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Law Firms

Weil takes a different tack by funding ‘Zero L’ public service

Criminal Justice

Indictment alleges tax lawyer kept $6.5M in client funds after claiming he used it to pay IRS debt

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Woman claims fetus is a passenger; recording police is protected, appeals court says

American Bar Association

Retired Supreme Court Justice Breyer to head ABA ROLI board

First Amendment

10th Circuit strikes down ban on encouraging or inducing a noncitizen to come to US illegally

Trials & Litigation

Federal judge tosses lawyers from case after concluding they failed to diligently represent shareholders

Abortion

Biden administration can’t require emergency abortions, Texas lawsuit says

Law in Popular Culture

Netflix’s ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ and the public’s infatuation with criminal defense

Legislation & Lobbying

10-year-old girl should have carried pregnancy to term, says lawyer who drafted model anti-abortion law

Law Students

11% of law students had suicidal thoughts in the past year, survey finds; what can law schools do?

Trials & Litigation

California governor signs bill allowing citizen plaintiffs to sue over gun violations that cause harm

Law Firms

Law-firm recruiting slows as deal work falls

Corporate Law

Elon Musk’s bid to escape Twitter deal could face skepticism in court; ‘material adverse effect’ at issue

Practice Management

Who has a stake in holding companies legally responsible?

Privacy Law

Marginalized communities could bear the brunt of post-Dobbs data surveillance

Constitutional Law

Does right to travel for abortion include right to avoid penalty? Kavanaugh concurrence doesn’t go so far

Ethics

California bar files disciplinary charges against its former executive director

Criminal Justice

Once-prominent lawyer Alex Murdaugh is indicted for murders of his wife and son

Judiciary

New York chief judge’s resignation is not tied to ethics probe, court spokesperson says

The Modern Law Library

The modern US Border Patrol is a national police force with dangerous capabilities, author warns

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