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Legal Writing

Legal historian John Fabian Witt discusses new book on epidemics and law

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Despite SCOTUS ruling, questions of personal jurisdiction remain unsettled

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: ABA president comments on Law Day rule-of-law theme; virtual grand juries upheld

Prosecutors

District attorney is removed from office under rarely used state law

Disability Law

2nd Circuit tosses Harvard Law grad’s Rehabilitation Act claim over bar exam accommodations

U.S. Supreme Court

In unusual lineup, Supreme Court sides with immigrant challenging removal

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: 3 men face hate crimes charges in Ahmaud Arbery’s death; federal appeals nominees grilled on clients

Civic Education

Americans are divided by age and race on the fairness of the justice system, ABA civics survey finds

Bar Associations

Pennsylvania bar president resigns after he’s charged with patronizing a prostitute

Criminal Justice

Evidence supports RICO conviction of man who said his gun ‘burst out’ before shooting judge, appeals court says

Careers

New SEC enforcement chief abruptly resigns after judge questions ‘unhinged’ claim in BigLaw case

Criminal Justice

Doctrine protecting officers for split-second decisions is blamed for more police killings

News Roundup

Afternoon briefs: Search of Giuliani’s home is ‘legal thuggery,’ says his lawyer; top legal officer earns $50.9M

Legal Writing

Retired BigLaw partner tells tales of lawyers, FBI and kidnapping epidemic of 1930s in new book

Law Firms

BigLaw firm mostly goes meeting-free this week to address fatigue

Ethics

Former New York AG Eric Schneiderman is suspended for abusing women

Prosecutors

Chief deputy DA in Vegas writes column criticizing Disney wokeness and spurs Twitter backlash

Ethics

Lawyer gets stayed suspension for ‘unintelligible’ brief; she said she mistakenly filed the draft version

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Lawyer for accused Capitol rioter says ‘biatch’ less offensive; charge dropped against Boies Schiller partner

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer wrongly cited golden rule, court says in overturning $1.1M verdict in suit against Fetty Wap label

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