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Year in Review

Bryan Garner’s 2022 legal writing tips

Dec 22, 2022 8:34 AM CST

Constitutional Law

Physician-assisted suicide is not protected by Massachusetts Constitution, top state court rules

Dec 21, 2022 3:52 PM CST

Technology

Girl Scouts mom is ousted from Rockettes show after facial recognition IDs her as lawyer in banned law firm

Dec 21, 2022 2:16 PM CST

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer who missed deadline after spending 25 minutes trying to file ECF document gets no mercy from 10th Circuit

Dec 21, 2022 12:30 PM CST

Legal Education

Law school class of 2022 may be ‘most diverse entering class in history,’ LSAC says

Dec 21, 2022 11:32 AM CST

Criminal Justice

Lawyer fatally shot by client died a hero, law firm partner says

Dec 21, 2022 8:54 AM CST

The Modern Law Library

This lawyer tackled lifelong anxiety to free herself from ‘The Box’

Dec 21, 2022 8:34 AM CST

Health Law

‘Major questions’ doctrine applies to presidential authority, 5th Circuit says in federal contractor vaccine case

Dec 21, 2022 8:33 AM CST

Ethics

Judge ruled on traffic citations before hearing date to cover for planned absence, ethics complaint alleges

Dec 20, 2022 12:11 PM CST

Obituaries

Longtime disability rights advocate Scott LaBarre dies at 54

Dec 20, 2022 10:40 AM CST

U.S. Supreme Court

Chief justice temporarily continues Title 42 policy that expelled asylum-seekers based on COVID-19 dangers

Dec 20, 2022 10:08 AM CST

Tort Law

Lawyer is convicted in staged slip-and-fall scheme that involved unnecessary surgeries

Dec 20, 2022 9:05 AM CST

Election Law

Why the Jan. 6 committee highlights actions of 3 lawyers and an ex-law prof in DOJ referrals against Trump

Dec 19, 2022 4:06 PM CST

Tort Law

Damages cap is unconstitutional as applied to woman sexually abused as a child, top state court rules

Dec 19, 2022 12:17 PM CST

Legal Education

There are fewer JD students this year and increases in non-JD programs, new ABA data says

Dec 19, 2022 11:07 AM CST

LGBTQ Legal Issues

Athletes who challenged transgender-inclusive sports policy are still champions and lack standing, 2nd Circuit rules

Dec 19, 2022 10:50 AM CST

Court Security

Congress passes bills to protect judges, remove statue of Dred Scott decision author

Dec 19, 2022 8:46 AM CST

News Roundup

Weekly Briefs: Giuliani committed ethics violation, committee says; Justice Kavanaugh criticized for attending party

Dec 16, 2022 3:00 PM CST

In-House Counsel

Most of Twitter’s former legal staff is gone, as is Elon Musk’s personal lawyer Alex Spiro, reports say

Dec 16, 2022 11:37 AM CST

Death Penalty

2022 could be called ‘the year of the botched execution,’ new report says

Dec 16, 2022 10:25 AM CST