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U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court ethics legislation will advance after Alito revelations, committee chairman says

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

What cybersecurity threats do generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT pose to lawyers?

Evidence

Expert can’t offer ‘unqualified opinion’ that crime scene bullets match suspect’s gun, top state court says

U.S. Supreme Court

Alito uses op-ed page to defend undisclosed free Alaska trip on private jet

Constitutional Law

Could Trump pardon himself? DOJ considered self-pardons in Nixon era

The Modern Law Library

‘My Mom, the Lawyer’ explores women’s work and personal lives through the eyes of their children

Careers

Former Quinn Emanuel partner becomes traffic court judge and ‘Zoom master’

Members Who Inspire

Joe Bell fights to open cold case records of a 1946 mass lynching

Constitutional Law

In ‘savvy move,’ Trump special counsel avoids charge that bans violators from office

Criminal Justice

Hunter Biden reaches plea deal to resolve tax and gun charges

Health Law

3 justices on this state’s top court targeted after deadlock prevents abortion ban from taking effect

LGBTQ Legal Issues

LGBTQ rights should be protected with ‘proactive policymaking,’ ABA entity leaders urge

Criminial Justice

Lawyer’s racist and anti-Muslim rants on social media entitle defendant to new trial, court rules

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Biden’s longest-waiting judicial nominee confirmed; Trump’s ‘wack job’ comment added to defamation suit

Criminal Justice

Lottery lawyer’s ‘luck has run out’ after sentencing judge says he is responsible for $62M in client losses

Law Firms

Ex-clients accuse Trump lawyer and Cadwalader of ‘haphazard’ billing and malpractice

Criminal Justice

Lawyer admits spending over $8.7M in investor money on Vegas gambling, lavish lifestyle

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules for prosecutors in venue case that might have influenced Trump charging decision

Legislation & Lobbying

Illinois uses grant money to encourage libraries not to ban books; law touted as first of its kind

U.S. Supreme Court

Indian adoption law upheld by Supreme Court, but equal protection issue remains undecided

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