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Trials & Litigation

Florida court puts default judgment in reverse on case gridlocked after lawyer was stuck in traffic

Education Law

Harvard flubbed insurance deadline, cannot access $15M policy, judge rules

Law Firms

New York City asks junior attorneys to temporarily serve in understaffed agencies

Law Schools

Stanford Law School launches rule of law center with ‘significant gift’ from former ABA president

Judiciary

Federal appeals judge complains about ‘show-off’ opinions

First Amendment

Beauty pageant had First Amendment right to reject transgender contestant, 9th Circuit rules

Election Law

Lawyer flubs allowed Politico to access law professor’s election-litigation emails

Election Law

Election litigation brings developments in 2 Pennsylvania cases; what else is pending?

Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court will consider future of Indian Child Welfare Act

Criminal Justice

Police create disproportionate amount of social media posts about Black suspects, study finds

U.S. Supreme Court

Trump lawyers thought Justice Thomas was their best bet for holding up vote count, emails show

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Stakes are high as Supreme Court considers affirmative action cases

Family Law

$7M adultery penalty in postnuptial agreement is valid, appeals court says

Second Amendment

In ‘scorching’ opinion, federal judge considers appointing historian to help him in gun case

Ethics

‘Reply all’ in electronic communications can imply consent, new ABA ethics opinion says

Ethics

It isn’t contempt if ‘we’re just mean people’ and disparaging comments caused no harm, lawyer argues

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bid to block his testimony in Georgia election probe

Election Law

Expect litigation over absentee ballots, and expect delays in the vote count, Common Cause warns

U.S. Supreme Court

Chief justice blocks turnover of Trump’s tax returns to congressional committee

Judiciary

This judge would rather not be called ‘your honor’

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