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Legal Education

Utah is first state to grant diploma privilege during novel coronavirus pandemic

Ethics

Lawyer can’t be reinstated to law practice unless he shows wife has no access to accounts

The Modern Law Library

Journalist investigating wrongful convictions turns lens on white-collar criminal case in Chicago

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Congress asked for COVID-19 lawsuit curbs; law school cuts pay for staff and faculty

Law Firms

Gross revenue jumped 5% for top US law firms last year; which firm surpassed $4B?

Supreme Court Report

What will change when SCOTUS hears oral arguments by phone?

Criminal Justice

Lawyer is accused of recruiting clients into prostitution ring he ran from his home

Bar Exam

Average multistate bar exam score drops to new low, raising concerns about bar pass rates

Health Law

In new opinion, 5th Circuit halts medication abortions in Texas under nonessential surgery ban

Legal Education

Bar exam does little to ensure attorney competence, say lawyers in diploma privilege state

Elder Law

Advocacy organizations call for compassionate release of elderly, sick prisoners

Constitutional Law

Pandemic power plays: Civil liberties in the time of COVID-19

Judiciary

Federal judge, 76, takes lawyers on skid row tour

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Sick lawyer is back at work after speakerphone mistrial; judge tosses Twitter suit

Internet Law

SCOTUS will decide whether computer fraud law applies to cop’s unauthorized database search

U.S. Supreme Court

In Gorsuch opinion, Supreme Court rules unanimous verdict is needed to convict

First Amendment

Lawsuit claims sheriff threatened to arrest teen if she didn’t delete COVID-19 social media posts

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer who took off pants at security checkpoint fights bid to be ousted from representing clients

Legal Writing

Trump and his 3,500 suits: Prosecutor and author reveals in interview his portrait of ‘Plaintiff in Chief’

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Michael Cohen will be released from prison; environmental lawyer gets celebs’ support

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