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Judge violated ethics rules for ordering teens' detention but not for legislative and Tea Party remarks, court finds

The University of Georgia School of Law has the best return on investments for law students, according to an analysis by legal jobs aggregator LawCrossing.

The estate of former professional football player O.J. Simpson has approved a $58 million claim filed by the father of Ron Goldman, who was fatally stabbed along with Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in 1994.

McDermott Will & Schulte said it is “fielding inbound interest” from outside investors after the Financial Times reported that the law firm is considering splitting off its back-office work into a managed service organization in which private equity could own a stake.

Perkins Coie and Ashurst announced a planned merger Monday that will create a law firm with about 3,000 lawyers in 52 offices in 23 countries.

A former Polsinelli partner who claims the law firm fired her after she complained about sexual harassment has filed a joint notice with the defendants stating that she is dismissing her federal lawsuit with prejudice.

Indicted SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein can’t sell his home to pay his defense attorneys, a federal judge ruled last week as she denied six of his pretrial motions in the tax evasion case against him.

A new courthouse portrait of an Arkansas judge who resigned amid a disciplinary investigation won’t be hanging without a footnote of sorts, according to an order by Judge Stephen Shirron, the administrative judge of the state’s Seventh Judicial Circuit.

Three more BigLaw firms announced four-days-per-week attendance policies this week as the move for more time in the office picks up.

Over $200M verdict overturned in 'Maya' hospitalization case chronicled in Netflix documentary

Law firms that enter into agreements with the government that may limit or shape their law practices should consider the ethical implications, according to an October ethics opinion by the District of Columbia Bar.

Apparent AI errors snag BigLaw firm; 1 case 'is totally fake,' another 'is almost real,' federal judge says

A former Duane Morris tax partner is accused in a criminal complaint of murdering his wife in his Chicago condo building by throwing her over a railing from a 24th floor stairwell.

Updated: The former judicial ethics chief in Colorado has filed a lawsuit alleging that Colorado Supreme Court justices

Two federal judges who released opinions that included fake information explained in letters released Thursday that the problems stemmed from staff members’ use of artificial intelligence.

A former Duane Morris partner whose wife was found dead at the bottom of a stairwell in his Chicago condo building was sentenced to 93 days in jail and two years of probation Monday in a case stemming from domestic abuse in two prior incidents at her Michigan home.

The federal judiciary ran out of money for full, paid operations Monday, according to an announcement by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

A Minnesota judge who retired after his suspension cannot change his first name to “Judge,” according to a court decision last week.

Lawyer's defamation claim against attorneys who obtained sanctions is revived by 5th Circuit

Frost Brown Todd and Gibbons plan to merge in January, creating a law firm with 800 lawyers in 25 offices.