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Magicians Penn & Teller file Supreme Court brief questioning use of ‘investigative hypnosis’

Two of the world’s most famous magicians have filed a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing that using "investigative hypnosis" to help a witness identify a man convicted of murder is nothing but an illusion.

Apr 17, 2026 9:59 AM CDT

Justice Jackson slams Supreme Court’s emergency orders

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has slammed her conservative colleagues’ use of the emergency docket, which handed a series of victories to President Donald Trump at the beginning of his second term.

Apr 16, 2026 9:32 AM CDT

Lessons learned after coming out of retirement to be a pro bono prosecutor

On my 81st birthday, I found myself back in the courtroom, cross-examining a defendant and his ballistics experts in a murder trial—an unexpected chapter after winding down my practice as a senior litigation partner at Thompson Coburn. The experience underscored the reality facing many prosecutors today: While the nature of violent crime and defenses has changed, the need for hands-on training from experienced prosecutors has not.

Apr 15, 2026 2:52 PM CDT

Charlie Kirk’s widow retains attorney who was late husband’s friend

A South Florida attorney who said he was a friend of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk will be his widow’s victim representative in the Utah prosecution of her husband’s accused killer.

Apr 13, 2026 9:21 AM CDT

Judge takes plea deal on drunk driving charges, plans to remain on bench

A Michigan federal judge pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge and said afterward he plans to stay on the bench.

Apr 9, 2026 9:12 AM CDT

Shakespeare and the 7 stages of my retirement

On my first day of practice, I bought a leather armchair that I fully intended to use forever. Retirement was something that happened to senior partners, disgruntled lawyers or cranky old judges. Years later, I realized Shakespeare had already mapped it out.

Apr 8, 2026 3:01 PM CDT

Quantum Leap? Development of new tech gives lawyers plenty to think about

Most lawyers probably have bad memories of high school physics and would rather get held in contempt of court than learn about quantum mechanics. They might change their tune when they learn about the potential and promise of quantum computing.

Apr 8, 2026 9:11 AM CDT

Manual labor and college football shaped the trial lawyer he is today, litigator says

Before I ever stood in front of a jury, I stood on the turf at Georgia Tech as a college football player. I’ve also dug graves, worked on offshore oil rigs and branded cattle as a ranch hand. At first glance, none of these roles seem to have much in common with the world of high-stakes trial law that I’ve occupied for nearly 40 years. Yet each one instilled lessons and forged qualities that have been invaluable in the courtroom.

Apr 7, 2026 1:26 PM CDT

Judge removed from bench amid charges of lying, assisting landlords on evictions

An upstate New York judge has been removed from the bench after a state investigation found that he advised landlords on an illegal eviction, secretly contacted a crime victim and lied under oath.

Apr 6, 2026 9:21 AM CDT

2 government attorneys resign over use of fake AI citations

Two attorneys in New Orleans' law department have resigned after an investigation found that they used artificial intelligence to create fake case citations in a court filing.

Apr 2, 2026 9:43 AM CDT

Chemerinsky: Breaking down the issues in the birthright citizenship case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in one of the most high-profile cases of the term, Trump v. Barbara, a challenge to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. The executive order, issued Jan. 20, 2025, provides that only those born to citizens or green card holders are United States citizens. As the solicitor general says in the petitoners' brief: “In short, the order does not recognize children of illegal aliens or temporarily present aliens as citizens by birth.”

Apr 2, 2026 9:09 AM CDT

Rethinking the Legal Talent Pipeline: Why convenience is costing firms opportunity

I spend my days thinking about talent. Not in the abstract and not as a talking point but in the very real sense of who gets hired, who advances, who quietly exits and why. Over the years, I have watched law firms wrestle with the same questions again and again: how to identify excellence, how to remain competitive, and how to adapt to a workforce that looks and thinks differently from what it was even a decade ago.

Apr 1, 2026 12:18 PM CDT

Stolen Treasures: A lawyer and a Holocaust survivor help families find items that Nazis seized decades ago

Sometimes when they are working together at her home, Detroit attorney Jonathan Schwartz brings the deli food while Holocaust survivor Clara Garbon-Radnoti smokes maybe a cigarette or two. For almost two decades, Garbon-Radnoti has been translating documents contained in over 180 digitized, searchable microfilm reels with more than 160,000 frames that were donated to the Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

Apr 1, 2026 1:50 AM CDT

Exodus: Thousands of federal lawyers left their jobs by choice or by force in 2025

A political party shift in the White House traditionally doesn’t change much for career government lawyers. But the second President Donald Trump administration issued directives that some lawyers who worked in federal government say they couldn’t follow for ethical reasons.

Apr 1, 2026 1:45 AM CDT

250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence

Some 250 years ago, a group of colonists set about to create change. While hailed as one of the most significant documents in history, the Declaration of Independence was at its core a 27-count indictment against the king of England and a call for application of our natural rights to self-governance. The declaration outlined the various acts and behaviors that infringed on the “unalienable rights.” Before the Second Continental Congress could vote on independence, there was debate. Were they going to fight for rights as British citizens, or were they going to fight for independence from Great Britain?

Apr 1, 2026 1:40 AM CDT

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