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Law Firms

New leaders share power at Boies Schiller amid lawyer departures and compensation issues

Cybersecurity

Hacking group publishes ‘full dump’ of law firm’s data; another responds to cybersecurity incident

Legal Rebels Podcast

How 2 Texas lawyers are marketing their practice through song

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: AG Barr will consider Giuliani’s Ukraine evidence; Trump praises drug dealer death penalty

Attorney General

Federal prosecutors resign after DOJ overrules them and seeks shorter sentence for Roger Stone

Law Schools

Another law school seeks acquisition, after parent university announces closure plan

Criminal Justice

Could discussing race during criminal trials reduce juror bias?

Trials & Litigation

Federal judge should not have tossed case over late-filed document, 9th Circuit says

Ethics

State supreme court disbars lawyer who used money from his trust account to run strip club

Constitutional Law

Justice Ginsburg calls for renewed effort to pass Equal Rights Amendment

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Equifax hack traced to Chinese military; law prof is under coronavirus quarantine

Law Firms

Lawyer’s suit claims law firm’s book ‘is a slimmed down, ersatz version’ of his treatise

Judiciary

Trump judicial appointee’s footnote gets noticed for his stand against homophobic arguments

Privacy Law

3rd Circuit orders release of ex-cop who wouldn’t unlock hard drives, cites cap on civil contempt detention

Judiciary

Judge reprimanded partly for telling defendant, ‘I do hope you do fight for your life ... every day’

Professional Development

ABA and SoFi offer student loan debt relief through new contest

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Censure recommended for judge’s ‘knucklehead’ remarks; Kesha loses round in Dr. Luke suit

Law Schools

Texas university moves to fire its president over law school admissions scandal

Constitutional Law

DC Circuit tosses suit claiming Trump is violating emoluments clause

Evidence

How corporate lawyers made it harder to punish companies that destroy electronic evidence

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