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Associates

Law firms likely to add associates at ‘robust clip’ in these practice areas, recruiters say

First Amendment

Law firm can sue over alleged fake online reviews that toppled its top rating, appeals court says

Supreme Court Report

A bookish Supreme Court keeps stacking the shelves

Ethics

Lawyer must face ethics charge alleging he tried to hire Israeli hackers to access judge’s emails

U.S. Supreme Court

Alaska man charged with threatening to kill six Supreme Court justices

Law Firms

With attorney fees, Gibson Dunn must pay over $725K to ex-partner who had earned $60M

Law in Popular Culture

Teen shooters and their parents’ responsibilities examined in Fox’s ‘Accused’

Fourteenth Amendment

Aspiring nurse convicted in ‘utterly bonkers’ trial can’t sue for damages, full appeals court says

Immigration Law

Lawyers see influx in Americans seeking second passports

Criminal Justice

Murder trial delayed for slain law prof’s mother-in-law after her lead lawyer resigns

Ethics

Lawyer is accused of giving himself positive online reviews while disparaging another lawyer

Legal Rebels Podcast

What does the future hold for licensed paraprofessionals?

Law Firms

Pro se litigant and lawyer ordered to pay $1.5M for using Lewis Brisbois name

First Amendment

School district’s ‘equity training’ didn’t constitute First Amendment injury, appeals court says

Judiciary

2 federal judges who boycotted Columbia law grads didn’t commit misconduct, review panel says

Criminal Justice

Disbarred lawyer is sentenced for alleged forgery that facilitated deed thefts

Election Law

Americans’ trust in government and elections differs by party affiliation, new report finds

U.S. Supreme Court

Chief Justice Roberts steered rulings benefiting Trump, report says, citing internal information

Law Firms

It’s ‘past time to proceed to the merits’ in fired BigLaw associate’s bias case, judge says

Ethics

District attorney ‘paid little attention to the five-alarm fire’ in high-profile case and should be disbarred, panel says

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