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Judiciary

Judge is accused of telling custody litigant to ‘zip it,’ noting ‘10th freaking day of this hearing’

Corporate Taxation

Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud; maximum penalty is no more than ‘a rounding error’

First Amendment

Law prof sues over New York law requiring bloggers and websites to address online hate speech

Law Firms

Law firms plan big billing rate increases, even as discounts and write-offs proliferate

Ethics

Rudy Giuliani defends election suit, claims persecution in ethics hearing that became ‘a tad argumentative’

First Amendment

Federal appeals court considers whether driver has right to livestream traffic stop on Facebook

Pro Bono

ABA Free Legal Answers hits major milestone of 250K questions

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court majority seems ready to rule for web designer who won’t make websites for same-sex weddings

Patent Law

Corporate owners knew little about patents they got free of charge and the litigation that followed, judge finds

Judiciary

As underrepresentation of Asian American lawyers in top jobs continues, more are speaking out, new study finds

Ethics

Las Vegas lawyer is disbarred for forming law firm with nonlaywer who did most of the legal work

Labor & Employment

Biden relied on 96-year-old law and 1917 Supreme Court decision to impose railway labor agreement

Labor & Employment

If recession comes, how will law firm ‘quiet quitters’ fare?

Legal Writing

Bestselling author David Baldacci shares words of wisdom for lawyers who want to be novelists

Law in Popular Culture

‘The Vanished’ and the need for closure

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Accused ‘my guns are bigger’ judge resigns; Texas district attorney resigns, takes the Fifth

Judiciary

Many federal judges want clerkship diversity but say the topic is rarely addressed in court, new study says

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Jackson’s second SCOTUS opinion is also a dissent to court’s refusal in death-penalty case

Civil Procedure

Judge didn’t have jurisdiction to appoint special master in Trump documents case, 11th Circuit says

Judiciary

2 federal appeals judges boycotting Yale Law clerks see progress in campus tolerance for conservative views

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