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Gender equity questions arise with college athletes’ name, image and likeness agreements

“A lot of schools have considered bringing [third-party] NIL collectives in-house, but they may want to think again,” says Robert Boland, a professor at the Seton Hall University School of Law who previously was an athletics integrity officer at the Pennsylvania State University.

Feb 7, 2025 9:49 AM CST

Poker-playing SCOTUSblog founder has net worth of negative $3.3M, criminal court document says

SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein

Feb 6, 2025 3:21 PM CST

Lawyer suspended for unintentionally shooting brother during ‘horseplay’ with gun

A lawyer in Boca Raton, Florida, has been suspended for 10 days after he unintentionally shot his brother in the biceps during “horseplay."

Feb 6, 2025 12:44 PM CST

Judge resigns for second time after he’s accused of staging fake proceeding

A New York judge has resigned for a second time for allegedly staging a sham proceeding, but this time, he won’t be returning to the bench.

Feb 6, 2025 11:23 AM CST

Storage company contends it has no obligation to sort through client files allegedly left by defunct law firm

A records management company is asking a court to declare that it has no obligation to clients of a defunct Pittsburgh law firm that allegedly left more than 7,500 boxes in its warehouse that likely contain numerous client files.

Feb 6, 2025 9:36 AM CST

Florida considers exception to lawyer confidentiality rule to protect minor clients

The Florida Bar's board of governors could propose an ethics rule change as early as March that would allow lawyers to disclose confidential information to protect minor clients from harm.

Feb 5, 2025 3:59 PM CST

Former Watergate prosecutor and friends reflect on life in ‘Legal Briefs’

For some people, retirement is an opportunity to kick back and finally relax. But for Roger M. Witten, it was a chance to finally tackle that book that he'd been thinking about writing. With a little help from longtime friends and colleagues, Legal Briefs: The Ups and Downs of Life in the Law was born.

Feb 5, 2025 3:45 PM CST

This ‘reinvigorated’ doctrine could be used to challenge Trump’s tariffs

Importers and others who want to challenge tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump could argue that he doesn’t have that power—but the argument isn’t a slam dunk, legal experts say.

Feb 5, 2025 11:59 AM CST

An interview with Judge Frank Caprio, America’s nicest judge—just ask his 20M followers

“I subscribe to the theory of ‘compassionate justice,’” Judge Frank Caprio, 88, says about his judicial philosophy. “I think everybody’s situation is different, so I take people’s personal life story into consideration in the disposition.”

Feb 5, 2025 10:57 AM CST

A Fond Farewell: Law prof’s dying father leads family out of the Palisades wildfire

“Losing our home with all of our possessions pales in comparison to losing my dad. But the things also matter. So many special mementos he had kept for his entire life to pass down to us—letters, photos, memories from our childhoods.”

Feb 5, 2025 10:30 AM CST

Reed Smith plans to open Atlanta office with 37 lawyers from these 2 law firms

Reed Smith announced last week that it is opening an Atlanta office with 33 lawyers from Morris, Manning & Martin and four from Greenberg Traurig.

Feb 5, 2025 8:52 AM CST

Town court judge resigns after using this excuse to avoid jury duty

A town court judge in Rensselaer County, New York, has resigned after allegedly asserting that he should not serve on a grand jury because he is a judge, and he thinks that people who appear in his court are guilty.

Feb 4, 2025 3:17 PM CST

Federal appeals judge, 97, loses bid to unseal documents about her suspension

Federal law does not permit a 97-year-old federal appeals judge to unseal documents about her suspension absent consent of the chief judge of her circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Monday.

Feb 4, 2025 9:30 AM CST

Law prof who used F-word while criticizing political leaders can’t be reinstated immediately, appeals court says

Updated: A state appeals court stepped in after a judge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, issued a temporary restraining order that required Louisiana State University to reinstate a law professor to teaching following his suspension for “inappropriate statements” in the classroom.

Feb 4, 2025 9:14 AM CST

Should lawyers get billable-hour credit for time off? It should be encouraged, ABA House says, but not before debate

What can make the ABA House of Delegates have an hourlong lively debate? Apparently, it’s a resolution aimed at helping ease lawyer stress and achieve a better work-life balance.

Feb 3, 2025 6:58 PM CST

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