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Lawsuit Challenging Apple’s Digital Content Offerings Can Proceed: Federal Judge

A federal judge will allow a class action lawsuit, which challenges the way Apple offers digital content, to proceed. So reports The Verge.

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2020 Class Having Harder Time Finding Top Law Jobs: Data

New data from the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar shows that graduates holding “long-term, full-time jobs that required or preferred bar passage” were lower for the class of 2020 when compared to 2019. So reports the ABA Journal.

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Ex-Illinois Speaker Spent $7M in Legal Fees and Still Hasn’t Been Charged

Embattled former Speaker of the Illinois House, Mike Madigan, has spent nearly $3 million in legal fees this year, and almost $6.8 million to date. So reports The Chicago Sun-Times.

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Houston Tax Lawyer Charged with Aiding Billionaire’s Evasion for 15 Years

Carlos Kepke, a Houston tax lawyer, was charged with helping billionaire Robert F. Smith hide approximately $225 million from the federal government. So reports Bloomberg.

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NFL Star's Attorney: Video Shows Assault Lawsuit Has It All Backwards

Casey White, a lawyer representing NFL-star Aaron Donald, says video evidence refutes the claim that Donald assaulted De’Vincent Spriggs outside of a nightclub near Pittsburgh. So reports ESPN.

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Olive Garden Parent Under Fire for Tipping Policy: Lawsuit

One Fair Wage is suing Darden Restaurants after claiming the company’s tipping policy “encourages sexual harassment and racial discrimination against its waitstaff.” So reports CNBC.

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Judge in Google Antitrust Suit Aims to Protect Confidential Data of Unnamed Firms

Judge Sean Jordan of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, who is hearing an antitrust lawsuit against Google, has limited what the search engine’s lawyers will have access to as a way to ensure “confidential information used in an upcoming trial remains secure.” So reports Reuters.

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Big Jump in Participation in LGBTQ Law School Survey Sign of Progress: Sponsor

The National LGBT Bar Association released the results of its 2020-2021 Campus Climate Survey and noted the poll netted responses from 110 law schools, which is up 26% from the previous year’s survey.

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Details Emerge from Kansas Lawmaker’s DUI Arrest

Details of the arrest of Kansas Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop have emerged as Highway Patrol Trooper Austin Shepley recently submitted an affidavit with respect to the incident. So reports The Hill.

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Redditors: 'NDLS Massacre' Frustrating Reality for Prospective Students

The University of Notre Dame Law School had to stop taking admissions deposits well ahead of its deadline. So reports Inside Higher Ed.

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