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Practice Management

Law firms must do more effective damage control to survive

Constitutional Law

5th Circuit judge blasts abortion procedure as ‘barbaric’ in dissent

Legal History

Posthumous bar admission granted in case of Black man who sought law license in 1882

Criminal Justice

Lawyer is charged with operating sex-trafficking ring; woman says no one ever believed her

Criminal Justice

Vandals ‘picked the wrong guy’ when they defaced my home for client work, BigLaw partner says

Law Firms

BigLaw firm lays off 43 business staffers

Criminal Justice

‘Death by Cop’: A judge joins the brother of a Black man killed by police to promote racial healing

Asked and Answered

How to maximize your business development during the COVID-19 crisis

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyers favor Biden in individual donations; cities sue over ‘anarchist’ label

Criminal Justice

Owner of Legal Genius law firm pleads guilty to conspiracy involving stolen police crash reports

Law Firms

Sexual misconduct suit by BigLaw firm’s former legal assistant is mostly dismissed

Practice Technology

Investment bank managing director discusses legal tech market and lasting impacts of COVID-19

Environmental Law

Oregon Supreme Court rejects climate change lawsuit that cites public trust doctrine

Education Law

Federal judge rules students have no right to civics education while warning of peril to democracy

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: 1 murder count tossed in George Floyd case; DOJ lawyer turned away from courthouse

Supreme Court Nominations

In written answers, Barrett notes ‘3 hurdles’ to overturning Affordable Care Act but avoids specifics

Technology

Law firms are slow to adopt AI-based technology tools, ABA survey finds

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS allows Alabama to ban curbside voting

Criminal Justice

Former Greenberg Traurig lawyer is an ‘alleged serial bank robber’

Supreme Court Nominations

Senate Judiciary Committee sends Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to full Senate

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