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Trials & Litigation

My car was towed twice while I was working late and legally parked, lawyer’s latest suit says

U.S. Supreme Court

Alito keeps abortion drug access in place to give SCOTUS more time to act on emergency request

Law Schools

Stanford Law’s Black Law Students Association pulls out of recruiting activities after Federalist Society event

U.S. Supreme Court

Texas death row inmate can pursue challenge to DNA testing procedure, Supreme Court rules

Lawyer Wellness

Michigan justice encourages struggling lawyers to get help as he announces mental health treatment

The Modern Law Library

Lawyer explores English family’s ties to Nazi Germany in ‘The Mitford Affair’

Access to Justice

Court watch movement is growing in numbers and public attention

Criminal Justice

Will former top administrative judge be third Oregon attorney to receive probation in a child porn case?

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Thomas listed income from a real-estate firm even after it closed in 2006

Lawyer Discipline

In case of ‘textbook contempt,’ suspended lawyer who refused to comply with ethics orders is fined $100 a day

Partners

BigLaw partner agrees to pay more than $7.2M to settle allegations of unpaid taxes

Lawyer Wellness

28% of lawyers in this state considered leaving the profession because of mental health, burnout or stress

Legal Education

Why are US News law school rankings delayed?

Law Firms

Baker & Hostetler partner ‘spoke words but did not provide answers’ in deposition, special master says

Criminal Justice

Domestic terrorism charges that triggered campus ban of 2L aren’t supported, defense counsel say

Judiciary

Judge in abortion pill case substituted other names on controversial article before nomination to bench

U.S. Supreme Court

Are owners of cars seized because of relatives’ arrests entitled to probable cause hearing? SCOTUS will decide

Judiciary

Competency concerns lead to investigation of 95-year-old appeals judge

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Alito keeps full access to mifepristone in place pending briefing next week

Associates

Another BigLaw firm says any associate job cuts are due to performance evaluations

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