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Judiciary

Texas death row inmate should get new trial because of judge’s anti-Semitic views, new judge says

Immigration Law

ABA Commission on Immigration offers students ‘hands-on’ experience with people in detention

Prosecutors

Fighting sanctions, county attorney cites ‘crushing’ caseloads, fed-up prosecutors and backlog of 1,000 cases

Juvenile Justice

Judge who required jail visit for all arrested juveniles remains on bench after lawsuit payout

U.S. Supreme Court

Can a court reduce punitive damages below statutory cap? Supreme Court asks for solicitor general’s view

Trials & Litigation

What happens when lawyers make mistakes?

Trusts & Estates

Top state court upholds trust provision requiring beneficiary to be unmarried

The Modern Law Library

How SCOTUS enabled police abuses of civil rights⁠—and what we can do about it

Legal Rebels Podcast

Why this BigLaw firm is embracing an ‘augmented automation solution’ for clients

Criminal Justice

Inmate moons judge during video hearing after he was ordered held without bail

Judiciary

7th Circuit warns of ‘catastrophe for litigants’ when judges wait too long to issue opinions after orders

Juries

Texas clerk’s ‘idiosyncratic system’ of choosing jury panels could lead to thousands of overturned verdicts

Constitutional Law

Does executive privilege still protect Trump after his term ends? Fight brews over congressional subpoenas

Trials & Litigation

Missing apostrophe in Facebook post leads to defamation suit

Labor & Employment Law

Following a 12% pay cut, UMass law professor challenges collective bargaining law for university staff

Ethics

Lawyer accused of feeding answers to his client in Zoom deposition faces possible sanction

Mind Your Business

Top 5 most important judicial analytics metrics

Ethics

Transgender lawyer sues for declaration that bias based on gender identity violates attorney ethics rules

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer sues Amazon for false imprisonment after delivery van blocks his car

Constitutional Law

After appeals court revives Texas abortion law, docs could be liable for abortions performed in prior 2 days

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