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The rise of dark money is a threat to judicial independence

July 5, 2018, 7:15 am CDT

Courts can't order Yelp to take down negative review of law firm, California Supreme Court rules

July 5, 2018, 7:10 am CDT

California judiciary has paid nearly $645K in six years for gender-based misconduct claims

July 5, 2018, 7:05 am CDT

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Probate judges in at least seven Alabama counties refuse to issue marriage licenses to any couples, same-sex or heterosexual, so lawmakers may abolish licenses altogether. Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri and Montana have similar proposals.

From the July 2018 issue

Ex-lawyer is convicted in wife's 1973 murder; his disbarment had connection to unsolved slaying

July 5, 2018, 7:00 am CDT

Judge orders stop to blanket detention of asylum seekers at 5 locations

July 3, 2018, 12:55 pm CDT

Does your office have unusual amenities?

July 3, 2018, 12:19 pm CDT

Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging constitutional right to literacy; plaintiffs vow appeal

July 3, 2018, 10:21 am CDT

Indiana's attorney general is accused of groping lawmaker under her clothes at bar party

July 3, 2018, 10:21 am CDT

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Does your office have unusual amenities?

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Does your office have any unusual amenities? If so, what are they? If not, do you wish it did, or would you rather work in a more traditional space? Answer in the comments.

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