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Criminal Justice

COVID-related backlogs no longer reason to delay misdemeanor trials, appeals court says

Second Amendment

Minnesota’s age restriction to carry handguns is unconstitutional, 8th Circuit rules

Law Firms

San Francisco and Los Angeles are seeing a shakeup in law firm leases

Trials & Litigation

New Jersey senator convicted of 16 felonies in corruption trial

Trials & Litigation

Retired NFL player’s lead counsel removed for attempting to ‘manufacture discord,’ judge says

Judiciary

Federal judges weigh need for new guidance after clerk accused of racist statements

Careers

Wife of Trump’s VP pick, who clerked for Roberts and Kavanaugh, leaves her firm

Criminal Justice

Lawyer once named most eligible bachelor sentenced to at least 5 years in prison for rape

Obituaries

Celebrated criminal defense attorney Neal Sonnett dies at 81

Law Firms

Milberg avoids sanctions despite filing fake claims in Visa and Mastercard settlement

Judiciary

NY judge suspended while facing felony DUI charge

Trials & Litigation

Judge presiding over Young Thug trial ordered off the case

Law Firms

This city has the highest billing rates for litigators in nation, survey shows

Trials & Litigation

Trump classified documents case dismissed by Florida judge

Criminal Justice

Former attorney who used fake IDs to get jobs pleads guilty to federal fraud charges

Legal Education

Group slams NCBE for ‘scattershot’ approach to offering NextGen bar exam information

Practice Management

Need help? Alternative legal services providers are an option

Law Firms

Fennemore aims to expand talent pool with new remote-work program

Discovery

After lawyers exceed status-letter limit by ‘whopping’ 70 pages, judge sees echoes of fictional Jarndyce case

Law Firms

BigLaw firm confirms staff layoffs with ‘generous separation packages’

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