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Practice Management

Legal tech platform ContractPodAi rolls out legal intake app

Trials & Litigation

Judge agrees to parental-leave continuance after denying three requests, warning of sanctions

Criminal Justice

Should would-be lawyers have to disclose full criminal records? New York asked to consider change

First Amendment

9th Circuit upholds ban on conversion therapy for minors in First Amendment challenge

COVID-19

Jury rules for Baylor in dispute over business-interruption coverage for COVID losses

Trials & Litigation

Bayer wins fifth Roundup verdict in a row after some high-profile losses

The Modern Law Library

9th Circuit judge shines light on Justice William O. Douglas’ environmental campaigns

Law Firms

Litigation lenders bankrolled Tom Girardi despite his apparent ‘proclivities’ for stealing from clients, suit says

Civil Procedure

Judge tosses child porn suit filed by man featured on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album cover as a baby

Law in Popular Culture

Legal dramas make a comeback this fall; one is about a ‘She-Hulk’ token hire

Trials & Litigation

Unclean hands and executive-privilege scope debated after judge requires special master in Trump case

Ethics

Judge agrees to reprimand after outbursts directed at plaintiff’s attorney, scheduling clerk

Mind Your Business

Reimagining the OCI Process: What we learned from the pandemic

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Originalism has taken over the Supreme Court

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: DOJ urges SCOTUS to turn down citizenship case; cop asks second justice to block vaccine mandate

Careers

After several months of gains, legal sector loses 8,900 jobs

Legal Education

Law school leaders make diversity argument in support of admissions tests

Criminal Justice

Top lawyer for Oath Keepers is charged in connection with Jan. 6 US Capitol riot

Careers

At least one high-level administrator at a law firm makes $2.7M, survey says

Careers

Meet M. Evan Corcoran, a former BigLaw partner who now represents Trump

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