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U.S. Supreme Court

Billionaire friend paid private school tuition for nephew of Justice Thomas

Law Firms

How are BigLaw firms faring in first quarter? Billable hours are at 15-year low

Criminal Justice

Walking into open garage to steal leaf blower doesn’t constitute burglary, Ohio Supreme Court says

Appellate Practice

BigLaw partner calls solicitor general’s brief ‘a hot mess’ in SCOTUS filing; was it unseemly?

Constitutional Law

Biden administration officials debate constitutional challenge to debt limit

Trials & Litigation

Federal judge warns law firm that ‘judge shopping ain’t a thing here’

U.S. Supreme Court

Rehnquist dropped push for ‘independent state legislature’ theory in Bush v. Gore, Stevens’ papers show

U.S. Supreme Court

Would a mandated Supreme Court ethics code violate separation of powers? Witnesses differ

Ethics

New ABA ethics opinion warns about handling retainer and other fees

Criminal Justice

Top South Carolina court vacates ‘phantom order’ granting early release of convicted murderer

Law Firms

More than 110 lawyers leave this BigLaw firm to join new shop

Ethics

Lawyer who sought client relationship with ‘daddy/daughter dynamic’ gets suspension

Ethics

Ex-judge who ended up in hotel with lawyer after bar gathering gets censure for sexual propositions

Religious Law

After School Satan Club must be allowed to meet at school, federal judge says

U.S. Supreme Court

Antonin Scalia Law School moved up in rankings after it cultivated ties with Supreme Court justices

U.S. Supreme Court

Wife of Chief Justice Roberts generated $10M in commissions in this job, whistleblower says

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court could limit agency power after agreeing to reconsider Chevron deference

U.S. Supreme Court

Alito says he has ‘a pretty good idea’ who leaked Dobbs, complains that organized bar isn’t defending justices

Obituaries

First African American chair of ABA labor section dies on his birthday

Election Law

Top state court withdraws December opinion, rules it can’t interfere with partisan gerrymanders

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