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‘Nerd’ lawyer spotted differing 3-point lines at NCAA women’s tournament; ‘once you saw it, you couldn’t unsee it’

Thanks to a lawyer sitting in nosebleed seats, the NCAA learned over the weekend that the two three-point lines in the women’s basketball tournament at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, were different lengths.

Apr 2, 2024 10:32 AM CDT

A ‘divinely created’ being: States try to define fetal personhood

When is a human embryo not simply a clump of cells but a person with distinct legal rights? The answer, which holds much consequence in a post-Roe world, depends on the state where that embryo resides.

Apr 1, 2024 3:30 PM CDT

Relationship Matters: Should you hire a divorce coach?

Divorce coaches don’t replace divorce attorneys, but they are designed to help clients handle everything surrounding the divorce, including offering emotional support and relationship advice, paperwork assistance and financial guidance.

Apr 1, 2024 8:56 AM CDT

This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula

Everyone is going to die, it’s just a matter of where, when and how. For those who happen to know the specifics of their situation, Alua Arthur, a former legal aid lawyer, can help. Arthur is a certified death doula, which means she provides emotional and organizational support for people who are nearing death, allowing them to embrace the end in a way that honors their wishes, customs and beliefs.

Apr 1, 2024 1:10 AM CDT

New California law placing unhoused individuals with addictions in conservatorships faces questions

Anyone deemed to be “gravely disabled” or suffering from a significant substance abuse disorder can be placed into a conservatorship and institutionalized for an initial 72-hour hold. Longer placements can also happen.

Apr 1, 2024 12:40 AM CDT

Supreme Court skeptical of efforts to restrict access to abortion pill

The Supreme Court on Tuesday seemed unlikely to limit access to mifepristone, a key medication that is used in more than 60 percent of U.S. abortions and has emerged as the next front in the battle over how and whether women can terminate their pregnancies.

Mar 27, 2024 9:30 AM CDT

It’s a crime to cheat on a spouse in NY. The law might soon change

Cheating on one’s spouse may be a betrayal of the heart, but in New York State, it’s long been a criminal offense.

Mar 25, 2024 1:00 PM CDT

Rape survivor Chanel Miller will speak at ABA’s ‘Write & Tell Live’ series

Chanel Miller, whose victim impact statement at the rape trial of Brock Allen Turner went viral in 2016, will present about the importance of survivors’ stories at an ABA event on April 16.

Mar 19, 2024 8:46 AM CDT

Alabama governor signs IVF bill giving patients, providers legal cover

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) on Wednesday signed a bill to protect providers and patients doing in vitro fertilization from legal liability if embryos they create are damaged or destroyed, a move that comes weeks after a state Supreme Court ruling threatened the treatment’s use.

Mar 7, 2024 2:25 PM CST

Lawyer who wrote on ethics issues is suspended after he is accused of helping client hide assets

An Iowa lawyer has received a two-year suspension for helping a client hide money from creditors and for "furtively" inserting a provision into a custody agreement.

Mar 7, 2024 12:49 PM CST

Catholic student sues a Virginia school board over transgender protections

A Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools student is suing the school board, sayings its policy aimed at protecting the rights of transgender students violate the rights of others and violates the state constitution.

Mar 7, 2024 12:15 PM CST

Fourth couple sues Alabama clinic at heart of IVF court ruling

A Florida couple has sued the Alabama in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinic at the heart of the state’s consequential state Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos are children, becoming the fourth set of plaintiffs to pursue a wrongful-death claim over destroyed frozen embryos from a 2020 incident that in recent weeks has thrown the state’s legal landscape for IVF into uncertainty.

Mar 5, 2024 2:45 PM CST

‘Nerd’ lawyer spotted differing 3-point lines at NCAA women’s tournament; ‘once you saw it, you couldn’t unsee it’

A ‘divinely created’ being: States try to define fetal personhood

Relationship Matters: Should you hire a divorce coach?

This Los Angeles lawyer found her calling as a death doula

New California law placing unhoused individuals with addictions in conservatorships faces questions

Supreme Court skeptical of efforts to restrict access to abortion pill

It’s a crime to cheat on a spouse in NY. The law might soon change

Rape survivor Chanel Miller will speak at ABA’s ‘Write & Tell Live’ series

Alabama governor signs IVF bill giving patients, providers legal cover

Lawyer who wrote on ethics issues is suspended after he is accused of helping client hide assets

Catholic student sues a Virginia school board over transgender protections

Fourth couple sues Alabama clinic at heart of IVF court ruling

LGBTQ organization sues Texas AG over youth transgender records probe

Utah Supreme Court rules for adult adoptee who wanted to unseal records for medical and genetic information

Use of ChatGPT to support fee bid is ‘utterly and unusually unpersuasive,’ federal judge says

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