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News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Texas justice has COVID-19; 7th Circuit win for strip clubs seeking payroll loans

Law Schools

Law school still out of compliance with ABA admissions standard and dealing with fraud allegations

Law Firms

Which law firms laid off lawyers and cut pay this past week? The announcements slow to a trickle

Ethics

Lawyer is thankful for second chances after suspension for erratic behavior, client neglect

Law Firms

These law firms were named as top family- and female-friendly workplaces by Yale Law Women

Labor & Employment

Washington bar’s board mishandled employee’s sexual harassment complaint, report finds

Health Law

Why states are on the fence about a patient’s right to die

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS blocks release of Mueller grand jury materials to House committee

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Judge trims bias claims against Jones Day; was Roe plaintiff paid to switch sides?

Careers

Law grad, age 19, could become youngest lawyer in modern Alabama history

Privacy Law

Privacy and accuracy concerns about remote temperature screening raised by ACLU

The Modern Law Library

Meet 9 American women shortlisted for the Supreme Court before Sandra Day O’Connor

Law in Popular Culture

Silver Gavel Awards honor works on jailing pregnant women, judicial indiscretion

Appellate Practice

‘I forgot’ isn’t acceptable excuse for missing oral arguments, 2nd Circuit tells lawyer

Death Penalty

Missouri execution is first since coronavirus pandemic declared; ABA had urged delay

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Oregon top court keeps stay-at-home orders intact; Michigan plans modified bar exam

Ethics

Contract lawyer described as ‘superb advocate’ is suspended for overbilling state public defender

Law Firms

Firm will focus on high-end IP and commercial litigation after departures cut revenue

Judiciary

Judge admonished for comments about parents ruining their child, a ‘nothing case’ and ‘everlasting life’

Trials & Litigation

Potential jurors questioned via Zoom for summary jury trial in Texas

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