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Diversity

Florida Supreme Court tells state bar to stop funding diversity initiatives

Midyear Meeting

Do state abortion bans conflict with federal Medicare funding law? Delegates take a position

Midyear Meeting

‘Prisons Are Often Horrible Places’: How can Death in Custody Reporting Act be better enforced?

Midyear Meeting

Protect trans and gender nonconforming students from forced outing, ABA House urges

Midyear Meeting

New dues rates for ABA members announced

Midyear Meeting

History and voices of marginalized communities belong in school curricula and should not be banned, ABA House says

Midyear Meeting

ABA is ‘ultimate resource’ for lawyers, says Alpha Brady, first African American executive director

Midyear Meeting

Rohingya human rights must be protected, ABA House urges

Midyear Meeting

Amber Alert system is not working for missing Native Americans, but there may be fixes

Midyear Meeting

Incentivize alternatives to animal research, ABA House says

Midyear Meeting

Free speech and academic freedom standards will now be part of ABA accreditation process

Law Firms

Proskauer settles with ex-COO accused of stealing sensitive information before new job

Midyear Meeting

ABA President Mary Smith urges members to protect democracy and help the next generation ‘meet the moment’

Midyear Meeting

Extra protections are needed for youths navigating immigration system, ABA House says

Law Firms

Dechert will pay millions of dollars to settle ‘hack-for-hire’ allegations stemming from ex-partner’s work

Midyear Meeting

People convicted of misdemeanor hate crimes should be under gun ban, ABA House urges

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court refuses to stop West Point’s race-conscious admissions policy

Careers

Legal sector loses 4,400 jobs in January after reaching employment high-water mark in December

Ethics

What happens next in Trump’s Georgia election-interference case?

Litigation Management

Is calling litigation ‘without merit’ actually without merit?

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