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Trials & Litigation

Client escapes sanction for lawyer’s refusal to appear on camera in Zoom deposition

Disability Law

Accommodation Awareness: As management retools remote work policies, ADA issues are expected

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court doesn’t stop nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas

First Amendment

Arrested citizen journalist wasn’t ‘martyr’ for journalism, 5th Circuit says in tossing her First Amendment suit

Mind Your Business

What to do when friends or family members ask for legal advice

Members Who Inspire

Living through Hurricane Katrina inspired Alessandra Jerolleman’s disaster justice advocacy

Law Firms

Should law firms focus more on work-life balance? Survey finds ‘wide gaps’ in opinions of associates, partners

First Amendment

4th Circuit upholds ordinance requiring gun sellers to distribute suicide prevention information

Criminal Justice

‘Even judges are not immune to theft,’ state AG says in announcing charges against former court clerk

Election Law

2020 Supreme Court decision offers ‘dangerous’ path for stealing election, legal scholars say

Ethics

A bitter divorce battle could determine future of Trump Georgia case

Law Firms

UK law firm’s ‘Switch On/Switch Off’ program allows ‘chunk of time off’ for reduced pay

Criminal Justice

District attorney drops charges against litigant charged with murder of prominent Dallas lawyer

Ethics

Lawyers should take these precautions when using artificial intelligence, Florida ethics opinion says

Law Firms

This BigLaw firm is one of few without origination credits; it creates ‘collaborative culture,’ chair says

Trials & Litigation

Mexico’s suit accusing gun-makers of facilitating gun trafficking isn’t barred by immunity shield, 1st Circuit says

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows federal agents to remove border wire installed by Texas; which conservatives joined liberals?

Law Schools

Facing undergraduate debt and law school loans, students wonder whether it’s worth it, new AccessLex study says

Second Amendment

Ban on youths carrying guns in emergencies violates Second Amendment, 3rd Circuit rules

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will hear death row inmate’s wrongful-conviction claim supported by state attorney general

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