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U.S. Supreme court

Roberts stays out of ‘shadow docket’ fray as he sides with 3 liberal SCOTUS justices on Alabama’s voting map

Ethics

Town justice should be removed for sexist Facebook posts, NRA fundraising, commission says

Ethics

Lawyer accused in Capitol riot continues to defend clients; state bar takes wait-and-see approach

Ethics

Lawyer is suspended for deposition threat to expose intimate photos of woman in court record

Criminal Justice

Manhattan DA walks back prosecution policies criticized as too lenient

Obituaries

‘Father of Miranda’ Yale Kamisar dies at 92

Law Professors

Chapman University says it didn’t authorize law prof’s representation of Trump, yet work was on server

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Michael Avenatti is convicted of stealing money from Stormy Daniels

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Appeals courts rule in lawyer restitution cases; tribes agree to opioid settlement

Ethics

Top state court questions ban on Maryland offices by out-of-state lawyers

Criminal Justice

8th Circuit refuses to toss suit over kettling said to sweep up innocent bystanders during protests

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer who led Human Rights Campaign sues for alleged racial discrimination

Careers

Olympic curler slides to corporate lawyer

Ethics

Federal appeals judge should be investigated for telling lawyer to remove mask during oral arguments, says reform group

ABA Midyear Meeting

All-virtual ABA Midyear Meeting will offer slate of special events and programs

Supreme Court Nominations

Potential Supreme Court nominee Kruger is described as a moderately liberal justice on California’s top court

Supreme Court Nominations

Potential SCOTUS nominee Childs helps others succeed; is ‘typical corporate lawyer’ work a problem?

Judiciary

Judge gets suspension for shoving shackled defendant who cursed at him

Judiciary

Unvaccinated judge who shunned masks will mostly preside in civil video hearings

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Justice Breyer is a model for all who sit on a judicial bench

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