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News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: DOJ changes stance on health care law; Scabby the Rat gets NLRB lawyer’s support

Criminal Justice

Defendant gets new trial without having to prove bribe-taking judge was biased, 7th Circuit rules

Practice Management

How to know when it’s time to send a client packing

Legal Rebels Podcast

Virtual onboarding has provided some unexpected benefits, firm shareholder says

Criminal Justice

Lawyer charged with phone harassment after his jet was repossessed and his partner tweeted resignation

Judiciary

Memo alleges sexism and harassment by Colorado judiciary; was contract intended to keep accuser silent?

Trials & Litigation

Rambling remarks by Trump impeachment lawyer bewilder pundits

Ethics

How can lawyers balance materially adverse interests? New ABA ethics opinion explores

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Ex-lawyer sentenced for show-pony secrecy; DOJ drops suit over Melania Trump book

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer’s Zoom hearing is a purr-fect storm tech glitch

Judiciary

Judge admits she presided in court while ineligible to practice law

Judiciary

No federal appeals court has more female than male judges; which one is evenly balanced?

Criminal Justice

Alan Dershowitz played a role in at least 12 of Trump’s clemency grants

Criminal Justice

Prosecutor is accused of making secret sex videos with 2 women, including a criminal defendant

Bar Exam

Did bar candidates who had a choice do better on in-person or remote exams?

Criminal Justice

Animal rights lawyer is accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband’s girlfriend

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyers knock ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome;’ attorney flashes medical pot card

Judiciary

Texas judge changes locks to her office, warns colleagues about trespassing

Criminal Justice

Police investigate homicide of lawyer, a ‘statutory wizard’ who lived above his law office

Access to Justice

New York may license social workers to handle some legal tasks

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