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The first thing you should learn about the Law is the Constitution of the United States of America.
Constitution
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and…
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Afternoon Briefs; SCOTUS overturns another agency structure; corporate diversity suit allowed
Supreme Court rules FHFA structure is unconstitutional The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is unconstitutional because…
The victory lap: Why I still go to the office after retirement
Property rights group notches another SCOTUS victory in ruling against agricultural unions
A California regulation allowing union organizers to access private property of employers is a physical taking requiring just compensation, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in…
SCOTUS rules for fleeing misdemeanor suspect charged after police entered his garage
Supreme Court rules for cheerleader suspended for using F-word on Snapchat
Developing: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Pennsylvania school district violated a cheerleader’s First Amendment rights when it suspended her from the squad…
Tax charges don’t deter ADA lawyer, who filed a thousand access complaints after indictment
Sacramento, California, lawyer Scott Johnson has filed more than a thousand disability access complaints in the San Francisco Bay Area since his May 2019 indictment…
Summer reading picks and a book that’s coming to the silver screen
Summer is upon us, vaccinations are making travel safer, and you may be looking forward to getting some leisure reading done. In this episode of…
Afternoon Briefs: Suit tossed over ‘stateless’ BigLaw partners; Lafayette Square claims dismissed
New ABA data parses out bar exam pass rates by race and ethnicity
2 BigLaw firms offer voluntary separation packages to staff members as part of reorganization
Staff members at Reed Smith and Fox Rothschild have been offered voluntary separation packages that appear to be part of a BigLaw trend to reduce…
Judge sanctions Dechert lawyers for ‘willful disregard’ of her order on impeachment evidence
A federal judge overseeing 3M earplug litigation in Pensacola, Florida, has sanctioned a Dechert lawyer $10,000 for showing jurors a slide on the devices’…
Biden reverses course on Trump’s immigration policies—but will high-skilled workers return?
Town justice, elected with single write-in vote, resigns after he is accused of failing to attend training
A town justice in Hornby, New York, who never heard any cases since his November 2019 election, has agreed to resign. Hornby Town Court Justice…
ABA brief backs ‘individualized content questioning’ of possible jurors in high-publicity cases
Possible jurors in high-profile cases should be individually questioned to determine what they have read and heard about a case and how it affected their…
Demographics as destiny: Making the case for law firm diversity and inclusion
Afternoon Briefs: Supreme Court limits patent board’s power; gun-pointing lawyer explains plea
Run your immigration practice with this software
It’s not easy managing a law firm in 2021. Your firm may be entirely remote or some (or even all) of your firm’s lawyers and…
Is it a 3-3-3 Supreme Court? Barrett opinion gives Goldman Sachs partial win in class-action case
Supreme Court upholds some education benefits for NCAA athletes; will other limits fall?
Garland vacates DOJ opinions restricting asylum in cases of domestic abuse and gang violence
Afternoon Briefs: SCOTUS tosses child slavery case; DOJ drops suit and probe over Bolton book
SCOTUS tosses suit over child slavery in Ivory Coast The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Nestlé USA and Cargill can’t be sued here under…
Disbarred lawyer can’t discharge debt he owes state bar for client losses, bankruptcy judge says
More than 270 associates have left New York’s 10 most profitable law firms this year; where did they go?
Supreme Court rules for Catholic foster agency that refuses to place children with same-sex couples
Affordable Care Act survives; SCOTUS rules states have no standing to challenge individual mandate
Afternoon Briefs: Hate speech mustn’t be normalized, ABA president says; Title IX protects gay and transgender students
ABA president: Hate speech legitimizes intolerance ABA President Patricia Lee Refo said Tuesday the association is “deeply troubled” by recent hate speech directed at Jewish,…
Biden’s latest judicial picks include a voting rights lawyer nominated to the 2nd Circuit
President Joe Biden’s latest round of judicial picks includes Myrna Pérez, a voting rights lawyer nominated to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at…
Pro se defendant’s grandiose remarks not disqualifying, 4th Circuit says; some trial lawyers are ‘outright narcissists’
DOJ seeks reinstatement of death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber
A new evidence management tool aims to help public defenders process video and audio
What do law students think of remote learning during the pandemic? A new survey sheds lights
Afternoon Briefs: Senate confirms Biden appellate judge; how SCOTUS justices supplemented their 2020 income
Senate confirms Biden’s first appellate judge On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Judge chides lawyers for ‘tit-for-tat squabbles’ and ‘shenanigans,’ sanctions one for shut-up command
A federal magistrate judge in Florida has criticized two lawyers for “needless and inappropriate bickering” during depositions and sanctioned one of them partly for telling…
With criticisms of the NCBE, New York bar group suggests state create its own bar exam
Citing lack of evidence, prosecutor drops summons against appeals judge accused of nearly hitting protester
Judge pursues criminal charges against 3 US marshals after underling won’t disclose COVID-19 vaccination status
A brief primer on LGBTQ allyship for lawyers
Afternoon Briefs: Dechert associate wins ‘Jeopardy!’ and fans’ hearts; judge sides with hospital requiring vaccines
Jurors are told former law firm partner created sham creditor to help client shield assets
Several minutes into 9th Circuit online hearing, lawyer realizes he’s arguing the wrong case
After Milbank raises associate salaries, Davis Polk goes higher and some follow
Forfeiture of convicted drug dealer’s Land Rover was an excessive fine, state supreme court rules
Afternoon Briefs: Toobin returns to CNN after Zoom exposure; DOJ inspector general will review leak subpoenas
Jeffrey Toobin returns to CNN after Zoom incident Journalist and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has returned to CNN eight months after he masturbated during…
Longtime lawyer is investigated in shooting outside his law office; ‘a number of attorneys’ carry guns
A Connecticut real estate lawyer is under police investigation following a fatal shooting Monday evening in the parking lot outside his law firm’s office in…
In closing brief, disbarred environmental lawyer claims his prosecution is ‘run by an oil company’
A closing brief filed on behalf of disbarred environmental lawyer Steven Donziger contends that the criminal contempt case against him “has all the trappings…
ABA president urges House to help prevent elder abuse
ABA President Patricia Lee Refo is urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass bipartisan legislation to help prevent elder abuse across the country. In…
