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Kirkland & Ellis is raising its top billing rate for bankruptcy work to $2,465 per hour by Jan. 1, according to court filings cited by Reuters.

Justice Clarence Thomas told a Republican lawmaker in 2000 that one or more justices might leave the U.S. Supreme Court if Congress didn’t authorize a pay raise, according to a new report by ProPublica.

Updated: The response was swift after a man named as a New York lawyer was caught on video ranting about Spanish-speaking restaurant employees—and threatening to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

In 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court again dramatically changed the law. What were the most significant developments of the past year?

A suspect had a Fifth Amendment right to refuse to give police his cellphone passcode, the Utah Supreme Court has ruled.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has obtained apology letters written by lawyers Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro as part of their plea agreements in an election-interference case in Fulton County, Georgia. It didn’t take much ink to reproduce them in full.

A Republican lawmaker has filed an ethics complaint alleging that U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington, D.C., suggested that reelecting former President Donald Trump

Its been another fascinating year in the legal industry and for our coverage at the ABA Journal. And like clockwork, 2023 will be here before we know it.

Rudy Giuliani, once a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, can’t immediately appeal a recent $148 million verdict against him for defaming two Georgia election workers.

A New York judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial is expected to issue a decision as early as next month on any additional punishment following closing arguments in the case.