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Criminal Justice

How this lawyer reacted when client claimed to be Messiah and demanded $25K

Obituaries

Federal judge who ‘despised obituaries written by funeral home hacks’ wrote his own

Real Estate & Property Law

Florida lawyer uses ‘unorthodox foreclosure auction’ tactics to ensure clients get deals on property, report says

Law Schools

State affirmative-action bans decreased racial diversity by up to 47% at top public law schools, study finds

Legal Education

ABA proposal to accredit online law schools faces opposition from law deans

Trials & Litigation

Recruiter Major Lindsey blackballed associate for suing law firm, showing ‘bogus’ commitment to diversity, suit alleges

Constitutional Law

Inmates in New York are suing to be allowed to see the solar eclipse

Death Penalty

Burdened prison staffers seeking more time between executions should ‘suck it up,’ top criminal court judge says

Health Law

Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation’s strictest abortion bans to take effect

Law Firms

Judge refuses to toss suit claiming lawyer, a Civil War buff, played ‘Dixie’ and watched disturbing racist videos at work

Election Law

Trump ramps up attacks on judges, sparking concerns as criminal trial nears

Bar Exam

Number of February MBE test-takers has rebounded from pre-pandemic era, but how are national mean scores?

Personal Lives

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

Artificial Intelligence & Robotics

Artificial intelligence could make originalist analysis easier, federal appeals judge says

Law Firms

Fennemore Craig makes another mass lawyer hire, leading to closure of Denver law firm

Law Firms

Weekly performance meetings in glass room visible to others were retaliatory, plaintiff says in suit against Morgan Lewis

Health Law

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

Criminal Justice

Alex Murdaugh sentenced to 40 years for financial crimes

U.S. Supreme Court

Relying on ‘secret evidence’ to deny visa for spouse violates due process, ABA says in SCOTUS amicus brief

Practice Technology

Blaming Word setting for overlong briefs is ‘somewhat hard to believe,’ federal judge says as she tosses footnotes

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