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Bar Associations

Longtime civil rights leader Fred Gray will receive ABA Medal

Layoffs

Reed Smith lays off about 2% of global workforce, including lawyers

Access to Justice

University of California College of the Law unveils justice tech startup program

Law in Popular Culture

The trials of ‘Jury Duty’ in life and in art

Legal Education

How could alternative licensure alter lawyer labor supply? Law prof’s research may have answers

Law Firms

Crowell & Moring will withdraw in Humana litigation after Walgreens alleges ‘betrayal’

Access to Justice

Nonlawyer advocates can help tenants facing eviction in program approved in 2 states

Legal Rebels Podcast

What could AI regulation in the US look like?

Layoffs

BigLaw firm confirms layoffs, delayed start dates for incoming associates

Law Firms

BigLaw partner resigns after terminally ill ex-wife posted videos of his tirades

Copyright Law

Banana-on-wall artwork didn’t infringe another artist’s work, federal judge says

Criminal Justice

Former judge will avoid computer-trespassing charges in deal with prosecutors

Labor & Employment

Misogynistic rap music in workplace can constitute sex discrimination, 9th Circuit says

Bar Exam

Disability rights advocates challenge California’s bar exam accommodation process

Criminal Justice

Lawyer once named most eligible bachelor acquitted on rape charges

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Radio host faces hurdles in ChapGPT defamation suit

Criminal Justice

Notes from Trump’s lawyer cited as evidence of obstruction in classified documents case

Criminal Justice

How Rule 29 motion could save Trump in classified documents case; what are other possibilities?

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Bar group that ditched drag trivia event criticized; Black law schools guide drops overall rankings

U.S. Supreme Court

Did pending Supreme Court case affect special counsel’s decision to move Trump grand jury to Florida?

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