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ABA Annual Meeting

2020 ABA Medal goes to William Neukom, founder of the World Justice Project

Law Firms

Remove underperformers? Increase cash? New law firm survey shows changing views

Internet Law

Twitter dismissed from Rep. Devin Nunes’ defamation suit over parody accounts

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS upholds limits on habeas review for some asylum-seekers

Judiciary

With latest appellate confirmation, Trump has appointed 200 federal judges

Supreme Court Report

Justices have a lot to say, but all is quiet in the Supreme Court

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Another law firm cuts pay; officer fired in shooting death of Breonna Taylor

Criminal Justice

Privatized services and onerous fees hurt public confidence in the justice system, ABA report says

Verdicts & Settlements

Bayer will pay up to $10.9B to resolve Roundup litigation

Law Firms

Fighting landlord’s suit, Jenner & Block says COVID-19 pandemic entitles it to rent abatement

Law in Popular Culture

In Amazon’s ‘Gary Busey: Pet Judge,’ is what you see really what you get?

Trials & Litigation

Judge can’t probe DOJ’s decision to drop Flynn case, DC Circuit says

The Modern Law Library

What does police abolition look like?

Judiciary

New York top court doesn’t see C-word as a compliment, orders judge’s ouster

U.S. Supreme Court

5 years after landmark gay marriage ruling by SCOTUS, lawyer in the case says it’s ‘gone swimmingly well’

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Prosecutor says Trump ally got break; lawyers’ extortion plea

Public Defenders

Prosecutor vows to file whistleblower complaint against public defender for bias blog posts

Criminal Justice

New York City’s backlog in criminal cases rises to 39,200 after trials postponed

Law Firms

Top law firms fared surprisingly well during COVID-19 pandemic, survey says

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer deaths and series of tornadoes don’t excuse late filing, federal judge rules

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