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Criminal Justice

2nd Circuit affirms bond for 2 lawyers charged in Molotov cocktail attack

Criminal Justice

Do police union contracts inhibit reform?

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Gorsuch wrote his ‘most important opinion’ in SCOTUS ruling protecting LGBTQ workers

Judiciary

Federal judge is publicly admonished for statements about SCOTUS chief justice and GOP

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: BigLaw firm announces layoffs; judge’s TRO blocks Mary Trump book

U.S. Supreme Court

Generic word with ‘.com’ at end can be trademarked, SCOTUS rules

Bar Exam

Oregon is third state to grant diploma privilege, while Tennessee cancels its July UBE

Criminal Justice

Are lawyers who pointed guns at protesters protected by the castle doctrine?

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules state can’t ban religious schools from scholarship program

U.S. Supreme Court

DOJ argues entire health care law must be struck down

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: PACER gets a redesign; SCOTUS turns down border wall case

Public Health

Small businesses have COVID-19 questions, and the legal profession is working to answer them

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to new federal death penalty procedure

U.S. Supreme Court

Consumer agency survives SCOTUS challenge but not for-cause removal of its chief

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court strikes down restrictive abortion law; Roberts concurrence provides fifth vote

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS rejects request to allow all Texas voters to use mail-in ballots

Asked and Answered

COVID-19 hasn’t stopped this lawyer from advocating for wellness and recovery

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: California law schools announce fall online classes; law protects monuments, state AG says

Federal Government

Trump can’t transfer military funds to build border wall, 9th Circuit rules

Public Health

Judge requests reduced charge for man who slapped his hand over face mask order, DA says

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