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Lawyer Pay

Nearly $1,000 an hour is rate for second-year associates at these BigLaw firms

Real Estate & Property Law

‘King Charles clause’ limits new board overseeing Disney World, put in place after DeSantis’ feud

Careers

Meet Joseph Tacopina, the outspoken lawyer defending Trump in ‘political prosecution’

Criminal Justice

Experts see these problems with felony-records case against Trump over hush-money payments

Trials & Litigation

What will the grand jury indictment mean for Trump?

Law Firms

Morgan & Morgan won’t give ‘one single inch’ to insurance carriers on continuances and courtesies

Judiciary

Judge who blocked lawyer on Facebook can’t be sued for First Amendment violation, 5th Circuit says

Health Law

Insurers don’t have to provide free HIV-prevention drugs, some cancer screenings as result of federal judge’s ruling

Access to Justice

Colorado will license paraprofessionals to perform limited legal work

Law Firms

Work slowdown is just one reason for 2022 profit drop among Am Law 200 firms

Law Firms

BigLaw firm seeks COVID-19-era rent abatement in $30M suit

Entertainment & Sports Law

Lawyer banned from Madison Square Garden isn’t entitled to injunction, New York appeals court rules

Criminal Justice

Former BigLaw partner accused of lying to bankruptcy court to keep pricey home, Aston Martin

Trials & Litigation

Retired Florida judge died after eating tainted Jif peanut butter, suit claims

Law Students

Studies supporting mismatch theory are replete with ‘demonstrably incorrect’ assumptions, law prof says

The Modern Law Library

In ‘Actual Malice,’ law prof explains why NYT v. Sullivan mattered in 1964 and is under attack today

Criminal Justice

Murder conviction of Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’ podcast fame is reinstated because of notice issue

Legal Writing

Law and politics comingle in DC insider’s memoir

Animal Law

A horse is a horse—of course? Oregon Supreme Court denies plaintiff horse case review

U.S. Supreme Court

Group led by Justice Thomas’ wife raised nearly $600K to battle ‘cultural Marxism;’ donors are unknown

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