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Trump’s New York U.S. attorney pick committed misconduct, disciplinary investigation finds. ow.ly/Flzr50YYrk9 #ethics #legalethics

Pathway Pioneers: A look at supervised practice bar alternatives in 2 states. ow.ly/9hRJ50YYmRs @juliannehill

Your Voice: The loneliness of judging. ow.ly/reVg50YYlRo #YourVoice

Diversity standard should be abolished, standards committee says to ABA Legal Ed council. ow.ly/orvp50YYlhw #ABA #legaleducation #diversity @juliannehill

Advocacy group sues to stop repainting of landmark D.C. reflecting pool. ow.ly/w5XB50YYk3W @AnnaStolleyP

Judge in Charlie Kirk case won’t ban cameras from courtroom. ow.ly/evTW50YYi8n @KevDavis

Legal sector jobs rebound in April, new government data shows. ow.ly/FL2850YYgjf @amandasrobert

Bryan Garner on Words - The Problem of Time-Toggling: In legal writing, don’t make readers reassemble the timeline. ow.ly/8apW50YA0Kn #practicematters #legalwriting @BryanAGarner @BryanGarnerLaw

Trump’s New York U.S. attorney pick committed misconduct, disciplinary investigation finds. ow.ly/EGQ750YYre6 #ethics #legalethics

BREAKING: Federal prosecutors accused the management company and a supervisor of the container ship that slammed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024 of recklessly operating the ship, forging inspection documents and misleading safety investigators, according to a Maryland federal grand jury's criminal indictment. law360.com/articles/24762…

Counsel for Ye defended the rapper during closing arguments in a copyright infringement trial, telling a Los Angeles jury that Ye's alleged unauthorized use of a sound recording in an early version of his Grammy-winning song "Hurricane" was merely a "test drive," and that he ultimately went in a different direction. law360.com/articles/24763…

The full Fifth Circuit had tough questions for lawyers arguing whether a 2023 spending package was constitutionally passed using proxy voting in the US House of Representatives. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/co…

The family of a college student said ChatGPT caused their son’s overdose after he followed medical advice about mixing substances from the chatbot, according to a newly filed lawsuit against OpenAI Foundation and Sam Altman. news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/ope…

Pathway Pioneers: A look at supervised practice bar alternatives in 2 states. ow.ly/9hRJ50YYmRs @juliannehill

Your Voice: The loneliness of judging. ow.ly/reVg50YYlRo #YourVoice

Diversity standard should be abolished, standards committee says to ABA Legal Ed council. ow.ly/hCaA50YYl9b #ABA #legaleducation #diversity @juliannehill

Preservationists sue to stop repainting of landmark D.C. reflecting pool. ow.ly/SIac50YYk0i @AnnaStolleyP

Preservationists sue to stop repainting of landmark D.C. reflecting pool. ow.ly/SIac50YYk0i

Judge in Charlie Kirk case won’t ban cameras from courtroom. ow.ly/XRMk50YYhWe @KevDavis

Lawyer hit with 2 lawsuits alleging use of client trust accounts to run Ponzi scheme. ow.ly/A6q550YYhcV #ethics #legalethics