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Ethics

Judge is suspended after awarding judgment on counterclaim that was never filed

Legal Education

Citing statements Penn Law prof allegedly made while teaching and in interviews, dean asks for discipline against her

Ethics

After learning lawyer’s remark was a ‘serious covert insult,’ judge refers incident to state bar

Criminal Justice

Rudy Giuliani is ordered to testify before Georgia grand jury probing attempts to overturn 2020 election

Health Law

Georgia can immediately enforce abortion law defining fetus as ‘natural person,’ 11th Circuit rules

Bar Exam

Harvard Law grad loses suit claiming lack of bar exam accommodations nixed her BigLaw career

Law Firms

Buchalter’s product-liability chair used sexually harassing acronyms, lawsuit alleges

Law Firms

Lawyer’s name is scrubbed from BigLaw website after he joins abortion-aid warning to Sidley Austin

Health Law

Could abortion clinics be placed on federal land? Law prof who proposed it sees some risks

Members Who Inspire

Washington Supreme Court justice shows ‘representation does matter’

Legal Rebels Podcast

How technology can improve immigration policy and practice

Education Law

Proposed Title IX changes could lead to uptick in suits by students accused of campus sexual misconduct

Election Law

Alabama’s redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act, ABA says in SCOTUS brief

Criminal Justice

New Orleans district attorney goes on trial over federal tax-fraud charges

Federal Government

Little-known lawyer advised Trump on firing acting AG, lawyers in White House counsel’s office

Judiciary

Texas judge is ordered to be recused from dozens of cases amid bias allegations

U.S. Supreme Court

Kavanaugh has worst favorability rating of any SCOTUS justice, despite conciliatory opinions

Discovery

Google ordered to pay nearly $1M for discovery violations, including David Boies’ $1,950 hourly fee

Health Law

Ex-husband is allowed to represent embryo in wrongful death suit against abortion clinic

Law Firms

Law firm partner’s ‘disgusting and dirty’ behavior at strip club constituted sex harassment, lawyer’s suit says

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