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Tort Law

Top state court is second to rule that gas stations can be liable for selling fuel to drunken drivers

Legal Education

After being denied Title IV funds, Florida Coastal sues Education Department

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: $26B opioid settlement proposed; lawyer resigns after he’s accused of nude cleaning proposal

First Amendment

5th Circuit allows chaplain prayers in Texas court during appeal of establishment clause ruling

First Amendment

Judge orders woman to take down anti-Biden signs using the F-word

Careers

After a soft recruiting season for 2021 summer associates, new cycle appears ‘off to a rollicking start’

The Modern Law Library

Chicago’s lakefront is an accident of history, but can it teach us how to preserve land for public use?

Ethics

Lawyer gets reprimand for responding to negative online review with embarrassing client information

Legal Rebels Podcast

How one bankruptcy software company had a banner year despite filings hitting a low

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Husch Blackwell merges with boutique firm; man sentenced for threat to Flynn judge

Public Health

Unvaccinated lawyer has to wear mask at client’s trial after top state court refuses to intervene

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer finds two words that doom billion-dollar case

Election Law

7th Circuit blocks Indiana’s second-try voter purge law; changes were ‘largely cosmetic’

Constitutional Law

Federal judge refuses to block Indiana University’s vaccine mandate; incoming 1L is among the plaintiffs

Health Law

11th Circuit keeps CDC cruise ship rules in place

News Roundup

Afternoon Briefs: Webinar considers legal profession’s caregiving bias; animal rights lawyer pleads guilty

Ethics

Federal prosecutors ‘deliberately misled’ court, judge says; alleged fraudsters get new trial

Law Firms

Law firms ‘cannot long endure a remote work model,’ says Morgan Stanley chief legal officer

Storytelling

Films like ‘Adaptation’ can give lawyers a window into how to construct compelling narratives in court

Ethics

Lawyer who lobbed F-word at judge is sentenced to jail time

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