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Constitutional Law

Student expelled for offensive Snapchat post can sue school district, 10th Circuit says

Contracts

Waiver agreement bars ex-Chief Justice Roy Moore’s defamation suit against comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, 2nd Circuit says

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Jan. 6 panel subpoenas ex-White House counsel; former Judge Alex Kozinski represents Trump

Careers

Legal jobs continued upward climb in June; sector adds 92,300 jobs since pandemic low

Tort Law

Suit seeks damages for traumatic event witnessed over FaceTime; bystander definition at issue

Law Schools

Judge blocks no-contact orders against Christian law students who discussed opposition to same-sex marriage

Ethics

Lawyer is suspended over false statements made to law firms

U.S. Supreme Court

Online petition seeking impeachment of Justice Thomas has more than a million signatures

Judiciary

Tax concerns lead judges to hold on to Berkshire Hathaway stock despite ‘conflict nightmare,’ judiciary is told

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: This SCOTUS term moved the law ‘dramatically in a conservative direction’

Ethics

Citing disbarred lawyer’s ‘grudging acceptance of responsibility,’ judge bars readmission in federal court

Pro Bono

ABA project seeks more pro bono attorneys in wake of Supreme Court death penalty decision

Constitutional Law

Abortion ‘abolitionists’ seek equal protection rights for fetuses, prosecutions of women

Privacy Law

Teen charged in deadly fire challenges police use of Google searches to find suspects

Prosecutors

Judge who wasn’t satisfied with plea deal kicks entire prosecutor’s office off the case

Tort Law

Federal judge rules for drug distributors in opioid trial, says case fails under West Virginia nuisance law

Constitutional Law

Overturning precedent, top Iowa court limits nuisance suits against hog farms

Trials & Litigation

Judge limits Meta’s refiled brief to 5 footnotes after complaining of local rule violation

Insurance Law

How the decision overturning Roe v. Wade affects insurance coverage for abortions and related litigation

Health Law

As 2 top state courts allow abortion limits, court filing says a third can’t stop sale of abortion pills

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