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International Law

Amal Clooney was among the experts who advised on the International Criminal Court arrest warrants

Biotechnology

Judge allows unjust enrichment suit for use of cancer patient’s ‘immortal’ cells

Access to Justice

Asylum-seekers face ‘serious shortage of lawyers’ to help them

Law Firms

BigLaw firm will pay up to $20M to top partners, an amount needed ‘to be at the big table’

Legal Education

Journey toward fully online law schools inches forward after ABA Legal Ed council vote

Judiciary

Judge in Trump hush-money trial received letter of caution for making $35 in political contributions

U.S. Supreme Court

Upside-down flag flew at Justice Alito’s house after neighbor dispute

ABA Journal

ABA Journal named Magazine of the Year for second year in a row

Judiciary

‘Soft-hearted’ former judge admonished for using his cash to encourage settlement

Law Firms

Former BigLaw employee alleges she was wrongly fired for vaccine refusal

Judiciary

Biden has installed the most non-white judges of any president

Ethics

California bar plans to expunge attorney discipline records under certain conditions

Legal Education

ABA Legal Ed council gives its blessing to alternative licensing

Cannabis Law

With reclassifying proposal for cannabis, companies are seeing green

Law Firms

Lawsuit allegations against Sullivan & Cromwell are ‘innuendo masquerading as facts,’ motion says

Criminal Justice

Another state approves death penalty for child rape

First Amendment

Driver won’t obey judge’s order to apologize for his command to police officer

Election Law

Supreme Court restores Louisiana voting map with majority-Black district

U.S. Supreme Court

SCOTUS upholds funding scheme for consumer agency; ‘the framers would be shocked,’ Alito dissent says

Consumer Law

Are tacos and burritos sandwiches? A judge in Indiana ruled yes

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