ABA Journal

07/07/2025

Transgender teacher likely to fail in First Amendment challenge to Florida pronouns law, 11th Circuit says. https://ow.ly/INAX50WlPl1

A federal appeals court has ruled against a teacher who challenged a Florida law barring K-12 public school employees from communicating their preferred pronouns to students in the classroom if they don’t comport with their s*x assigned at birth.

07/07/2025

New legal tech service helps renters recover security deposits in New York. https://ow.ly/Mpj150WlO32

The Depositron project seeks to help tenants by having them input their information and upload photos documenting the property’s condition. The app will then automatically generate a demand letter citing New York state law and legal warnings. This letter may be used as evidence in legal claims.

07/07/2025

AG Bondi cited this justification for Trump's power to ignore TikTok ban. https://ow.ly/1QF050WlJGj

The U.S. Department of Justice is “irrevocably relinquishing” claims against technology companies that provided services to TikTok in violation of the law banning the Chinese-owned social media app, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said in letters released to the New York Times under the Freedom ...

07/07/2025

Hoping to mark huge leap into legal tech's future, Clio buys startup vLex for $1B. https://ow.ly/uW1r50Wjb89

Clio has purchased Spanish startup vLex for a whopping $1 billion. The combination of the Canadian software company Clio, a cloud-based legal tech leader utilized by more than 200,000 legal professionals, and vLex, a legal intelligence and global research platform, which includes Fastcase and Vincen...

07/06/2025

Your Voice: Legal aid is a lifeline for families and communities. https://ow.ly/PJfC50WiFkV

Each year, our organization, Community Legal Services, provides legal assistance to thousands of individuals who otherwise could not afford counsel. Our work, and that of the volunteer attorneys who support us, is essential in helping people navigate matters as simple as signing a lease or as comple...

07/06/2025

Federal judge's defamation suit over alleged hacking inference tossed after he's deemed public official.

A federal judge in Miami has tossed dueling defamation claims stemming from a dispute over condo repairs in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that involve a New York federal judge.

07/06/2025

Trump executive order "cuts Susman off at the knees," judge says, permanently blocking it.

A fourth federal judge has granted a permanent injunction blocking President Donald Trump from targeting law firms because of the clients they represent and the causes that they back.

07/06/2025

Chemerinsky: Supreme Court's term was all about taking sides on the ideological divide. https://ow.ly/GyPJ50WjIL4

Each year, I write a book for the American Bar Association about the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent term. I look for a theme that explains many of the cases and use it for the title. My planned title for this year is October Term 2024: Taking Sides.

07/06/2025

Relationship-building is not just a side hustle. https://ow.ly/lLfz50VVH98

07/06/2025

SCOTUS will consider liability of internet company for known music piracy by its users. https://ow.ly/haGz50WjaV5

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether an internet service provider can be liable for materially contributing to copyright infringement if it failed to terminate internet access for customers known to be pirating music.

07/05/2025

More class action suits, shadow docket rulings may follow SCOTUS decision nixing nationwide injunctions. https://ow.ly/wZqG50WiBUE

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision limiting nationwide injunctions Friday left open the possibility of workarounds and more work for the high court, according to analyses by two law professors.

07/05/2025

Court disbars ex-prosecutor convicted for secret recordings, says he created impression "justice is for sale." https://ow.ly/o2Tb50WjTFR

A former part-time prosecutor convicted for secretly recording intimate images of two lovers, including a woman he prosecuted, has been disbarred.