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Afternoon Briefs: Parking lot shooter’s self-defense bid fails; lawyer charged in alleged Mercedes attack

Law in Popular Culture

Atticus Finch is attending University of Texas law school

Legal Education

ABA legal ed section set to send various standards and rules revisions to House of Delegates

LGBTQ Legal Issues

8th Circuit reinstates legal challenge by videographers who won’t make same-sex wedding videos

Death Penalty

Sotomayor calls Florida procedural rule ‘Kafkaesque’ in statement on cert denial in serial killer’s case

Attorney General

Daily government newsletter for immigration judges included links to white nationalist website

Asked and Answered

Speak Up: Tips for lawyers on how to give an impactful public speech

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Judge says she’d castrate defendant if law permitted it; Schulte Roth sued for alleged bias

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Ginsburg treated for malignant tumor on pancreas

Law Firms

3rd Circuit says lawyer isn’t liable for alleged malpractice of husband who listed partnership on letterhead

Public Defenders

Lawyer complains about treatment by public defenders’ office after client’s punch; see the courtroom video

Judiciary

Judge has record of accusing lawyers and litigants of lying, court documents reveal

Consumer Law

Overruling its own precedent, 7th Circuit curbs FTC’s ability to obtain restitution

Practice Technology

European travel disputes are on Flightright’s legal tech radar

Practice Management

Speech-to-text dictation: A 21st-century twist to a traditional law firm tool

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Once-high-profile lawyer disbarred; prescription diet cat food lawsuit reinstated

Celebrities

Larry Bird mural with tattoos of mating bunnies and spider web brings objection from his lawyer

Ethics

Judge was too quick to find contempt and too slow to write opinions, ethics complaint says

Election Law

‘Faithless electors’ have right to vote for presidential candidates of their choice, 10th Circuit says

Legislation & Lobbying

Lawyer with Crohn’s disease goes public with Starbucks story to publicize bathroom-access laws

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