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Law Firms

At least 25 top law firms will see departure of top leaders in 2023-2024; is there ‘demographic bubble’?

Ethics

Lawyer suspended for charging inflated and fake fees to real estate clients; did everybody do it?

Bar Exam

National mean MBE score rises slightly, along with number of test-takers

Judiciary

Federal judge wants clerks to confirm they aren’t part of antisemitic or Islamophobic groups

Criminal Justice

US lawyer accused of fatally shooting 2 environmental protesters in Panama

Law Professors

Law prof, 78, sues Northwestern for alleged age bias in pay raises

Criminal Justice

Former Baltimore state’s attorney convicted for claiming pandemic hardship to get retirement cash

Juries

Judge denies motion to interview jurors about alleged group chat in trial for murder of law prof

Public Defenders

PD resigns after video is said to show her tearing down posters of Hamas hostages

Trials & Litigation

Monsanto cites judge’s alleged ‘off-the-record’ instruction in bid to overturn $175M Roundup verdict

Practice Management

CS Disco announces partnership with vLex to use law library in case management software

Judiciary

Judge who sanctioned ‘lazy lawyers in glass towers’ was too harsh, 5th Circuit rules for third time

Law Firms

$175M suit accuses BigLaw firm of ‘critical drafting errors’ and ‘sloppy and imprecise’ contract language

Members Who Inspire

Keramet Reiter helps build in-prison education programs in California

Election Law

GOP can put Trump on primary ballot, even if he is ineligible for office, top Minnesota court rules

Bar Exam

Oregon approves alternative to bar exam

Children & the Law

Family members who step in to care for children can get extra support with ABA guidance

Law Firms

Polsinelli defendant ‘vehemently denies’ sex harassment after another ‘strongly denies’ such conduct

Law Firms

Why Cravath has joined ‘two-tier partner wave’

Second Amendment

Ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines likely constitutional, 7th Circuit says

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