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Constitutional Law

9th Circuit dissenters take aim at state-created danger doctrine

Annual Meeting

2023 Margaret Brent Award honorees serve as ‘role models for all women’

Judiciary

‘Presidents are not kings’ judge will oversee Trump election-subversion case

Lawyer Pay

Talent wars led to record-high salaries for class of 2022 law grads, new NALP report says

Verdicts & Settlements

Biotech company settles suit claiming unauthorized use of Henrietta Lacks’ regenerative cells

Ethics

Trump’s election-subversion co-conspirators included DOJ official, 4 other lawyers, indictment says

Layoffs

BigLaw firm confirms ‘small number’ of layoffs, pushes back start dates for some associates

Annual Meeting

ABA members convene in Denver for 2023 annual meeting

Consumer Law

Taco Bell’s Mexican Pizza and Crunchwraps don’t look like advertising photos, suit claims

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Supreme Court rulings on labor and employment law leave many unanswered questions

U.S. Supreme Court

Is dismissal bid effort to keep ADA ‘gravy train’ running? Tester urges SCOTUS to drop her case

Prosecutors

Prosecutor ‘literally ran in high heels’ through courthouse hallway to save overdosing woman

Criminal Justice

Georgia judge takes jabs at Trump as he refuses to block potential election-interference indictment

Law Firms

BigLaw firm cuts 11 lawyers, eliminates 24 staff positions following drop in partner profits

Law Firms

Associates form union at employment law firm

Bankruptcy Law

Judge reluctantly tosses second bankruptcy attempt by baby powder maker Johnson & Johnson

Military Law

Sweeping changes to military justice code mandate handling of serious crimes outside chain of command

Ethics

More than 1,700 California lawyers suspended for failure to comply with new trust account rules

ABA

Alpha Brady is the new ABA executive director

U.S. Supreme Court

Can Congress bind Supreme Court on ethics code? Alito offers opinion

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