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Law Firms

Judge sanctions Buchalter over $147K for ‘unsupported arguments’ and misleading assertions

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to avoid crafting second Black-opportunity voting district

Bar Associations

ABA president announces Martin Scorsese, Dolores Huerta to join new speaker series

Judiciary

How federal appeals judges’ opinions change as they get older

Practice Management

Need for Speed: Can the wheels of justice turn quicker?

Ethics

Lawyers who lied about capital contribution, cursed on hot mic among those sanctioned in Illinois

Judiciary

Opioid special master who mistakenly hit ‘reply all’ asked to step down

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Increasing Contractual Insight: AI’s role in contract lifecycle management

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Kagan sees need for SCOTUS ethics code, comments on why courts overturn things ‘willy-nilly’

Criminal Justice

‘Congenial’ and ‘reasonable’ judge tells police he doesn’t remember alleged shooting spree

Practice Finance

‘I see legal finance moving into ubiquity,’ says litigation funding company co-COO

U.S. Supreme Court

$195K wasn’t enough to buy this item owned by Justice Ginsburg

Asked and Answered

Interested in trying AI to write? It’s as easy as opening a document

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Thomas attended Koch network donor events, interacted with the brothers at retreats, report says

Law Firms

Sullivan & Cromwell’s history with FTX draws scrutiny as it racks up bankruptcy fees

Law Firms

Pillsbury confirms merger talks with this law firm

Criminal Justice

Ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh, serving time for murder, pleads guilty to stealing from clients

Careers

After abrupt resignation, legal tech CEO faces groping allegations

Ethics

As California changes ethics rules, surveyed lawyers express concern about integrity of the profession

Copyright Law

Grisham, other legal novelists among authors suing OpenAI for using their copyrighted work

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