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Privacy Law

4th Circuit upholds search of home based on one web click

Ross Writing Contest

Story with racial justice theme wins ABA Journal’s 2019 Ross essay contest for legal fiction

Careers

Jobs in legal services sector increase for third straight month

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Rappers awarded $2.8M over Katy Perry song; lawyer killed outside courthouse by pickup truck

Family Law

South Carolina high court unties the knot for common-law marriage

Copyright Law

3rd Circuit rules maker of banana costume is entitled to ‘fruits of its intellectual labor’

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Appeals of Kavanaugh complaints rejected; Trump rescinds prosecutor medals

Law Firms

Jones Day sued for alleged malpractice by pro bono clients who say eviction deal left them homeless

Internet Law

Facebook isn’t liable for algorithm that put terrorist content in news feeds, 2nd Circuit rules

Question of the Week

What essay questions do you remember from the bar exam?

U.S. Supreme Court

In ‘unorthodox’ strategy, Arizona files suit against opioid company owners directly with Supreme Court

Ethics

Lawyer’s hip-hop defense fails in case involving ‘an overarching pattern of misconduct’

Law in Popular Culture

What lawyers can learn about criminal liability from MTV’s ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Justice Gorsuch fulfills expectations from the right and the left

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Bail reform ‘as big as Brown v. Board of Education;’ how some rich kids get college aid

Corporate Law

Ethics fix can stop CEOs from acting like sociopaths, former BigLaw lawyer says

Immigration Law

US uses loophole to split up immigrant families after judge’s order to halt separations, ACLU says

Law Firms

Struggling LeClairRyan faces suits over closed office, alleged gender bias

Careers

2 bright spots in law-grad hiring: more BigLaw jobs, higher rate of JD-required employment

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: DUI lawyer arrested for alleged bizarre attack; judge warned for law license lapses

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