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Weekly Briefs: Bannon convicted for contempt of Congress; suit targets Skittles ingredient

Ethics

Ex-DOJ official faces ethics charges for draft election letter that spurred threat of mass resignations

Practice Technology

Reach new clients with chat tools for your law firm’s website

U.S. Supreme Court

Kagan sees danger to democracy if Supreme Court ‘loses all connection’ with public sentiment

U.S. Supreme Court

In first SCOTUS vote, Jackson joins liberal justices and Barrett in opposing block on Biden immigration policy

National Pulse

Progressive prosecutors are encountering pushback

Banking Law

Wells Fargo didn’t have contractual duty to catch scam check that cost law firm nearly $200K, judge rules

Legal Education

Law students want more distance education classes, according to ABA findings

Law Firms

Trump lawyer loudly sang and rapped aloud with ‘offensive booming music,’ bias suit says

Legal Education

Shortly before July bar exam, ExamSoft announces new Windows laptops likely won’t run testing software

Ethics

Judge is suspended after awarding judgment on counterclaim that was never filed

Legal Education

Citing statements Penn Law prof allegedly made while teaching and in interviews, dean asks for discipline against her

Ethics

After learning lawyer’s remark was a ‘serious covert insult,’ judge refers incident to state bar

Criminal Justice

Rudy Giuliani is ordered to testify before Georgia grand jury probing attempts to overturn 2020 election

Health Law

Georgia can immediately enforce abortion law defining fetus as ‘natural person,’ 11th Circuit rules

Bar Exam

Harvard Law grad loses suit claiming lack of bar exam accommodations nixed her BigLaw career

Law Firms

Buchalter’s product-liability chair used sexually harassing acronyms, lawsuit alleges

Law Firms

Lawyer’s name is scrubbed from BigLaw website after he joins abortion-aid warning to Sidley Austin

Health Law

Could abortion clinics be placed on federal land? Law prof who proposed it sees some risks

Members Who Inspire

Washington Supreme Court justice shows ‘representation does matter’

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