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White Collar Crime

DOJ launches corporate whistleblower awards program

Election Law

5th Circuit rules against Black and Hispanic voters in redistricting case

Obituaries

Former ABA President Tommy Wells has died

Death Penalty

South Carolina’s execution menu is not cruel and unusual, state supreme court says

Immigration Law

5th Circuit avoids immigration-invasion argument in ruling for Texas in buoy barrier case

Law Firms

Duane Morris bestows partner title on powerless attorneys to shift tax and business costs, suit alleges

Judiciary

Judge who socialized with police officers, used the F-word, agrees to removal from bench

Animal Law

DC Circuit rules for PETA in First Amendment challenge to agency’s social media comment filters

Professional Development

Does the legal profession still need Latin?

Law Firms

Lewis Brisbois settles one former partner’s lawsuit; second is pending

Judiciary

Judiciary employees filed 17 complaints against federal judges over 3-year period, new report says

U.S. Supreme Court

Chemerinsky: These Supreme Court sleeper cases will have lasting impact

Tort Law

Bystander can be on phone instead of scene to sue for distress of witnessing daughter’s crash, top state court says

Ethics

Judge’s sanctions threat based on just one misused word, Hunter Biden’s attorneys say

Annual Meeting

ABA Annual Meeting opens in Chicago this week

First Amendment

6th Circuit refuses to block school’s pronoun policy; dissent makes belief-in-ghosts comparison

Cybersecurity

Lawyer thought he was working with feds when he lost retirement savings to scammers

Ethics

Sanction affirmed for lawyer accused of cursing and pushing opposing counsel after ‘tense’ deposition

Law Firms

Former McElroy Deutsch CFO apologizes for ‘terrible decisions’ before getting prison time for embezzlement

Criminal Justice

Shaken-baby murder conviction overturned after defendant offers evidence questioning diagnosis

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