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Trials & Litigation

Bayer’s billions in Roundup verdicts increase pressure for new legal strategy

Trials & Litigation

After sanctions threat, Trump lawyer in $83.3M defamation case drops conflict claim stemming from BigLaw overlap

Ethics

Prosecutor in Trump Georgia case settles divorce, heading off testimony

Law in Popular Culture

After bringing criminal charges again Netflix, DA winds up with federal court bad-faith finding

Judiciary

3rd Circuit judicial nominee opposed for ties to a group critics say amplifies ‘antisemitic speech’ and ‘terrorist propaganda’

The Modern Law Library

Yale Law’s Owen Fiss talks about threats to democracy and ‘Why We Vote’

Midyear Meeting

2024 ABA Midyear Meeting kicks off in Kentucky

Careers

Lawyers viewed as more ethical than car salespeople and US lawmakers

Ethics

Accusation that naked ‘idiot’ lawyer injured Phish fan while rushing stage leads to legal discipline for writer

LGBTQ Legal Issues

Texas AG seeks transgender records in Georgia as part of his wider probe

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Sotomayor says she’s tired and working harder than ever, but she’s not giving up

Criminal Justice

Judge orders return of photographed legal documents taken by officers in raid of BLM attorney’s home

Criminal Justice

Judge denies Alex Murdaugh request for new trial after jury tampering claims

Careers

Victim advocate fired after copying district attorney’s office on ‘panties’ email

Death Penalty

Alabama ready to help other states with ‘humane’ nitrogen executions after gas caused inmate to ‘shake and writhe’

Judiciary

Federal judges wrongly engaged in ‘oral-argument affirmative action,’ group’s misconduct complaint says

Law Firms

Jurors rule for Davis Polk in former associate’s retaliation suit; defense called his claims a ‘conspiracy theory’

Privacy Law

Ring camera app won’t share footage with law enforcement anymore

Criminal Justice

Former Fisher Phillips partner pleads guilty to lesser charge in fatal shooting of his wife

Artificial Intelligence

George Carlin’s estate sues over AI comedy special

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