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- The State Bar of California hit pause on a provisional licensure plan for those who took its disastrous February bar.
- Walmart and Gerber are among the companies that must face a lawsuit over tainted baby food, a judge ruled.
- An appeals court paused an order reversing Trump actions at Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
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More than 300 law professors and other legal groups submitted court briefs backing law firm Perkins Coie in its lawsuit challenging President Trump's executive order that punished the firm for its work for Hillary Clinton and its diversity policies. Professors from dozens of U.S. law schools including Harvard, Yale and Stanford argued in their filing late on Wednesday that Trump's March 6 order targeting Perkins Coie is unconstitutional and threatens the integrity of the U.S. judicial system. The filing was part of a wave of friend-of-the court briefs from outside groups voicing alarm over the president's orders against Perkins Coie and other law firms. Blake Brittain and Mike Scarcella have more on those briefs. |
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Oklahoma has hired one of Washington's top appellate lawyers for a coming clash over First Amendment religious rights and charter schools at the U.S. Supreme Court. The state turned to Latham's Gregory Garre, a former Republican-appointed U.S. solicitor general, to lead the team for Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond. Latham will bill up to $250,000 for the work at the high court. Read more in this week's Billable Hours. |
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By pledging a combined $340 million in free legal work as part of deals to evade President Donald Trump's business-threatening executive orders, four law firms committed to a slate of pro bono causes. First on each list: assisting veterans. In some ways, writes Jenna Greene in her latest column, it's easy to see why agreeing to the work could be relatively painless. Who doesn't support veterans? Still, the settlements appear to use pro bono as a bargaining chip and raise the specter of chilling the activities of the legal profession. |
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