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Law in Popular Culture

Netflix’s new Jeffrey Epstein docuseries explores conspiracy theories and crime cover-ups

Bar Exam

Previous bar examinees won’t get benefit of new California cut score, state supreme court says

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer denies ‘monstrous’ harassment; US appeals judge dies from COVID-19

Law Professors

Law prof sues over N-word suspension and says being white led to different treatment

Constitutional Law

Will Roberts opinion ‘eviscerate abortion rights’? 8th Circuit cites new standard

Constitutional Law

House may sue to enforce former White House counsel subpoena, en banc DC Circuit rules

Careers

Legal industry gains jobs for third month in a row after a disastrous April

Public Health

Test-takers express safety concerns, fears from in-person bar exam—including lack of masks, unclean bathrooms

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: State justice contracts COVID-19; $50M verdict upheld for man kept in police storage room

Election Law

Top state court reverses order that would’ve added fear of COVID-19 to absentee voting excuses

Immigration Law

Federal judge orders weekly COVID-19 tests for immigrants at California detention center

Ethics

State supreme court suspends former judge accused of harboring boyfriend sought in robbery

U.S. Supreme Court

Public approval for SCOTUS surges after latest blockbuster term, report says

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: BigLaw firm eases pay cuts; virtual law firm expands into US

Law Firms

Former Reed Smith lawyer sues law firm for alleged discrimination after receiving concussion

Law Firms

Former Pierce Bainbridge paralegal sues firm and ex-partner over alleged sex assault

Trials & Litigation

NY attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA for misuse of funds

Judiciary

Federal judiciary wrongly used PACER fees for unrelated projects, Federal Circuit rules

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court lifts injunction requiring COVID-19 safety measures at jail

Obituaries

ABA mourns James Dimos, deputy executive director, general counsel

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