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Careers

As associate hiring spiked in 2021, how many new hires left within the first year?

Libel

ACLU lawyers reviewed op-ed that led to Johnny Depp’s defamation claim, its GC testifies

Ethics

Infowars host’s lawyer says the N-word in a dropped-pants comedy routine; should he face discipline?

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS clarifies First Amendment debate over content regulation of signs

Practice Management

MyCase rolls out new cloud-based drive for backing up and syncing files

Criminal Justice

Former paralegal in federal prosecution office is convicted for outing witnesses

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS will hear inmate’s appeal of DNA testing; prosecutor accidentally shoots himself

First Amendment

4th Circuit upholds restrictions on lawyer ads seeking drug and device clients

Law Firms

Dentons loses appeal to overturn $32.3M malpractice judgment; verein conflict at issue

Legal Education

After spike up in 2021, MPRE mean scaled score slightly decreases

Civic Education

Most Americans want to see changes in elections, new ABA civics survey finds

U.S. Supreme Court

How is ‘amicus’ pronounced? Justice Breyer and Judge Jackson disagree with each other and the majority view

Paralegals

One-time jailhouse lawyer creates legal jobs program for the formerly incarcerated

Legal Education

If you pass the bar on first attempt and want to be a lawyer, you’re likely to get hired, 2021 grads say

Criminal Justice

Man arrested in lawyer’s 2016 murder was opposing litigant in family trust dispute, defamation case

Public Health

Despite 12 negative COVID-19 tests, Perkins Coie partner is stuck in 37-day hotel quarantine in China

Judiciary

Bill toughening financial disclosure for federal judges heads to Biden’s desk

Law Firms

BigLaw ‘Super Rich’ club expands; one firm had $8.4M in profits per equity partner

Judiciary

Judge orders man accused of defacing gay pride mural to write essay on Pulse nightclub shooting

Criminal Justice

6th Circuit tells judge he can’t reject plea bargains for ‘extraneous policy considerations’

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