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Relax with our favorite long reads of 2023

Hopefully you're going to have some time over the winter holidays to cozy up with a good story. We've curated a list of some of our favorite web and print long reads from 2023. There's a mix of popular features and some under-the-radar stories that you may have missed.

Dec 22, 2023 1:50 PM CST

Listen to our 10 favorite podcast episodes of 2023

Looking for a new listen? We've picked our favorite 2023 episodes from each of the ABA Journal's three podcasts, one of which is bidding adieu after a 13-year run. If this whets your appetite, find all our past episodes on our podcast page. You can also check out more legal podcasts from our partners at Legal Talk Network.

Dec 22, 2023 8:59 AM CST

Supreme Court will consider whether FDA wrongly expanded access to abortion drug mifepristone

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to decide whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration acted properly when it expanded access to the abortion drug mifepristone.

Dec 13, 2023 10:17 AM CST

Judges can’t expand narrow exception to abortion ban ‘under the guise of interpreting it,’ Texas Supreme Court says

A woman whose fetus has a genetic abnormality that is nearly always fatal cannot get an abortion in Texas because her doctor did not allege that the risks of her pregnancy met the state’s standard for an exception to its ban on abortions, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Monday.

Dec 12, 2023 11:13 AM CST

Supreme Court declines to consider challenge to conversion-therapy ban; 3 justices would have heard case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a challenge to ban in Washington on conversion therapy for LGBTQ minors, prompting dissents from three justices.

Dec 11, 2023 2:05 PM CST

Law firm press release didn’t violate patient confidentiality law, top Illinois court rules

A law firm press release describing its client’s suicide attempt in a hospital emergency room did not violate Illinois law on patient confidentiality, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled.

Dec 4, 2023 2:27 PM CST

6th Circuit refuses to toss special master for ‘mild criticism’ in his mistaken ‘reply all’ email

A federal appeals court has rejected a bid to toss a special master from opioid litigation because of a mistaken “reply all” email that included his private notes.

Nov 16, 2023 12:08 PM CST

Mom and son charged with kidnapping for allegedly taking minor for abortion outside Idaho

A mother and son in Pocatello, Idaho, have been charged with second-degree kidnapping for allegedly transporting the son’s 15-year-old girlfriend to Oregon to get an abortion without allowing her to tell her parents. Rachael Swainston, 42, and her son Kadyn Swainston, 18, were charged under a kidnapping law that bans…

Nov 6, 2023 2:35 PM CST

17% of BigLaw lawyers and employees feel emotionally depleted by work, survey finds

BigLaw associates are at a higher risk of burnout than their colleagues, according to a survey of lawyers and employees at six large U.S. law firms.

Nov 2, 2023 3:07 PM CDT

First responders used Narcan on napping lawyer and restrained him as he struggled, suit says

An 84-year-old California lawyer has sued the Los Angeles Fire Department for injuries allegedly sustained after first responders administered Narcan, an overdose-halting medication, while he napped in a car in a TJ Maxx department store parking lot.

Nov 1, 2023 2:52 PM CDT

9th Circuit allows challenge to law banning abortions based on genetic abnormality

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that two reproductive health doctors have standing to challenge an abortion law that bans abortions conducted solely because of a genetic abnormality of a fetus.

Nov 1, 2023 8:52 AM CDT

The ABA Well-Being Pledge Turns 5: Progress made, progress needed

Mark Twain once said "action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often." While that general sentiment applies in almost limitless contexts, one centrally relevant to the legal profession is the push to improve mental health and well-being among lawyers and law students.

Oct 23, 2023 8:13 AM CDT

Relax with our favorite long reads of 2023

Listen to our 10 favorite podcast episodes of 2023

Supreme Court will consider whether FDA wrongly expanded access to abortion drug mifepristone

Judges can’t expand narrow exception to abortion ban ‘under the guise of interpreting it,’ Texas Supreme Court says

Supreme Court declines to consider challenge to conversion-therapy ban; 3 justices would have heard case

Law firm press release didn’t violate patient confidentiality law, top Illinois court rules

6th Circuit refuses to toss special master for ‘mild criticism’ in his mistaken ‘reply all’ email

Mom and son charged with kidnapping for allegedly taking minor for abortion outside Idaho

17% of BigLaw lawyers and employees feel emotionally depleted by work, survey finds

First responders used Narcan on napping lawyer and restrained him as he struggled, suit says

9th Circuit allows challenge to law banning abortions based on genetic abnormality

The ABA Well-Being Pledge Turns 5: Progress made, progress needed

Lawyer wants to be jailed with client until long-awaited competency exam takes place

California aims to expand mental health treatment with new conservatorship definition of ‘gravely disabled’

Judge won’t oust opioid special master for bungled email that ‘should have been protected, rather than exploited’

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