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Election Law

Write-in candidate with 2 law degrees sues to keep Trump off the ballot; different challenge tossed

Ethics

Ex-prosecutor disbarred for disclosure failures in drug-lab scandal; supervisor, underling get different sanctions

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Top firms named for female equity partners; Trump inflated net worth by $2.2B, motion says

Constitutional Law

Top state court upholds unaffordable bail for ‘putative gun-toting drug dealer’

Elder Law

Elder law attorney sues guardianship reform advocate for alleged libel

Careers

Legal sector loses 4,200 jobs, dropping well below last year’s high

Ethics

Lawyer thought fake-client tactic was an acceptable strategy, she tells disciplinary commission

Legal Education

Mean scaled score for bar exam’s multiple-choice section sees slight increase

Judiciary

Judge should be admonished after calling double-parked teacher the B-word, commission says

Law Schools

Up to $2.1 million in student aid improperly disbursed for LLMs, Education Department says

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Thomas’ disclosure includes Harlan Crow real estate deal and private plane flights

Family Law

‘Bad boy’ postnup clause can be enforced in Maryland, top state court says

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

If law schools prohibit ChatGPT in writing, can they back it up?

Law Professors

Sexual harassment accusers are ‘scorned former lovers,’ onetime law prof’s suit says

Ethics

Federal appeals court tosses lawyer’s challenge to anti-bias ethics rule

Civil Procedure

Are defendants in Georgia case against Trump entitled to removal? These standards apply

Ethics

Giuliani sanctioned for providing ‘blobs of indecipherable data,’ few documents in discovery

Natural Disasters

Want to help survivors of the Hawaii wildfires? The ABA has options for you

Law Schools

1 of 3 law schools dinged for diversity standard demonstrates compliance

Judiciary

Onetime SCOTUS contender sues judicial conduct commission, alleging bid to stifle criticism

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