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Law Firms

After a string of departures, LeClairRyan considers the next steps

Career & Practice

Texas lawyer takes down her marijuana-leaf sign after visit from city inspector

Practice Technology

Private equity and the rapid pace of change in legal technology

Practice Technology

It’s now a Trekkie world: Top videoconferencing tools for lawyers

ABA Abroad

ABA’s rule of law work in Tunisia and Libya ‘more complex, challenging, difficult and rewarding than I ever expected’

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: US to resume federal executions; immigration lawyer accused of paying bribes for roster lists

Question of the Week

What terms and phrases do lawyers overuse?

Ethics

In-House Ethics: Top state court says ethics rules haven’t ‘evolved with the profession’ and lawyer-client relationships

Immigration Law

Lawyers can search for unaccompanied immigrant children’s cases through new ABA project

Verdicts & Settlements

Neil Armstrong’s family received $6M in secret settlement with hospital that treated him before death

Criminal Justice

Did Mueller say Trump lied to special counsel in written answers? Clarifications offered

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Mueller testifies before Congress; Gorsuch advises 2L

Trials & Litigation

Suspended lawyer ordered to pay $3.4M in attorney fees to Chevron as contempt sanction

Judiciary

ACLU sues after Alaska governor cuts court budget to protest abortion ruling

Criminal Justice

Knife-wielding man is shot outside LA courthouse amid infringement case against Katy Perry

Privacy Law

Tech companies under fire: Facebook to pay $5B, antitrust probe opened, AG Barr criticizes encryption

Civil Rights

Students of color with disabilities are being pushed into the school-to-prison pipeline, study finds

The Modern Law Library

Founder of The Slants talks about the band’s free-speech fight

Members Who Inspire

New ABA pro bono program gives Mary Ryan a firsthand look at immigration at the border

Immigration Law

Strangers in a strange land: ‘Metering’ makes asylum rights meaningless, immigrant advocates say

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