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Judiciary

Judge is reprimanded for ‘flirtatious to overtly sexual’ social media messages

Mind Your Business

Thanks for nothing: When should lawyers end an email with ‘thank you’?

U.S. Supreme Court

Barrett tells of lessons learned from Scalia in confirmation hearing opening statement

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Another BigLaw firm pays special bonuses; judge charged with stealing campaign funds

Criminal Justice

2 lawyers charged in alleged scheme to steal nearly $750K in surplus foreclosure cash

Bar Exam

Woman goes into labor during bar exam and finishes the test

Layoffs

Baker Botts lays off 50 staff members, citing workplace shift created by COVID-19 pandemic

Education Law

DOJ suit accuses Yale of discriminating against Asian and white applicants

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS declines to reinstate medication-abortion requirement; dissent sees ‘unusual disposition’

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: DOJ admits sticky note mistake; DA’s wife-hiring plot conviction mostly overturned

Judiciary

As ex-judge awaits sentencing, some question whether their cases were tainted

Criminal Justice

Lawyers with criminal backgrounds and disciplinary records represent poor defendants in Maine

Law Firms

As its workforce shrinks, this BigLaw firm restores salaries and reorganizes

Law Firms

Sidley Austin will provide scholarships, internships to law students to settle Labor Department diversity probe

The Modern Law Library

Voting rights attorney writes a tale of dark money chicanery in ‘The Coyotes of Carthage’

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Top DOJ officials backed family separations; judge forgives gunman who killed her son

Ethics

Lawyer is suspended after calling opposing counsel ‘complete idiot’ and litigant ‘obviously delusional’

Criminal Justice

Trump’s bid to block tax records subpoena based on ‘implausible speculation,’ 2nd Circuit says

Ethics

When are personal relationships with opposing counsel conflicts? New ABA ethics opinion weighs in

Law in Popular Culture

‘On the Basis of Sex’ and remembering Justice Ginsburg

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