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Election Law

Now with a GOP majority, top state court votes to rehear 2 recently decided voting-rights cases

Midyear Meeting

ABA House adopts 3 guidelines to improve use of artificial intelligence

Constitutional Law

In Zoom convention, legal scholars of varied ideologies backed these 5 constitutional amendments

Judiciary

Florida judges can no longer get CLE credit for general ‘fairness and diversity’ courses, state supreme court says

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Legal jobs increase in January; 11th Circuit doesn’t rule out execution by firing squad

Second Amendment

5th Circuit looks to history and strikes down law banning gun possession by subjects of civil protective orders

Criminal Justice

Prosecutors in murder trial of ex-lawyer Murdaugh can introduce evidence of alleged financial crimes, judge rules

Criminal Justice

Disbarred lawyer and estranged husband of ‘Real Housewives’ star is charged with stealing $18M; is he competent for trial?

Law Schools

Which law school got two No. 1 rankings by Princeton Review?

Law Firms

Baker McKenzie can be sued in Chicago for work performed in Russia by possibly defunct outpost, judge rules

Legal Education

After theft charges, former law school assistant dean accused of sexual conduct with minor

Law Schools

Federal sentence includes law school, and attorneys wonder why

Lawyer Wellness

High rates of burnout have lawyers in this state considering leaving their jobs or the legal profession

Careers

Meet the lawyer representing Trump in his lawsuit against journalist Bob Woodward

U.S. Supreme Court

Does legal recruiting career of chief justice’s wife create ethics issues? Critic sends details of her pay to Congress

Criminal Justice

Judge orders defendant to tell truth on social media after she blamed victim for car crash

Trials & Litigation

Sanctions sought against Trump, lawyers for ‘boilerplate’ responses, ‘demonstrably false’ denials

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: When can state governments sue the United States?

Law Firms

Judge’s failure to conduct ‘lodestar cross-check’ dooms Quinn Emanuel’s $185M fee award

Judiciary

Delaware’s major-party requirement for judges on top state courts won’t be enforced under consent decree

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