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Practice Management

Firms of the future: Equity partner says it’s ‘all about helping clients’ and adapting to the marketplace

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Book says Kennedy suggested Kavanaugh to Trump; no retrial for med-mal defendant who helped juror

Election Law

Top California court blocks state law requiring presidential candidates to disclose tax returns

Ethics

For giving $11 to incarcerated boyfriend, lawyer gets stayed suspension

Death Penalty

Judge blocks 4 federal executions, rules DOJ protocol doesn’t follow law

Ethics

Lawyer who suggested then abandoned ‘Breaking Bad’ money laundering plot is indefinitely suspended

Fifth Amendment

Child porn suspect can’t be forced to disclose computer password, state supreme court rules

Legal Education

Law schools with accreditation issues see bar exam improvement, but will they hit 75% pass rate?

Personal Lives

Do you have room at your table? SOLACE calls for lawyers to host those spending Thanksgiving alone

Ethics

Judge who shared ‘foreign mud’ article on Facebook is reprimanded for partisan posts

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Prosecutor killed in ‘freak accident’ in courtroom; lawyer accused of filing suits for nonclients

Juries

Class action says Mississippi’s DA’s office has a pattern of wrongfully excluding black jurors

Judiciary

Estate of executed man has no standing to obtain DNA testing, judge rules

Question of the Week

How do you show your gratitude to clients and co-workers?

Lawyer Pay

How do the states stack up? Lawyers make the most and least money in these areas

Second Amendment

Judges grapple with red flag laws authorizing removal of guns from people who are dangerous

Judiciary

SCOTUS ranks dead last for transparency on Fix the Court list; how did other courts fare?

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: House seeks grand jury info to determine Trump’s truthfulness; billionaire storms out of court

Ethics

Lawyer who made news with smoldering courtroom pants faces possible discipline

Criminal Justice

Lawyer accused of bringing gun to law office that fired her

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