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Law firms will need to make harder choices if they want to keep up, but many firms are too tepid about where to drill down, noted consultant Kristin Stark.        

Joyy Inc, which suffered a substantial stock price fall after the announcement by Baidu, is seeking legal advice and will ‘consider all options at its disposal’.        

“I think when we do the work that needs to be done for legal education, we have to have courage,” incoming AALS President Melanie Wilson said. “We have to act with courage.”        

Judge Daniel Gaul was immediately suspended from the bench without pay for one year after he was found to have committed 29 rule violations under eight counts.        

Judicial dispute was prompted by decision that the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act preempts local environmental ordinance.        

The Illinois First District Appellate Court held that two insurance companies didn’t owe an employer a duty to defend in an underlying Biometric Information Privacy Act suit.        

U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton, in the Central District of California, issued the Tuesday docket entry after three days of testimony last year in a competency hearing and a final round of briefing.        

“Law schools have a critical role to play in the future of our democracy,” said outgoing AALS president Mark Alexander.