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AG Garland Pushes Major Law Firms and Law Schools to Protect Renters Against Eviction

The Crime Report

Supreme Court decision last week to remove protections created by the federal government in response to the pandemic, reports Bloomberg News. Attorney General Merrick Garland urged members of the legal community to take immediate action to help address the “looming housing and eviction crisis.”

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How Lawyers and Elected Officials Are Combatting Homelessness

LegalTalkNetwork

Insights From an Expert Attorney Carolyn Perez , a program counsel at the Legal Services Corporation and former senior counsel at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless (WLCH), recently shared her insights on Talk Justice regarding her experience providing civil legal services to individuals facing homelessness.

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LOST LICENSES OVER COCKTAILS?

NewmanFerraraLLP

Urooj Rahman, (formerly with Bronx Legal Services), and Colingford King Mattis, (previously with Pyror Cashman LLP), set a police car on fire using an explosive device known as a “Molotov Cocktail.” ” According to a federal court decision, “the crime was violent, reckless, and lawless.”

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Chief Justice: “no one is above the law, no one is outside of the law”

At the Lectern

Supreme Court decision. Presidential immunity In 2024, the Chief Justice impliedly criticized the federal high court for overruling precedents about abortion and affirmative action, and for its ethics problems. to prevent people from accessing the court, including attempts by federal immigration agents.

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ABA Annual Meeting 2018

LegalTalkNetwork

In addition to top caliber speakers like Eric Holder, Rod Rosenstein, and Rahm Emanuel stopping by to present, major issues like #MeToo, immigration, the 14th Amendment, the opioid epidemic, the student loan bubble, bias at SCOTUS, the death penalty, the future of the Legal Services Corporation, and much more were discussed.

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Will You Survive? How Trump’s Upheaval is Reshaping Your Legal Career”

The Estrin Report

Given the highly political nature of these aims and the precedent of the first Trump administration, legal challenges to changing regulations are likely. Furthermore, recent Supreme Court decisions curbing the power of regulatory agencies set the stage for an additional litigation surge.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: So Many Legal Ethics Headlines, Engaging In Democracy, Ethics Jobs & More

Above The Law

Law Firm Following Court Approval. after a court decision made it the first Big Four accounting firm eligible to practice law in the country. The Arizona Supreme Court on Thursday granted the accounting giant final approval to obtain a license to create its own firm, KPMG Law. Read more here (gift link). #2

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