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Ethics

Lawyers must use caution when responding to negative online reviews, new ethics opinion says

Death Penalty

ABA plea doesn’t stop the execution of the only woman on federal death row

Technology

Arizona will implement Thomson Reuters’ digital evidence platform statewide

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court reinstates requirement for women seeking abortion drug to get it in person

Legal Rebels Podcast

Law firms should not rush lateral hiring, due diligence expert says

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: 3 federal executions delayed; BigLaw partner resigns after sex harassment claim

Law Firms

Law firms may be at ‘tipping point’ for change because of COVID-19 pandemic, new report says

Public Interest

Wife of Justice Thomas takes down Facebook page after promoting Trump’s Jan. 6 rally

Legal Education

While many jurisdictions had few or no online bar exam testing violations, California had many

Trials & Litigation

Pro-Trump lawyer is tossed from defamation case for ‘mendacity’ and ‘surprising incompetence’

Obituaries

Stanford law prof remembered as leading legal ethics scholar and advocate for access to justice

Constitutional Law

Could the 14th Amendment be used to disqualify Trump from office?

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: State bar considers ousting Giuliani; pelt-wearing protester is judge’s son

Law Students

Harvard 2L is remembered with acts of kindness by more than a thousand people

Bar Exam

California releases bar exam results, and like many jurisdictions sees increase in pass rates

Law Firms

18 law firms join Crowell & Moring in calling for Trump’s removal; NYC bar also seeks ouster

Rule of Law

House introduces article of impeachment accusing Trump of ‘incitement of insurrection’

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will consider challenges to charitable donor disclosure requirements

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court agrees to hear First Amendment case of suspended cheerleader

Ethics

Georgia lawyer in Capitol assault says mob was patriotic and heroic

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