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Disability Law

11th Circuit rules against lawyer disbarred for failing to comply with mental health requirements of conditional bar admission

U.S. Supreme Court

Greenhouse gas estimates that justify tougher regulations remain intact after SCOTUS refuses to act

Environmental Law

Exxon can’t use ‘right of petition’ law to block climate change suit, top state court rules

Health Law

Can Mississippi trump FDA regulations to restrict abortion pills? Federal judge considers the issue

Practice Technology

Federal judge greenlights legal tech company’s use of nonlawyers for legal advice

Ethics

Texas AG Paxton faces state ethics petition for alleged ‘dishonest’ statements in election litigation

Criminal Justice

Lawyer recently charged in Jan. 6 riot is fired from his law firm

Law in Popular Culture

A look back at Fox’s ‘Ally McBeal’

Health Law

Patient billed about $230K for surgery after $1,300 estimate is protected by contract law, state supreme court says

Constitutional Law

Second Loss for Rep. Madison Cawthorn: 4th Circuit revives claim that he is an insurrectionist unfit for office

Access to Justice

Nonlawyer paraprofessionals couldn’t jointly own law firms under revised licensing proposal in this state

Judiciary

House reverses course on renaming federal courthouse to honor Black judge

The Modern Law Library

Work for Canadian residential school survivors informs lawyer’s debut novel

Lawyer Pay

BigLaw partner’s hourly billing rate of nearly $2,500 draws objection from bankruptcy trustee

Litigation Management

Exhibit A: Top trial presentation tools

Trademark Law

US law allowing hemp products legalized potlike intoxicant delta-8 THC, 9th Circuit says

Judiciary

Diversity on state supreme courts shows little improvement, report finds

Internet Law

Florida law banning social media censorship is likely unconstitutional, 11th Circuit says

Criminal Justice

County judge in Texas is arrested for alleged cattle theft

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court decision is an impediment for defendants who ‘lost the lawyer lottery twice’

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