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Judiciary

Michigan judges can’t disregard pronoun preferences of parties and lawyers, new rule says

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer sanctioned for being ‘rude, demeaning and obnoxious’ in depositions

Law Firms

Did Polsinelli violate $14M flat-fee deal to provide ‘legal counsel’? 3rd Circuit rejects claim

Supreme Court Report

Supreme Court opens new term quietly—so far

Criminal Justice

Ex-federal prosecutor charged in alleged road-rage stabbing no longer works at this BigLaw firm

Education Law

En banc appeals court allows Title IX suit by student assaulted off campus, cites prior violence reports

Trials & Litigation

Retired Judge Posner must face suit alleging he failed to pay leader of his pro se center

Law Firms

Proskauer settles suit claiming 1 contract clause caused client’s $636M loss

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: Big cases in administrative law, gun rights and social media are scheduled for October term

Ethics

Judge rips lawyers for ‘egregious’ repetition in opinion finding Trump liable for inflating finances

The Modern Law Library

Tales of 3 generations of Black women intertwine to form ‘Memphis’

Religious Law

Lawyers avoid mandatory religious liberty instruction, for now

Law Firms

Judge sanctions Buchalter over $147K for ‘unsupported arguments’ and misleading assertions

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court rejects Alabama’s bid to avoid crafting second Black-opportunity voting district

Bar Associations

ABA president announces Martin Scorsese, Dolores Huerta to join new speaker series

Judiciary

How federal appeals judges’ opinions change as they get older

Practice Management

Need for Speed: Can the wheels of justice turn quicker?

Ethics

Lawyers who lied about capital contribution, cursed on hot mic among those sanctioned in Illinois

Judiciary

Opioid special master who mistakenly hit ‘reply all’ asked to step down

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Increasing Contractual Insight: AI’s role in contract lifecycle management

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