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News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: New York City law department hacked; Stanford Law wasn’t involved in fake flyer fracas

First Amendment

ACLU is split by internal debate over First Amendment support for hate speech

Judiciary

Judge is suspended for rude treatment of public defenders; he will also have to hire a counselor or life coach

Attorney General

Taking same stance as former AG Barr, Biden’s DOJ seeks to defend Trump in defamation suit by rape accuser

Sentencing/Post Conviction

Judge who appeared determined to avoid mandatory sentence is removed from case

Bar Associations

Meet Mary Ryan, the newest member of the ABA’s Board of Governors

Law in Popular Culture

Not in Kansas anymore: A former congressman’s improbable journey from the heartland to Hollywood

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Judge compares AR-15 to Swiss Army knife; suit claims GC wasn’t rehired because of long-haul COVID-19

Criminal Justice

District attorney backtracks after refusing to offer plea deals to lawyer who said prosecution office is racist

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will hear case involving FBI surveillance of Muslim community and state secrets privilege

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to male-only draft; Kavanaugh joins 2 liberal justices in statement on denial

Law Firms

BigLaw partner leaves firm after he sues voting machine companies for MyPillow CEO

Death Penalty

Arizona reportedly prepares gas chamber for execution by cyanide, the gas used at Auschwitz

Law Students

Making brown-bag meals for the needy helped this law student stay busy and safe during the COVID-19 pandemic

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Legal industry jobs jump again; Boies Schiller emails admissible at former CEO’s trial

Juvenile Justice

In New York, a 7-year-old is arrested for rape; should the age for juvenile prosecutions be raised?

Judiciary

Judge gets 6-month suspension, partly for misusing her contempt power

Obituaries

Disbarred lawyer F. Lee Bailey, who took on the ‘demons of society,’ dies at 87

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: McDonald’s faces Illinois privacy suit; NYPD accused of violating graffiti artists’ rights

Bar Exam

Online bar exams axed by NCBE beginning next year

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