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Criminal Justice

CNN obtains transcript of tape that is highlighted in unsealed espionage charges against Trump

U.S. Supreme Court

2 SCOTUS justices delay financial disclosure; which justice listed $1,200 in flowers from Oprah?

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court gives Jack Daniel’s a chance to prove infringement in ‘Bad Spaniels’ trademark parody case

U.S. Supreme Court

In ‘stunning development,’ Supreme Court rules Alabama election map violates Voting Rights Act

Law Firms

Silicon Valley-based law firm gives associates the option of one-year deferred start dates with stipend payment

Judiciary

Lawyer for federal appeals judge barred from new cases finds orders ‘incredible’ and ‘stunning’

Law Firms

Another BigLaw firm mandates 4 days per week in office but adopts remote ‘bank’

Judiciary

Proposal to require Michigan courts to use preferred pronouns has some critics

Second Amendment

Would nearly all felon gun bans be struck down under new 3rd Circuit opinion? Dissenter thinks so

Law Schools

As culture wars continue, City University of New York School of Law is latest target

National Pulse

Nation’s first youth climate lawsuits to go to trial

Law Firms

BigLaw firm was ‘caring only about its bottom line’ when it wrongly fired pregnant associate, suit says

Ethics

Role of nonlawyer assistants in client intake addressed in new ABA ethics opinion

The Modern Law Library

SCOTUS faces ‘a catastrophic loss of institutional legitimacy,’ warns author

Ethics

Lawyer censured for using TeamViewer to snoop on former firm’s business activity

Trials & Litigation

We ‘live on a pro se planet;’ 5th Circuit allows parents to sometimes represent children without lawyers

Criminal Justice

Bryan Cave partner on leave after arrest in undercover sting investigation

Ethics

Bar admission denied for applicant who rose to law firm partnership without law license

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Social media and internet companies likely face more free speech challenges at the Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will consider First Amendment right to trademark ‘Trump too small’ without Trump’s consent

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