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<guid>https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/less-litigation-more-practical-skills-in-law-school-needed-junior-associates-say#When:15:55:00Z</guid> <description></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Diversity, Law Students, Practice Management, Law Firms, Associates, Legal Education, Professional Development, New Attorneys,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-30T15:55:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Black retired judge who flew first class says flight attendant ordered her to use coach restroom</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/black-retired-judge-who-flew-first-class-says-flight-attendant-ordered-her-to-use-coach-restroom/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/black-retired-judge-who-flew-first-class-says-flight-attendant-ordered-her-to-use-coach-restroom#When:19:29:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[A Black retired judge from Chicago said she was flying first class when an American Airlines flight attendant accused her of 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admits in guilty plea</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/general-counsel-failed-to-file-federal-tax-returns-while-earning-54m-he-admits-in-guilty-plea/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/general-counsel-failed-to-file-federal-tax-returns-while-earning-54m-he-admits-in-guilty-plea#When:14:30:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[The former general counsel for the Moody’s Corp. pleaded guilty last week to willfully failing to pay tax returns during a four-year period in which…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Sentencing/Post Conviction, White Collar Crime, In-house Counsel, Tax Law, States, New Jersey,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-30T14:30:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>New US citizens sworn in 100 feet underground</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new-us-citizens-sworn-in-100-feet-underground/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new-us-citizens-sworn-in-100-feet-underground#When:13:55:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[Twenty-nine immigrants from 12 countries were sworn in as U.S. citizens Thursday in an underground ceremony at the Mammoth Cave National Park. <p>Mammoth Cave Park…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Careers, Personal Lives, International Law, Africa, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Immigration Law, International, Asia, India, Europe, United Kingdom, North America, Canada, Mexico, States, Kentucky,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-30T13:55:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>ABA should consider impact of rape-disclosure questions on bar applications, 3 senators tell association</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba-should-consider-impact-of-rape-disclosure-questions-on-bar-applications-3-senators-tell-association/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba-should-consider-impact-of-rape-disclosure-questions-on-bar-applications-3-senators-tell-association#When:17:17:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[The ABA should study the prevalence of bar admissions questions that require the disclosure of campus sexual misconduct complaints and requests for orders of protection,…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, ABA, Career & Practice, Professional Development, New Attorneys, Government, Education Law, States, Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-29T17:17:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lawyer shot while allegedly trying to rob armored car</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-is-shot-while-allegedly-trying-to-rob-armored-car/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-is-shot-while-allegedly-trying-to-rob-armored-car#When:15:51:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[An Arkansas lawyer was taken to the hospital Wednesday after he was allegedly shot by an armored car employee during an attempted robbery, according to…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, States, Arkansas,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-29T15:51:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>How many cases will be affected by ‘certain anomalies’ in work of DNA analyst? 57 lawyers get notices</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how-many-cases-will-be-affected-by-certain-anomalies-in-work-of-dna-analyst-57-more-lawyers-get-notices/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how-many-cases-will-be-affected-by-certain-anomalies-in-work-of-dna-analyst-57-more-lawyers-get-notices#When:14:24:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[A district attorney in Larimer County, Colorado, has notified 57 defense attorneys that their cases may be affected by credibility problems with a retired DNA…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Trials & Litigation, Evidence, Technology, Biotechnology, States, Colorado,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-29T14:24:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lawyer suspended after he’s accused of plying teens with alcohol and touching one of them sexually</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-suspended-after-he-is-accused-of-plying-teens-with-alcohol-and-touching-one-of-them-sexually/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-suspended-after-he-is-accused-of-plying-teens-with-alcohol-and-touching-one-of-them-sexually#When:20:21:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault after being accused of touching his stepdaughter’s 18-year-old friend in a…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Government, State Government, States, Ohio,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-25T20:21:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>1st Circuit allows suit by fired worker who refused to remove Black Lives Matter face mask</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/1st-circuit-allows-suit-by-fired-worker-who-alleged-retaliation-for-black-lives-matter-face-mask/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/1st-circuit-allows-suit-by-fired-worker-who-alleged-retaliation-for-black-lives-matter-face-mask#When:17:39:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit alleging that Whole Foods Market retaliated against a worker who protested the company's ban on Black…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Labor & Employment, Employees, Employers, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, 1st Circuit Court, States, Massachusetts,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-25T17:39:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>‘Oh, shoot, I’m still streaming,’ judge says, after telling staffer ‘we all know’ murder defendant is guilty</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/oh-shoot-im-still-streaming-judge-says-after-saying-accused-murderer-wanted-to-show-hes-a-man/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/oh-shoot-im-still-streaming-judge-says-after-saying-accused-murderer-wanted-to-show-hes-a-man#When:16:07:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[A Texas judge recused herself in two cases involving a murder defendant Wednesday, after she was caught on a hot mic outside the presence of…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Ethics, Criminal Justice, Judiciary, Trials & Litigation, Juries, Technology, States, Texas,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-25T16:07:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lawyer disbarred for destroying his computer, altering metadata before ethics hearing</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-disbarred-for-destroying-his-computer-altering-metadata-before-ethics-hearing/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-disbarred-for-destroying-his-computer-altering-metadata-before-ethics-hearing#When:15:01:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[A New Hampshire lawyer has been disbarred based on allegations that he destroyed his computer before an ethics hearing and altered metadata to make it…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Practice Technology, Government, State Government, Trials & Litigation, Discovery, Evidence, Technology, States, New Hampshire,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-25T15:01:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>With addition of 17 lawyers, Baker McKenzie picks up most of this firm’s corporate team</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/with-the-addition-of-17-lawyers-baker-mckenzie-picks-up-most-of-this-law-firms-corporate-team/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/with-the-addition-of-17-lawyers-baker-mckenzie-picks-up-most-of-this-law-firms-corporate-team#When:20:02:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[Baker McKenzie has added 17 corporate and tax lawyers from Munger, Tolles & Olson, including nine partners from the Los Angeles law firm. <p>The defection…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Associates, Large Firm, Midsize Firm, Partners, Mergers & Acquisitions, States, California,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-24T20:02:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>How to rid house of leavened products during Passover? Mormon law prof has contracts for that</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how-to-rid-house-of-leavened-products-during-passover-mormon-law-prof-has-contracts-for-that/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how-to-rid-house-of-leavened-products-during-passover-mormon-law-prof-has-contracts-for-that#When:17:08:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[A professor at the William & Mary Law School was acting as a “friendly gentile” when he helped draft contracts to purchase unused leavened foodstuffs…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Legal Education, Law Professors, Law Schools, Corporate Law, Contracts, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Religious Law, States, Pennsylvania,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-24T17:08:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Supreme Court won’t hear lawyer’s challenge to anti-bias ethics rule</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme-court-wont-hear-lawyers-challenge-to-anti-bias-ethics-rule/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme-court-wont-hear-lawyers-challenge-to-anti-bias-ethics-rule#When:15:16:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/23-833/299400/20240131160313273_Greenberg%20-%20Cert%20Pet%20final.pdf">a challenge</a> to a Pennsylvania ethics rule that bars lawyers from knowingly engaging in conduct…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, ABA, Career & Practice, Ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Professional Development, Continuing Legal Education, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Trials & Litigation, U.S. Supreme Court, 3rd Circuit Court, States, Pennsylvania,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-24T15:16:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Both sides denied sanctions in Boies Schiller sex-trafficking suit</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/both-sides-denied-sanctions-in-boies-schiller-sex-trafficking-suit/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/both-sides-denied-sanctions-in-boies-schiller-sex-trafficking-suit#When:14:38:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[Neither Boies Schiller Flexner nor the lawyers representing its legal opponents are entitled to sanctions in a sex-trafficking case, a federal judge in New York…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Ethics, Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, States, New York,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-24T14:38:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Where law firms and legal departments are succeeding with innovation</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/where-law-firms-and-legal-departments-are-succeeding-with-innovation/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/where-law-firms-and-legal-departments-are-succeeding-with-innovation#When:16:59:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Aaron Crews, the chief product and innovation officer and head of enterprise at UnitedLex, a provider of alternative legal services.…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Career & Practice, Practice Technology, Practice Management, Business Development, Law Firms, Technology, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-23T16:59:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>10 temporary federal judgeships would become permanent under Senate bill approved on voice vote</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/10-temporary-federal-judgeships-would-become-permanent-under-senate-bill-approved-on-voice-vote/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/10-temporary-federal-judgeships-would-become-permanent-under-senate-bill-approved-on-voice-vote#When:14:36:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate on Saturday approved by voice vote a bipartisan bill that would make permanent 10 temporary federal district court judgeships. <p><a href="https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/zjpqwzbqqpx/04222024judges.pdf">The bill</a>…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Government, Legislation & Lobbying, Judiciary, 9th Circuit Court, States, Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-23T14:36:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Second groundbreaking ABA AI and economic justice webinar set for April 26</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/second-groundbreaking-aba-ai-and-economic-justice-webinar-set-for-april-26/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/second-groundbreaking-aba-ai-and-economic-justice-webinar-set-for-april-26#When:13:53:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[On April 26, the ABA, in partnership with the National Association of Consumer Advocates, will host “<a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/events_cle/recent/ai-and-consumers">AI and Consumers: The Invisible Impact on Economic…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Bar Associations, ABA, Career & Practice, Practice Technology, Corporate Law, Consumer Law, Public Interest, Access to Justice, Civil Rights, Technology, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-23T13:53:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Lawyer seeking sanctions ‘descended into schoolyard antics’ at deposition, Quinn Emanuel says</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-seeking-sanctions-descended-into-school-yard-antics-at-deposition-quinn-emanuel-partner-says/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-seeking-sanctions-descended-into-school-yard-antics-at-deposition-quinn-emanuel-partner-says#When:16:09:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alex Spiro, a partner with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, may have given some responses that "were pointed at times" during a deposition of his…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Trials & Litigation, Deposition, Tort Law, Libel, States, Texas,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-22T16:09:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Gender bias suit against Lewis Brisbois cites ‘sycophantic’ attorney favoritism, ‘systemic business deficiencies’</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/gender-bias-suit-against-lewis-brisbois-cites-sycophantic-attorney-favoritism-business-deficiencies/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/gender-bias-suit-against-lewis-brisbois-cites-sycophantic-attorney-favoritism-business-deficiencies#When:15:07:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA["Systemic business deficiencies" rooted in mismanagement at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith had a disparate impact on a female former partner suing the law firm…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Diversity, Women in the Law, Careers, Practice Management, Law Firms, Partners, Practice Finance, Labor & Employment, Trials & Litigation, Litigation Management, States, California,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-22T15:07:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>From Intake to Outcome: An in-house lawyer’s guide to matter management solutions</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/from-intake-to-outcome-the-in-house-lawyers-guide-to-matter-management-solutions/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/from-intake-to-outcome-the-in-house-lawyers-guide-to-matter-management-solutions#When:19:09:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[In today's fast-paced world, in-house teams require robust tools to manage the complexities of their daily workflows. Matter management software fills this gap and provides…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Career & Practice, Careers, Practice Technology, Practice Management, Business Development, Law Firms, In-house Counsel, Technology, Artificial Intelligence & Robotics, Big Data & Cloud Computing,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-19T19:09:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>2 BigLaw firms in merger talks that could produce 1,600-lawyer firm with top 50 revenue</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/2-biglaw-firms-in-merger-talks-that-could-produce-1600-lawyer-firm-with-top-50-revenue/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/2-biglaw-firms-in-merger-talks-that-could-produce-1600-lawyer-firm-with-top-50-revenue#When:20:16:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders and Locke Lord are in merger talks to create a law firm that could take a spot in the Am Law…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career & Practice, Careers, Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Mergers & Acquisitions,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-18T20:16:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Send in the paralegals</title> <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/send-in-the-paralegals/</link> <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/send-in-the-paralegals#When:18:45:00Z</guid> <description><![CDATA[And what about the paralegals? Who are they? What can they do? <p>The word “para” is a Greek word meaning “beside,” or “alongside.” In many…]]></description> <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Career & Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Paralegals, Public Interest, Access to Justice,]]></dc:subject> <dc:date>2024-04-18T18:45:00+00:00</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss>If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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