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Law Schools Become Energy Industry Pipelines: Climate Group Sounds the Alarm

Law Students for Climate Accountability, a group of U.S. law students critical of law firms that represent fossil fuel clients,…

Women in Texas Denied Life-Saving Abortions Despite Health Complications: Lawsuit Filed

A lawsuit filed on March 7, 2023, in state court in Austin, Texas, has accused doctors and hospitals in Texas…

Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing $26M Relinquishes Law License After Lavish Spending on Gambling, Jets, and Luxury Companions

Former managing partner, Nathan E. Hardwick IV of Atlanta, has resigned from his Georgia law license following his conviction for…

Drug Firm Exec Sentenced to Over 2 Years for Illegally Selling Opioids

Laurence Doud, former CEO of Rochester Drug Co-operative, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for conspiring to distribute…

Gibson Dunn Partner Clears Name in Qatar Hacking Case, No Conflict of Interest Found

Zainab Ahmad, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor, has denied having…

Ethics Charges Filed After Tweets Advocating Shooting Demonstrators and Burning MSNBC Anchor’s Home

A lawyer from Los Angeles is facing charges of ethics violation due to her Twitter posts that called for the…

Court Strikes Down Missouri Gun Law: “Unconstitutional!”

On Tuesday, a U.S. federal judge ruled that a Missouri state law declaring several federal gun laws as "invalid" is…

US News Criticizes Law Schools Opting Out of Ranking System

In recent months, several law schools in the United States have decided to opt out of the U.S. News rankings,…

Laugh Out Loud with the Best Legal Joke of the Day – Legal Humor to Brighten Your Day!

A lawyer, who was talking to his son about entering college, said, “What go into your head that you want…

Laugh Out Loud with the Best Legal Joke of the Day – Legal Humor to Brighten Your Day!

An investment banker decides she needs in-house counsel, so she interviews a young lawyer. “Mr. Peterson,” she says, “Would you…

Biden Taps Top Law School Dean for Supreme Court Committee

President Joe Biden has appointed the dean of the University of Virginia (UVA) Law School, Risa Lauren Goluboff, to the…

Law Firm Suspended by Federal Court for 856 Cases of Insurance Misrepresentation

McClenny, Moseley & Associates, a Houston-based law firm, has been suspended from practice in a Louisiana federal court for 90…