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U.S. Supreme Court

House panel considers reforms to deal with Supreme Court’s shadow docket

Practice Management

A conversation about food insecurity, pursuing charitable endeavors in the legal industry

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: 11 ex-capital inmates added to innocence list; lawyer finds historic photo in attic

Rule of Law

Interested in speaking to students and community groups during National Judicial Outreach Week?

Consumer Law

Federal judge’s opinion in Stella Artois too-light beer case is plastered with alcohol references

Juries

As some jury trials resume, juror shortages create problems; one court sees a 5% yield on summonses

Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court considers warrantless search-and-seizure case from California

Law Students

Harvard Law student frustrated by quest for interview suit creates her own clothing company

U.S. Supreme Court

Still no action from SCOTUS on Trump’s emergency request for subpoena relief in tax records case

Criminal Justice

District attorney is accused of dropped-charges bribery, lying about fantasy statements

Advancing Racial Equality & Social Justice

Police reform and homeland security: Some policy recommendations to close the racial justice gap

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: California defends bar exam facial-recognition tech; pants-on-fire lawyer arrested

Practice Management

Legal recruiter’s article about lawyers shunned in BigLaw raises eyebrows

Law Firms

Diversity ‘bottleneck’ and minority attrition keep firm leadership ranks white and male, new ABA survey says

Ethics

Pro-Trump lawyer L. Lin Wood posts addresses of ethics board members after he learns of bar probe

The Modern Law Library

What can Texas tell us about the rise and fall of the death penalty?

Cybersecurity

Jones Day is hit by vendor data breach; hackers post files they claim were stolen from the law firm

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: BigLaw firm partners with startup in pipeline program; Trump lawyer’s home vandalized

Law Firms

Jones Day can be sued for retaliation over press release statements, judge rules in former associates’ suit

Trials & Litigation

Trump and Giuliani face first civil suit stemming from Capitol riots; violation of KKK Act is alleged

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