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Religious Law

Deputy who witnessed ‘skivvies’-clad colleague baptize woman after traffic stop can’t escape suit, federal judge rules

Ethics

Lawyers have an obligation to ensure employees don’t solicit clients, new ABA ethics opinion says

Judiciary

GOP opposition blocks bill to name federal courthouse after Black judge, a ‘legal legend’

Legal Education

Painter donates $1M for undergraduate and law school students

Legal Rebels Podcast

TurnSignl app seeks to provide real-time legal assistance and de-escalation of tension during traffic stops

Criminal Justice

South Dakota attorney general is impeached over fatal car crash

Careers

Law firms increasingly offer title of partner to lure lateral associates

Criminal Justice

Top Oregon administrative judge faces pornography allegations

Law Firms

Law firms ‘flush with cash’ are hiring larger lateral groups

Criminal Justice

Former lawyer who is accused of faking settlement allegedly forged signature of BigLaw partner

Constitutional Law

Can Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene be banned from reelection? 14th Amendment at issue

Practice Management

How to communicate better with your clients

Ethics

New law allows this state’s judges to personally solicit campaign donations; ethics opinion adds wrinkle

Discovery

Google’s ‘privileged’ email labeling, said to prevent lawsuit disclosure, was ‘eyebrow raising,’ judge says

Legal Education

Following a boost in 2021, national average score for February 2022 MBE drops

Law Firms

Law firm’s managing partner had a ‘fixation’ with employee surveillance, wiretap suit says

Trials & Litigation

5th Circuit tells lawyer it is ‘often advisable to read the court’s orders,’ upholds $1,250 sanction

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Kirkland tops $6B in revenue; another Pop-Tarts suit is tossed

U.S. Supreme Court

‘I am the dream and the hope of the slave’: Ketanji Brown Jackson sees promise in historic confirmation

COVID-19

5th Circuit revives Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers over jurisdictional issue

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