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Only 58% of women lawyers in BigLaw would recommend legal careers for their daughters, survey says
Work-life balance is still an issue for women lawyers working in BigLaw, according to a survey of nearly 200 women attorneys by legal intelligence provider…
Pregnant criminal defense lawyer on bed rest loses trial-delay bid in top state court
The Ohio Supreme Court on Sunday rejected a bid by a pregnant lawyer on bed rest to stay a trial scheduled to begin the next…
Judge chastises BigLaw lawyers for making demands after opposing counsel seeks delay for newborn
Updated: A federal judge in New York City has chastised lawyers for Proskauer Rose for demanding five concessions from the opposing counsel in a job-bias…
Sotomayor and Gorsuch didn’t recuse in cert denials involving their publisher
U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Neil Gorsuch failed to recuse themselves when considering cert petitions involving the publisher of their books, Penguin Random…
‘No Mention of Ginni’: Judicial activist directed consulting payment to wife of Justice Thomas
Leonard Leo, the former executive vice president of the Federalist Society, directed a Republican polling company to pay the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice…
Supreme Court stays execution of inmate who won support from Oklahoma AG
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday stayed the execution of an Oklahoma inmate after the state attorney general said he supported vacating the conviction. In…
After judge calls prosecution office a ‘rudderless ship of chaos,’ its leader resigns
“Embattled” is a word that multiple news stories have used to describe St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who announced her resignation Thursday, after she…
Judicial committee advances proposal to regulate the use of visual aids at federal trials
A proposed rule that would regulate the use of visual aids during federal trials has won approval from the U.S. Judicial Conference’s Advisory Committee on…
White House unveils plan to bolster rehabilitation as Biden commutes sentences of 31 people
The White House hopes to promote rehabilitation of incarcerated people and their reentry into society with a strategic plan released April 28. The plan was…
Gun owner who challenged ban on bump stocks wins in latest 6th Circuit decision
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a gun owner who challenged a federal regulation that bans bump stocks—the devices that dramatically accelerate…