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Careers

Meet Alex Spiro, a lawyer ‘in constant motion’ who is helping Elon Musk change Twitter

Judiciary

Mailer spreads misinformation on Kansas justices and right to abortion

Ethics

California bar opened 205 ethics matters about this lawyer, who wasn’t disbarred until this year

Ethics

‘Middle-finger stunt’ and a judge’s hug raise ethics issues in Parkland, Florida, school shooter’s trial

Practice Technology

Mighty Big Fight: Tech company that services PI lawyers sets up law firm to compete with them

Trials & Litigation

Judge orders Trump to appoint independent monitor in New York attorney general’s $250M fraud case

Criminal Justice

Washington admits bar applicant with sex-offender status, based on young age at time of conduct

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

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