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Working Mother’s list of best law firms for women marks progress over 5 years

The number of female lawyers promoted to equity partner has increased by almost 25% in the past five years, according to Working Mother Media’s latest list of best law firms for women.

Sep 9, 2020 2:20 PM CDT

DOJ files rare request to represent Trump in columnist’s defamation lawsuit

In an unusual move Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to intervene in a defamation lawsuit brought against President Donald Trump by E. Jean Carroll, an author and advice columnist who has accused him of sexual assault.

Sep 9, 2020 12:35 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: COVID-19 outbreak in attorney’s office leads to court suspension; prosecutor killed while cycling

COVID-19 outbreak in Jefferson County attorney’s office leads to court suspension Three criminal court dockets in the Jefferson County Circuit Court in Louisville, Kentucky, will be suspended through Sept. 30 after three prosecutors and another staff member in the Jefferson County attorney’s office tested positive for COVID-19. An additional 16…

Sep 8, 2020 4:35 PM CDT

Assistant attorney general loses job after reports surfaced of racist social media posts

An assistant attorney general in Texas lost his job last week after reports surfaced that he referred to Black Lives Matter protesters as “terrorists” and promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory on Twitter.

Sep 8, 2020 10:28 AM CDT

Surveyed midlevel associates discuss snacks, decor, boring work and burnout

Midlevel associates waxed philosophical, critiqued office food and decor, and discussed burnout in verbatim comments collected in an American Lawyer survey.

Sep 3, 2020 1:03 PM CDT

‘Talk less, smile more’: The Hamilton-Burr conundrum law students face today

Law students, like Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, are facing questions of whether to stay silent or speak up about societal issues such as social justice in this country, their interests and safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sep 3, 2020 12:25 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: Justice Ginsburg officiates wedding; more women and minorities join GC ranks

Justice Ginsburg officiates wedding U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg officiated at an outdoor wedding Sunday, about a month and a half after revealing that she was receiving chemotherapy for liver cancer. The bride tweeted a photo showing Ginsburg at a lectern in her judicial robe, without a mask.…

Sep 2, 2020 4:27 PM CDT

Do manipulative, combative people achieve better career success? A new study sheds light

Toxic behavior doesn’t lead to any additional career success than kindness does, according to a new study tracking nearly 500 people over a 14-year period.

Sep 1, 2020 2:37 PM CDT

A flood of age discrimination lawsuits is expected from COVID-19 and the economic downturn

The novel coronavirus pandemic has raised unprecedented legal questions for U.S. employers and employees who are older than 40 or who have a medical disability. Labor and employment attorneys say they are receiving a flood of complaints and questions about layoffs, firings and recalls to the workplace.

Sep 1, 2020 1:12 PM CDT

Lawyer can’t sue over poor Avvo rating and allegedly incorrect bar status, federal judge rules

Updated: A federal judge in Seattle has tossed a lawyer’s $1.5 million defamation lawsuit against Avvo for allegedly posting false information that made him look “terrible.”

Aug 28, 2020 2:17 PM CDT

Meet the 2020 Margaret Brent Award honorees

Updated: Despite the distance between them, an appellate judge from Washington, D.C., and four attorneys from around the country came together virtually Thursday to receive the 2020 Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Awards.

Aug 27, 2020 1:41 PM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: 3 online law schools get state accreditation; cop immobilization maneuver can be fatal

3 fully online law schools get California accreditation On Friday, California accreditation was given to three online law schools—the Concord Law School at Purdue University Global, the Northwestern California University School of Law and the St. Francis Law School. Two other online schools, the California School of Law and the…

Aug 25, 2020 4:13 PM CDT

Working Mother’s list of best law firms for women marks progress over 5 years

DOJ files rare request to represent Trump in columnist’s defamation lawsuit

Afternoon Briefs: COVID-19 outbreak in attorney’s office leads to court suspension; prosecutor killed while cycling

Assistant attorney general loses job after reports surfaced of racist social media posts

Surveyed midlevel associates discuss snacks, decor, boring work and burnout

‘Talk less, smile more’: The Hamilton-Burr conundrum law students face today

Afternoon Briefs: Justice Ginsburg officiates wedding; more women and minorities join GC ranks

Do manipulative, combative people achieve better career success? A new study sheds light

A flood of age discrimination lawsuits is expected from COVID-19 and the economic downturn

Lawyer can’t sue over poor Avvo rating and allegedly incorrect bar status, federal judge rules

Meet the 2020 Margaret Brent Award honorees

Afternoon Briefs: 3 online law schools get state accreditation; cop immobilization maneuver can be fatal

General counsel of Fortune 500 company talks gratitude, empathy and a decade of lessons he learned

‘Persnickety dude’ government lawyer points out New York Times typos on Twitter

Second probate judge in Georgia dies from COVID-19; 8 others also became ill

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