Week News

• Suit seeking to hold gunmaker liable in Sandy Hook shootings can proceed after SCOTUS denies cert

• Afternoon Briefs: 2019 could be ‘decent year’ for law firms; tight schedule led to bar exam leak, report says

• War crimes judges approve inquiry into violence against Rohingya

• Kavanaugh jokes about ‘SNL’ parody of him in first major speech since confirmation

• Trump adviser Roger Stone is convicted for lying about WikiLeaks in congressional probe of Russian influence

• Lawyer didn’t lie to judge about grandfather’s death but fudged the date, letter reveals

• AG Barr accuses Democrats of war on Trump that’s intended to ‘incapacitate the executive branch’

Month News

• Report calls for more support for relatives of Britons murdered abroad

• Defense bar decries ‘reptile’ approach by plaintiffs’ lawyers

• Demystifying mergers and acquisitions in legal tech

• Longtime prosecutor is fired after judge finds him in contempt for alleged disrespect

• Afternoon Briefs: Judge bans trick-or-treat warning signs; Johnny Depp settles fee dispute

• Poland broke EU law by trying to lower age of retirement for judges

Year News

• Letter: Judith Kazantzis obituary

• Former prisoner sues Ministry of Justice over PTSD from rats

• Client and lawyer, a ‘willful enabler,’ sanctioned over $1M for ‘simply obscene’ condo litigation

• Chelsea Manning to remain in jail after appeals court denies bail request

• Retired appeals court chief justice receives lifesaving gift from former colleague