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Immigration Law

Migrant family-separation settlement provides path to asylum, 8-year ban on Trump-era policy

Diversity

ABA’s Equity Summit shines light on DEI issues in legal profession

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS will hear ‘backdoor censorship’ case of council member arrested for placing document in binder

Pro Bono

Members can support dozens of programs during 2023 ABA Giving Day

Judiciary

Meet Tanya Chutkan, the judge who won’t allow Trump to call special counsel ‘deranged’

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court adds second case challenging agency power that will allow Justice Jackson to participate

Law Firms

Quinn Emanuel announces special fall bonuses after ‘fabulous year’

Judiciary

Bankruptcy judge resigns after ethics complaint alleges undisclosed ‘intimate relationship’ with lawyer

Judiciary

Speaking at ABA meeting, federal appeals judge, 96, doesn’t address her suspension but mentions opinion pace

Homelessness

California aims to expand mental health treatment with new conservatorship definition of ‘gravely disabled’

Law Firms

Partners approve merger that will create A&O Shearman

Second Amendment

9th Circuit dissenters criticize court’s ‘blank check’ for gun restrictions, including ban on high-capacity gun magazines

Trials & Litigation

Judge in Bankman-Fried trial prods defense lawyers on repetitive questions, appears irritated

Judiciary

Judge won’t oust opioid special master for bungled email that ‘should have been protected, rather than exploited’

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Generative AI creates fake images that bring to life real stories from Australia’s offshore detention camp

Public Interest

Labor activist Dolores Huerta urges attorneys to ‘get involved in civic life’

Criminal Justice

Law student, son of Buc-ee’s co-founder, arrested for alleged secret filming of house guests

Criminal Justice

Lawyer said to have BigLaw connection arrested after young children found alone at beach

Judiciary

Judge displayed photos of male lawyers in hot pink chairs, exchanged 500-plus texts during murder trial, petition says

Bankruptcy Law

Texas bankruptcy judge questioned over relationship with local lawyer

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