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Law Firms

Judge won’t toss $13B suit against Baker Donelson and insurer for alleged spying on litigant

Labor & Employment

2Civility’s new executive director speaks out against workplace bullying

Criminal Justice

Federal judge rejects plea-deal sentence for lawyer accused of stealing nearly $13M from clients

Ethics

Lawyers should be able to practice law in any state, says group urging ABA model rule change

Judiciary

Judge acknowledges using racial slur ‘in an explanatory context’

The Modern Law Library

How and why Kazakhstan gave up its Soviet-era nuclear weapons

Judiciary

US Capitol statues will honor Justices O’Connor and Ginsburg

Criminal Justice

Judges who approve no-knock warrants rarely question police requests, Washington Post probe finds

Law Professors

Do digital distractions justify law professors’ prohibitions on laptops?

Ethics

Lawyer who yelled profanities at judge at bar association party gets stayed suspension

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows US to discipline military officer who saw ‘sacramental quality’ in vaccine mandate

Practice Management

The return of the Master’s Conference and honing your skills in a post-pandemic legal market

Judiciary

9th Circuit judge wants to pass the torch to her favored replacement; is there an ‘optics’ problem?

Ethics

Transgender lawyer wins suit for declaration that trans discrimination violates attorney ethics rules

Health Law

Judge says CDC had no authority to adopt mask mandate for planes, public transit

Careers

New ABA data shows increase in jobs for recent law grads

Ethics

Judge awards nearly $289K as sanction for conduct of BigLaw firm and its former partner

Ethics

California bar overlooks patterns of ethical wrongdoing, report says; one lawyer had 165 complaints

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Coca-Cola ex-GC’s $12M deal criticized; DOJ mostly loses first of six wage-collusion cases

Judiciary

Federal judge lumps Trump with ‘charlatans’ who don’t care about democracy

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