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First Amendment

9th Circuit revives suit to register racehorse as ‘Malpractice Meuser,’ thought to be lawyer jab

Judiciary

‘Kennedy quiz’ stumps some federal judicial nominees; subjects include collateral estoppel and Article V

Appellate Practice

BigLaw firm gets benchslapped for downplaying university deception in appellate brief’s facts section

Ethics

Government lawyers’ use of ‘confidential information’ in private practice clarified in new ABA ethics opinion

Legal Education

ABA considers expanding law school diversity standards

Law Professors

FBI investigates ‘battle of the sexes’ texts sent to female law professors

Judiciary

Texas justice complains that ‘brainwashed’ GOP colleagues from BigLaw ‘bow down to the altar of process’

The Modern Law Library

NY law prof is calling on ‘Lawyer Nation’ to reform

Family Law

Utah Supreme Court rules for adult adoptee who wanted to unseal records for medical and genetic information

Law Professors

Is SCOTUS making it harder to teach constitutional law? Profs ‘depleted’ and taken aback by ‘velocity’ of change

Health Law

Alabama justice who quoted Bible in IVF case often invokes religion

Law Firms

Partner ran office ‘like a toxic boys club locker room,’ fired Thompson Hine lawyer alleges

Judiciary

‘Known Christian conservative’ judge says his ouster over sexual assault reversal was ‘total political hit job’

Bar Associations

Longtime civil rights advocate Emmet Bondurant will receive this year’s ABA Medal

Practice Technology

What’s new in document automation for lawyers?

U.S. Supreme Court

Justices skeptical of Texas, Florida laws that bar platforms from deleting content

Sixth Amendment

Only 1 out of 5 defendants in this Mississippi county get court-appointed lawyers before indictment

Technology

Use of ChatGPT to support fee bid is ‘utterly and unusually unpersuasive,’ federal judge says

Verdicts & Settlements

NRA general counsel violated statutory duties but caused no monetary harm, jurors find; LaPierre liable for $5.4M

Legal Education

As ABA gathers more information on JD-Next, law schools still have to obtain variances to use test

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