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Billable hours for DEI work? Yes, please

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A resource center that combats judicial threats should be formed, ABA House says

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Law students should be paid for externships and get salary info at campus interviews, ABA House says

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Incoming ABA President Bill Bay calls on legal profession to ‘stand together’

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Nondisparagement and nondisclosure agreements can let harassment fester, ABA warns

Antitrust Law

Google is an illegal monopoly, federal court rules

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Gender-affirming health care should be protected, ABA delegates advise

Technology

AI-generated court filing had name, bar number of lawyer who had nothing to do with case, complaint says

Prosecutors

California National Guard prosecutors will focus on county following ‘surge operations,’ bringing concern from PDs

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Ten Commandments displays should not be required in public school classrooms, ABA House says

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‘We are in the storm,’ warns ABA President Mary Smith

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151-year-old Comstock Act is ‘relic’ that should be overturned, House urges

Insurance Law

GEICO doesn’t have to pay for STD contracted during car sex, despite policy punctuation, 8th Circuit says

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker calls on ABA to uphold ‘freedom, liberty, fairness’

Obituaries

Sharecropper’s son who rose from poverty to become first Black New Jersey justice dies at 91

Mind Your Business

Beyond Logic: The case for emotional branding for law firms

Privacy Law

Justice Department sues TikTok, alleging it broke child privacy law

Sentencing/Post-Conviction

Hunter Biden to be sentenced Nov. 13, a week after Election Day

Criminal Justice

Florida lawyer admits trying to ignite bomb outside Chinese embassy in DC

International Law

Inside the deal that led to a blockbuster prisoner swap with Russia

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