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Bar Exam

California bar exam will be postponed and administered online

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Employer COVID-19 tests OK, EEOC says; Pitbull trademarks signature shout

Criminal Justice

Fighting for compensation in a state that offers no relief to the wrongfully convicted

Asked and Answered

Trials and tiaras: How do pageant winners fare as lawyers?

Practice Management

Utah’s high court proposes nonlawyer ownership of law firms and wide-ranging reforms

U.S. Supreme Court

Health law requires US to pay insurers that lost money, Supreme Court rules

U.S. Supreme Court

Closely watched gun-rights case tossed as moot by SCOTUS; Kavanaugh urges new cert grant

Election Law

Voting rights for people in jail is becoming another casualty of COVID-19

U.S. Supreme Court

In unusual lineup, SCOTUS rules annotations in Georgia state code can’t be copyrighted

Access to Justice

ABE Opportunity Grants support projects focusing on elder law, immigrant rights

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court refuses to block public charge rule in request citing COVID-19 impact

Practice Management

The latest on legal document management software

INternet Law

Lawyer is accused of threatening governor in social media posts

Judiciary

Coronavirus has not stopped many cash-strapped courts from seeking fines and fees

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Stand-your-ground laws are questioned; lawyer will visit beaches as Grim Reaper

Law Firms

13 more partners leave Boies Schiller; what BigLaw firm are they joining?

Prosecutors

5th Circuit refuses to toss suit against prosecutors accused of using fake subpoenas

Education Law

Students have a right to a basic minimum education, 6th Circuit rules

Bar Exam

First state plans for online bar exam if in-person test is not possible

Practice Technology

Are we entering a new era of legal education during the novel coronavirus crisis?

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