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News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Legal industry jobs jump again; Boies Schiller emails admissible at former CEO’s trial

Juvenile Justice

In New York, a 7-year-old is arrested for rape; should the age for juvenile prosecutions be raised?

Judiciary

Judge gets 6-month suspension, partly for misusing her contempt power

Obituaries

Disbarred lawyer F. Lee Bailey, who took on the ‘demons of society,’ dies at 87

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: McDonald’s faces Illinois privacy suit; NYPD accused of violating graffiti artists’ rights

Bar Exam

Online bar exams axed by NCBE beginning next year

Health Law

Appeals court allows eviction moratorium to continue, says CDC likely to win appeal

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Precedent seems to matter little in the Roberts Court

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Barrett parts ways with 3 conservative justices in ruling on reach of computer fraud law

Law Students

Stanford lifts graduation hold on law student who made satirical flyer for fake Federalist Society event

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: MLB faces federal lawsuit for moving All-Star Game; entertainment lawyer starts singing career at 92

Appellate Practice

Appeals court confirms bribery convictions of lawyer, coal company executive

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Amazon drops arbitration requirement after facing over 75,000 demands

Ethics

Judge resigns after facing multiple misconduct charges over courtroom outbursts

Diversity

Law professors aim to show value of diversity in new study

Criminal Justice

Negotiating the trauma of working with prisoners, pro bono and after hours

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer, 75, is oldest American to scale Mount Everest; fake claims made of SCOTUS justice’s arrest

Bankruptcy Law

Lawyer described as ‘Don Quixote of student debt’ relief decides to run for Congress

Federal Government

US can’t consider race or sex in distributing pandemic funds to restaurants, 6th Circuit says

Judiciary

Judge who used N-word says she was forced to resign in ‘judicial wilding’

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