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Law Professors

Do digital distractions justify law professors’ prohibitions on laptops?

Ethics

Lawyer who yelled profanities at judge at bar association party gets stayed suspension

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court allows US to discipline military officer who saw ‘sacramental quality’ in vaccine mandate

Practice Management

The return of the Master’s Conference and honing your skills in a post-pandemic legal market

Judiciary

9th Circuit judge wants to pass the torch to her favored replacement; is there an ‘optics’ problem?

Ethics

Transgender lawyer wins suit for declaration that trans discrimination violates attorney ethics rules

Health Law

Judge says CDC had no authority to adopt mask mandate for planes, public transit

Careers

New ABA data shows increase in jobs for recent law grads

Ethics

Judge awards nearly $289K as sanction for conduct of BigLaw firm and its former partner

Ethics

California bar overlooks patterns of ethical wrongdoing, report says; one lawyer had 165 complaints

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Coca-Cola ex-GC’s $12M deal criticized; DOJ mostly loses first of six wage-collusion cases

Judiciary

Federal judge lumps Trump with ‘charlatans’ who don’t care about democracy

Judiciary

GOP targets state courts with campaign cash, laws that change judicial elections

International Law

Refugee lawyer describes harrowing invasion of Ukraine

Criminal Justice

Judge refuses to toss criminal charge against former Perkins Coie partner in special counsel probe

Securities Law

SEC alleges Las Vegas lawyer shot by FBI was part of a $449M Ponzi scheme

Civil Procedure

‘Seasoned litigator’ fails to persuade 7th Circuit that sanction was demeaning and too harsh

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Prosecutors

Prosecution careers are a tougher sell since the pandemic; positions go unfilled as few apply

Banking Law

Once-prominent disbarred lawyer sues bank for allegedly failing to stop his employee’s embezzlement

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