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Judiciary

After 5th Circuit judge boycotts Yale Law School grads, his conservative colleague hangs out welcome sign

First Amendment

Pastor can’t sue for free speech violation after city council cut his mic, 11th Circuit rules

Law Firms

Baker & Hostetler helped client conceal ‘blatant insurance fraud,’ suit alleges

Criminal Justice

11th Circuit rules hours after news site writes about 7-year delay

Legal Education

As Golden Gate Law works to meet bar pass standard, new students get full scholarships

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Jackson, other liberal SCOTUS justices appeared determined ‘to go down swinging’ in voting-maps case

Legal Education

Rejected applicants to this law school were accidentally sent acceptance emails

Securities Law

Former Dewey CFO will pay over $95K to resolve SEC lawsuit over misleading financial statements

Diversity

ABA announces 2023 Spirit of Excellence Award recipients

Partners

Kirkland sets another record with latest partnership promotions

Media & Communications Law

Trump’s ‘big lie’ defamation suit against CNN says he shouldn’t have to show actual malice by network

First Amendment

Claiming to have 4.3 trillion readers, the Onion supports parodist and its writers’ paychecks in SCOTUS brief

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS accepts case on scope of attorney-client privilege

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court will consider social media liability for terrorist attacks

Rule of Law

Minnesota group ships law books to Africa

Criminal Justice

California adopts criminal justice reforms in bills signed by governor

Judiciary

Why this conservative federal appeals judge will no longer hire clerks from Yale Law School

Mind Your Business

How to make strident predictions about predictive analytics

Religious Law

Chaplain’s prayer before court isn’t coercive, doesn’t violate establishment clause, 5th Circuit rules

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: SCOTUS justice’s wife stands by stolen-election views; district attorney’s daughter arrested in his stabbing

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