1:36 PM ABA Journal
The nation's 100 highest-grossing law firms had an average 6.6% increase in gross revenue last year, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to... [Read More]
12:43 PM ABA Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a defendant can be sentenced to life without parole for a homicide committed as a juvenile without a... [Read More]
10:48 AM ABA Journal
Three Democratic lawmakers are asking U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself in a First Amendment dispute because a group related to... [Read More]
10:25 AM ABA Journal
A former office operations manager at Morrison & Foerster pleaded guilty to felony mail fraud Wednesday for using a law firm credit card to make... [Read More]
Wednesday, April 21 - 3:24 PM ABA Journal
Only 17% of justices on state supreme courts are Black, Latino, Asian American or Native American, according to a report by the Brennan Center for... [Read More]
Wednesday, April 21 - 1:13 PM ABA Journal
Legal experts see First Amendment problems with Florida's new anti-riot bill, signed into law by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday. [Read More]
Wednesday, April 21 - 11:25 AM ABA Journal
An appeal is "a virtual certainty" following the conviction Tuesday of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd with a knee to... [Read More]
For 2020 graduates of ABA-accredited law schools, 77.4% had long-term, full-time jobs that required or preferred bar passage, compared to 80.6% for the class of... [Read More]
Tuesday, April 20 - 4:43 PM ABA Journal
Judges who write colorful opinions that are lively and engaging are undermining the integrity of the judicial role and the legitimacy of opinions, a law... [Read More]
Tuesday, April 20 - 1:02 PM ABA Journal
Legal woes are mounting for Kossoff name partner Mitchell Kossoff, who is facing lawsuits from clients alleging the theft of millions of dollars in escrow... [Read More]
Tuesday, April 20 - 12:08 PM ABA Journal
A Nashville, Tennessee, circuit judge's divorce records must be turned over to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation amid an investigation into his deposition testimony, a... [Read More]
Tuesday, April 20 - 11:20 AM ABA Journal
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented Monday when the high court refused to hear a case in which a shackled defendant reenacted a murder... [Read More]
Tuesday, April 20 - 10:33 AM ABA Journal
A Colorado judge has accepted a public censure and agreed to resign after she acknowledged using the N-word in a conversation with court employees and... [Read More]
Monday, April 19 - 3:23 PM ABA Journal
A partner at Littler Mendelson in its Atlanta office is no longer listed on the law firm's website after a company claimed that it was... [Read More]
The Florida Supreme Court's recent decision to prohibit diversity quotas for continuing legal education programs may reverberate beyond the borders of the Sunshine State. [Read More]
Monday, April 19 - 1:06 PM ABA Journal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether trial testimony for a criminal defendant can open the door to rebuttal evidence that would... [Read More]
Monday, April 19 - 11:27 AM ABA Journal
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is billing at $2,295 as a partner at Covington & Burling, according to a contract that the firm... [Read More]
Since ascending to the Oval Office, President Joe Biden has issued executive orders, memorandums and actions to address the Trump administration's aggressive immigration agenda. For... [Read More]
Monday, April 19 - 10:32 AM ABA Journal
A federal judge in New York City has ruled against a former income partner with Katten Muchin Rosenman in the federal government's bid to garnish... [Read More]
Threats of baseless litigation can amount to extortion under the Hobbs Act, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco ruled Tuesday. [Read More]
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