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Law Firms

Holland & Knight will merge with Tennessee law firm

Law Firms

Merger will create Southeastern law firm with more than 550 lawyers

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Judge slashes $24M award for Unite the Right victims; judge accused of offering sex for early trial

Criminal Justice

Ex-con resigns as law clerk at Michigan Supreme Court following criticism

Immigration Law

Asylum-seekers entering US illegally would be subject to rebuttable presumption under Biden border proposal

Layoffs

Goodwin Procter plans layoffs of lawyers, paralegals and staff members

Privacy Law

Six-week abortion ban violates right to privacy, South Carolina Supreme Court rules

Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court will consider ‘huge’ attorney-client privilege case

Tort Law

‘Romeo and Juliet’ actors file child-abuse suit for 1968 nude scene filmed while they were teens

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Expect another wave of significant rulings as the Supreme Court returns

U.S. Supreme Court

Sotomayor says she felt ‘sense of despair’ in previous SCOTUS term

Ethics

Lawyer who cited ‘professional curiosity’ in child-porn case won’t acknowledge wrongdoing, referee says

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer ‘turned in the poorest performance’ he has seen in 12 years on bench, former federal judge says

Sentencing/Post Conviction

Prisoner who can’t show ‘factual innocence’ isn’t entitled to habeas relief, 5th Circuit says

Sixth Amendment

Unanimous jury requirement applies to older criminal cases, top state court rules

U.S. Supreme Court

Why did Gorsuch join liberal justices who wanted to lift Trump-era Title 42 immigration policy?

LGBTQ Legal Issues

11th Circuit upholds school’s ban on transgender students using bathrooms corresponding with gender identity

The Modern Law Library

Lawyer digs into big data for new legal thriller ‘Code 6’

Law Schools

Berkeley Law dean thinks school is on ‘strong legal ground’ after student groups ban Zionist speakers

Law Firms

Amid rumors of merger talks, Hogan Lovells and Shearman & Sterling say they always look for opportunities

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