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Criminal Justice

Police credit crime-fighting Facebook page in cold-case arrest

Criminal Justice

Woman gets 22 years in prison after showing up at her lawyer’s office with a loaded shotgun

Asked and Answered

What can you learn from a lawyer born the same year that you graduated law school?

Constitutional Law

Judge orders DOJ to turn over Mueller grand jury information for impeachment probe

Prosecutors

Longtime prosecutor is fired after judge finds him in contempt for alleged disrespect

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: DOJ opens criminal review of Russia probe; DeVos held in contempt

Trials & Litigation

Federal judge vacates $16M settlement after parties claim press release violated secrecy provision

Juries

Doc convicted of murder gets new trial because of juror’s texts and an attempt to hide them

Technology

Prisons and jails use artificial intelligence to monitor inmate phone calls

Practice Management

Demystifying mergers and acquisitions in legal tech

Practice Management

The how and the why of law blogs

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: NYC bar calls for Barr’s Ukraine recusal; law school renamed after donor

Evidence

Appeals court tosses slip-and-fall award because of admission of Google Maps image

Tort Law

Ex-lawyer who murdered his wife loses standing bid to dismiss estate’s wrongful death suit

Judiciary

5th Circuit judge’s dissent says to prevent mass shootings ‘we should stop punishing police officers’

Technology

Lawyers are failing at cybersecurity, says ABA TechReport 2019

Legislation & Lobbying

Small claims program for copyright violations? ABA-supported legislation passes US House

Trials & Litigation

Defense bar decries ‘reptile’ approach by plaintiffs’ lawyers

Civil Rights

Lawyer urges full 11th Circuit to release grand jury records of unsolved 1946 lynching

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Trump couldn’t be prosecuted even if he shot someone, lawyer argues; Kellogg’s to pay $20M

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