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Law in Popular Culture

The public defender approach to personal life

Law Firms

Law firms see ‘bifurcated recovery’ with strengths and challenges varying by firm size

Lawyer Pay

$200K is median base pay for new associates, thanks to market pressure from talent wars, NALP says

Layoffs

55 lawyers among 5% of global workforce being laid off at this BigLaw firm

Trials & Litigation

Judge sanctions lawyer for ‘obnoxious’ and ‘appalling’ deposition conduct

The Modern Law Library

End of the Cold War launched new efforts to build the rule of law

New Attorneys

BigLaw is losing its appeal, new survey of Gen Z lawyers and law students says

Verdicts & Settlements

Jurors award $5M to writer who sued Trump for alleged assault; what evidence supported her allegations?

Criminal Justice

False-records case against Trump ‘stands apart,’ newspaper review finds

Insurance Law

‘Warlike action’ exclusion didn’t protect insurers from Merck’s cyberattack claim, appeals court says

Women in the Law

Only 58% of women lawyers in BigLaw would recommend legal careers for their daughters, survey says

Criminal Justice

Pregnant criminal defense lawyer on bed rest loses trial-delay bid in top state court

Law Firms

Judge chastises BigLaw lawyers for making demands after opposing counsel seeks delay for newborn

U.S. Supreme Court

Sotomayor and Gorsuch didn’t recuse in cert denials involving their publisher

U.S. Supreme Court

‘No Mention of Ginni’: Judicial activist directed consulting payment to wife of Justice Thomas

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court stays execution of inmate who won support from Oklahoma AG

Prosecutors

After judge calls prosecution office a ‘rudderless ship of chaos,’ its leader resigns

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

LexisNexis announces new generative artificial intelligence platform

Trials & Litigation

Judicial committee advances proposal to regulate the use of visual aids at federal trials

Criminal Justice

White House unveils plan to bolster rehabilitation as Biden commutes sentences of 31 people

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