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Internet Law

Trademark lawyer is profiting from Harris-Walz foresight

First Amendment

8th Circuit allows Iowa book ban to take effect but rules for challengers on First Amendment issue

Criminal Justice

Disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi ‘didn’t seem all there’ in late 2020, ex-employee testifies in embezzlement trial

Legal Education

Golden Gate Law students and alums race to court to keep school open

Criminal Justice

Convicted lawyer’s victimhood claim is ‘absolutely delusional,’ judge says at sentencing hearing

Legal Rebels Podcast

Tests into and out of law schools—what’s changing and why

Law Firms

This BigLaw firm tops ‘A-List’ despite lower gross revenues

Ethics

Lawyer accused of misappropriating up to $282M allegedly handed firm control to disbarred attorney

Privacy Law

5th Circuit nixes ‘general, exploratory rummaging’ of location data to find suspects

Legal Education

Is the National Conference of Bar Examiners losing power?

Practice Technology

How to choose a legal tech company

Prosecutors

Scam plea-bargain notice targets defendants and lawyers

Fifth Amendment

Landlords can pursue takings suit stemming from COVID-19 eviction moratorium, Federal Circuit rules

Law Firms

Holland & Knight loses about half its Philadelphia lawyers to this firm

Criminal Justice

Lawyer caught on prison video is accused of smuggling contraband into jail

Death Penalty

Death-penalty case was epitome of ‘extreme judicial malfunction,’ 6th Circuit says

Labor & Employment

When does DEI training discriminate against white people? Courts will decide

Family Law

Guardians ad litem have absolute immunity in suit alleging wrongful conduct, appeals court says

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Neil Gorsuch says Americans getting ‘thwacked’ by too many laws

Antitrust Law

Federal judge who ruled against Google is ‘taken aback’ by its efforts to avoid paper trail

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