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Election Law

Alabama’s redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act, ABA says in SCOTUS brief

Criminal Justice

New Orleans district attorney goes on trial over federal tax-fraud charges

Federal Government

Little-known lawyer advised Trump on firing acting AG, lawyers in White House counsel’s office

Judiciary

Texas judge is ordered to be recused from dozens of cases amid bias allegations

U.S. Supreme Court

Kavanaugh has worst favorability rating of any SCOTUS justice, despite conciliatory opinions

Discovery

Google ordered to pay nearly $1M for discovery violations, including David Boies’ $1,950 hourly fee

Health Law

Ex-husband is allowed to represent embryo in wrongful death suit against abortion clinic

Law Firms

Law firm partner’s ‘disgusting and dirty’ behavior at strip club constituted sex harassment, lawyer’s suit says

Judiciary

‘My guns are bigger,’ judge allegedly declared before pointing Colt .45 at lawyers in courtroom

LGBTQ Legal Issues

Federal judge blocks guidance on bathroom, locker room access for transgender students and employees

Internet Law

Lawsuits against social media companies use product-liability theory to sidestep immunity law

Law Firms

Weil takes a different tack by funding ‘Zero L’ public service

Criminal Justice

Indictment alleges tax lawyer kept $6.5M in client funds after claiming he used it to pay IRS debt

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Woman claims fetus is a passenger; recording police is protected, appeals court says

American Bar Association

Retired Supreme Court Justice Breyer to head ABA ROLI board

First Amendment

10th Circuit strikes down ban on encouraging or inducing a noncitizen to come to US illegally

Trials & Litigation

Federal judge tosses lawyers from case after concluding they failed to diligently represent shareholders

Abortion

Biden administration can’t require emergency abortions, Texas lawsuit says

Law in Popular Culture

Netflix’s ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ and the public’s infatuation with criminal defense

Legislation & Lobbying

10-year-old girl should have carried pregnancy to term, says lawyer who drafted model anti-abortion law

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