort Law

Lawyers for Trump and rape accuser square off over DNA offer

Constitutional Law

7 judges on 5th Circuit question ‘perpetual funding’ of government programs; is Social Security at risk?

Verdicts & Settlements

Texas AG’s office agrees to pay $3.3M to resolve aides’ whistleblower allegations

Trials & Litigation

Elected court clerk says she was wrongly ousted over ‘unintentional rear-end dial’

Criminal Justice

Former BigLaw partner is sentenced to 2 years in prison for cyberstalking former colleagues

Legal Education

Citing lack of lawyers, public defenders in this state ask to let law grads work before bar admission

Law Firms

Judge sanctions Facebook and BigLaw firm $925K for ‘delay, misdirection and frivolous arguments’

Law in Popular Culture

Examining juvenile crime and punishment in songs

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Judge orders reform of school-funding system; BigLaw malpractice suit settles

Judiciary

Meet the Texas judge who is a favorite of conservatives in hot-button lawsuits, including abortion-pill litigation

Cybersecurity

Troutman Pepper acknowledges cyberattack, says action was taken to ‘contain the threat’

Law Firms

Price of Super Bowl ads is on ‘eerily similar trajectory’ to profits per partner at Kirkland

First Amendment

State law criminalizing derogatory campaign speech is likely unconstitutional, 4th Circuit rules

Law Schools

Law school named in honor of Black attorney in what may be second time in history

Law Firms

Goodwin Procter averaged gain or loss of 1 lateral associate each day since 2020

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