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Ethics

Trump’s $500M suit against Michael Cohen alleges ‘multiple breaches of fiduciary duty’

Sixth Amendment

Removing unvaccinated potential jurors didn’t violate defendants’ Sixth Amendment rights, 4th Circuit rules

Sixth Amendment

Alleged law firm scammer gets charges tossed on speedy-trial grounds

Criminal Justice

Federal judge’s ‘rubberstamp’ orders repeat strings of citations with no specifics, 9th Circuit dissenter says

Law in Popular Culture

Examining NBC’s new ‘Night Court’ and new judges

Law Firms

Cooley reportedly pushes back start date for incoming associates; are summer programs at risk?

Law Firms

Lawyers report high level of satisfaction with their jobs, but stress remains an issue, survey finds

Legal Rebels Podcast

What the Silicon Valley Bank failure means for our financial institutions

Legal Education

First-time bar pass rate for Black candidates below 58%, ABA data shows

Legal Education

Yale Law keeps top place in US News rankings preview—but it is tied with another school

Judiciary

Town justice should be removed for ‘remarkable array of misconduct,’ commission administrator says

Practice Technology

Merger creates ‘ultimate training data set’ for legal AI, Fastcase and vLex say

Criminal Justice

DC Circuit spares DOJ ‘immediate disaster’ in Jan. 6 prosecutions but raises concerns about obstruction charges

Legal Delivery

‘Desperate for lawyers,’ Maine considers alternative path to law license

First Amendment

Is honking your car horn expressive conduct protected by First Amendment? 9th Circuit weighs in

Women in the Law

ABA announces 2023 Margaret Brent Award recipients

Trials & Litigation

Northwestern law prof’s federal case is ‘the definition of vexatious and wasteful,’ judge says in ordering sanction

Cybersecurity

BigLaw firm acknowledges cyberattack on vendor left its data exposed

Health Law

One mifepristone decision ‘runs roughshod’ over procedural issues, the other ‘is no better,’ law profs say

Legal Education

How can law schools comply with faculty diversity accreditation standards? Some deans have questions

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