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BigLaw partner is charged with securities fraud in connection with alleged Ponzi scheme
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz health care partner Jon Darrell Seawright has been charged along with a former lobbyist at the firm for their…
FCC approves plan to make some phone calls cheaper for inmates and their families
The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously Thursday to make phone calls more affordable for people in prisons or jails by approving a plan to reduce…
How legal practice is like working retail
“Have you got your blade?” the leader asked, as we walk past the hoes on the corner.“Yep,” I replied, drawing out my box cutter. I’d…
New AI-powered legal writing tool aims to help lawyers craft winning briefs
Shortly after Jacqueline Schafer entered the courtroom for the final hearing in an asylum case that she was litigating several years ago, she sensed that…
Judge is accused of forcing staff to take diet pills, using Facebook aliases, warning of the devil
A domestic relations judge in Birmingham, Alabama, has been accused in an ethics complaint of forcing her staff to take diet pills and abusing prescription…
Afternoon Briefs: Trump-boosting fake lawyer sentenced; 3 of Biden’s new judicial picks have public defender experience
Trump-boosting fake lawyer sentenced to prison A Tennessee man who founded Students for Trump has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for posing as…
Citing First Amendment, 4th Circuit reverses conviction for retired Air Force officer’s use of N-word
A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a white retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who used the N-word while complaining about a Black…