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Girl Scouts mom is ousted from Rockettes show after facial recognition IDs her as lawyer in banned law firm
A New Jersey mom taking her daughter to see a show featuring the Rockettes as part of a Girl Scouts field trip was recently ousted…
Lawyer who missed deadline after spending 25 minutes trying to file ECF document gets no mercy from 10th Circuit
A lawyer has failed to persuade a federal appeals court that his missed deadline should be excused because of his difficulty filing a complaint with…
Law school class of 2022 may be ‘most diverse entering class in history,’ LSAC says
Relying on data from ABA Standard 509 Information Reports released Monday, the Law School Admission Council has found that for the incoming law school…
Lawyer fatally shot by client died a hero, law firm partner says
Updated: A North Carolina personal injury lawyer who was shot and killed by a client Monday died while trying to save others, the managing partner…
This lawyer tackled lifelong anxiety to free herself from ‘The Box’
Since childhood, Wendy Tamis Robbins experienced debilitating anxiety and panic attacks. Her perfectionism pushed her to achieve in sports and academics, and her high level…
Longtime disability rights advocate Scott LaBarre dies at 54
Scott LaBarre, a longtime member of the ABA who advocated for the rights of people with disabilities, died on Dec. 10 after a short battle…
Chief justice temporarily continues Title 42 policy that expelled asylum-seekers based on COVID-19 dangers
Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily kept in place a policy that quickly turned back asylum-seekers on the ground that they could contribute to…
Lawyer is convicted in staged slip-and-fall scheme that involved unnecessary surgeries
A New York lawyer was convicted Friday in a scheme to recruit people to participate in staged slip-and-fall accidents and then to undergo unnecessary…
Why this BigLaw firm recently started a legal ops division
What are legal operations? According to the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium, legal ops can be loosely defined as a “set of business processes, activities…