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The Biglaw Partner/Federal Judge Romance Scandal Has A $15 Million Ending
The long-running legal saga born of a bankruptcy judge’s secret romance with a Biglaw partner may finally be winding down… for the price of $15 million. For those just tuning in: David R. Jones, the (now former) federal bankruptcy judge for the Southern...
Incoming ABA President Barbara Howard highlights need to protect voting rights
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Former city attorney found guilty of misconduct
{mag_summary} A jury has found a former Milwaukee city attorney guilty of felony misconduct for using his office for personal benefit. Tearman Spencer, 69, who…
BigLaw is bringing out big incentives for lateral candidates
{mag_summary} As the bidding war for top talent in BigLaw escalates, more law firms are offering bigger bonuses, greater starting equity shares and other financial…
Why timing matters in the mail-in voting dispute
The Supreme Court’s collection of art and objects associated with the justices includes a top hat worn by Justice Felix Frankfurter. The hat was made by the same company that “later crafted the wide-brimmed hat worn by Indiana Jones in the 1981 film, Raiders of the...
When the court denies racism that others see
In a decision allowing the Trump administration to move forward with plans to end humanitarian immigration protection for hundreds of thousands of people living and working in the United States, the majority of justices on the Supreme Court concluded that top...
Reproductive technologies and the federal constitutional vacuum
This article was adapted from an essay that first appeared in the essay collection America Unfinished: 250 Years of Law and Governance (MIT Press, 2026).***We are on the cusp of some revolutionary new reproductive technologies. Yet the Supreme Court has been silent on...
South Korea relieves general after DMZ weapons policy, drone incidents
South Korea has relieved the army commander responsible for the western section of the DMZ after investigations into two recent security lapses.
'Shoot Donald Trump': Man wanted to 'take a couple shots' at president in Mar-a-Lago assassination attempt, now he's headed to prison
Inset: President Donald Trump speaks outside the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon). Background: President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen on Sept. 14, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe...