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    <description>The most important legal stories of the day.</description>
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    <dc:date>2026-05-15T13:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
    
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      <title>Play-Based Learning: Can simulation games help lawyers learn management and business development skills?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Remember The Game of Life? It’s a board game in which you move your little car along a path from early adulthood to retirement, hoping&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-19T14:40:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aclu_and_biglaw_firm_use_orange_is_the_new_black_to_promote_ny_prison_refor/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Life in a women&#8217;s prison definitely has its downside in a popular Netflix show, Orange is the New Black. But the reality is much worse,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Legal Marketing &amp; Consulting, Practice Management, Criminal Justice, Government, Law in Popular Culture, Trials &amp; Litigation, Tort Law, Constitutional Law, 2nd Circuit Court, States, New York,]]></dc:subject>
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      <title>Court orders hospital to resume gender-affirming care for transgender kids</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Children’s Hospital Colorado must resume offering gender-affirming care to transgender kids, after the hospital received pressure from&#8230;]]></description>
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      <title>Netflix’s ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ will rest his case at end of season 5</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Lincoln Lawyer, Netflix’s popular drama about Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mickey Haller, will rest its case at the end of the show’s fifth&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Entertainment &amp; Sports Law, Law in Popular Culture, Legal Writing,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-19T14:56:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Woman gives birth during arraignment in NYC courtroom</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A woman gave birth in a Brooklyn, New York City, courtroom Friday as she was waiting to appear before a judge on low-level charges. Samantha&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Public Defenders, Judiciary, Court Administration, Public Interest, Access to Justice, Civil Rights, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, New York,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-19T14:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>SCOTUS will examine scope of Title IX protections and whether civil rights law covers work bias claims</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme-court-to-examine-scope-of-title-ix-protections/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to weigh whether federally funded school employees can privately sue for sex discrimination under Title IX of the 1972&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-19T14:09:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>7th Circuit upholds ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy?’ ruling, muses sanctions for ‘fictitious’ citations</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/7th-circuit-upholds-are-we-dating-the-same-guy-suit-musing-sanctions/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Facebook page under the name “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” was at issue in a recent ruling by a federal appeals court. The&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Legal Writing, Media &amp; Communications Law, Trials &amp; Litigation, Litigation Management, Tort Law, Libel, 7th Circuit Court, States, Illinois,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-18T18:06:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Increasing court security concerns restrict some activities, Justice Thomas says</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Heightened security is necessary for U.S. Supreme Court justices, and that makes some things difficult for Justice Clarence Thomas, he recently told a Florida audience&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Judiciary, Court Security, Court Administration, U.S. Supreme Court, 11th Circuit Court, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-18T16:23:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Bar candidates without ABA-accredited degree more likely to flunk, new study finds</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aspiring lawyers who head to the bar exam without earning a law degree from an ABA-approved law school are more likely to flunk the bar&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, ABA, Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Legal Education, Accreditation &amp; Standards, Bar Exam, Law Schools, Legal Education Statistics, Professional Development,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-18T15:38:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Colorado moves to ban fee sharing with nonlawyers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Colorado has passed a bill that bans fee sharing with nonlawyers. Under the bill, known as the Colorado Legal Practice Integrity and Fee-Sharing Prohibition Act,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Practice Management, Law Firms, Practice Finance, Government, Legislation &amp; Lobbying, State Government, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, California, Colorado,]]></dc:subject>
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      <title>Judge in Google antitrust case blasts attorney fees request as ‘shockingly huge’</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/judge-in-google-antitrust-case-blasts-attorneys-fee-request-as-shockingly-huge/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A California federal judge who approved a $700 million antitrust settlement with Google described the class counsel’s $85 million attorney fees request as "patently unreasonable"&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Antitrust Law, Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Lawyer Pay, Corporate Law, Public Interest, Trials &amp; Litigation, Civil Procedure, Litigation Management, Verdicts &amp; Settlements, States, California,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-18T14:33:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ABA Journal earns honorable mention as Magazine of the Year from business publication editors</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The ABA Journal took home an honorable mention as the Magazine of the Year, and its staff won five other awards Thursday in a national&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-15T19:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judge’s ‘disparaging’ courtroom remarks publicly reproved by disciplinary commission</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/la-judges-disparaging-courtroom-remarks-result-in-public-reproval-by-disciplinary-commission/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Los Angeles Superior Court judge who made disparaging remarks and interrupted litigants in court was recently publicly admonished by the state’s judicial disciplinary body&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-15T16:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>BigLaw firm commits nearly $1M to summer associates, nonprofits in new program</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/biglaw-firm-commits-nearly-1m-to-summer-associates-nonprofits-in-new-program/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/biglaw-firm-commits-nearly-1m-to-summer-associates-nonprofits-in-new-program#When:14:51:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is committing nearly $1 million to a new initiative that promotes public service by pairing its summer associates with nonprofit&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-15T14:51:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Trump lawyer picked for appeals court advances to Senate floor</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trump-lawyer-picked-for-appeals-court-advances-through-senate-panel/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/trump-lawyer-picked-for-appeals-court-advances-through-senate-panel#When:14:35:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Updated: The Senate Judiciary Committee recently voted to send the federal court judge nomination of one of President Donald Trump's personal lawyers to the U.S.&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Government, Federal Government, Judiciary, 2nd Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit Court, 8th Circuit Court,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-15T14:35:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Employees sue USDA secretary over ‘increasingly proselytizing’ Christian emails</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/employees-sue-usda-secretary-over-increasingly-proselytizing-christian-emails/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the union representing the agency’s workers are suing the secretary of the deparment over a series of&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-14T18:35:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Former Brooklyn Supreme Court judge arrested for alleged involvement in real estate fraud schemes</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new-york-ex-judge-arrested-in-fraud-investigation/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A former Brooklyn Supreme Court justice was arrested Tuesday for allegedly participating in numerous schemes to defraud investors in commercial real estate deals. Judge Edward&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Government, Local Government, Judiciary, Court Administration, Real Estate &amp; Property Law, States, New Jersey, New York,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-14T17:13:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Anthropic launches Claude for Legal, expands generative AI offerings for lawyers</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/anthropic-launches-claude-for-legal-giving-lawyers-20-new-program-integrations-and-12-practice-area-plugins/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has launched Claude for Legal, dramatically expanding its generative AI offerings for lawyers and legal professionals. In a Tuesday press release,&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-14T16:40:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Fewer law school grads head to government, public interest or clerkship jobs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The number of law school grads who took jobs in government, public interest and federal clerkship positions decreased in 2025. Looking at the data from&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-14T16:05:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>DOJ sues DC Bar amid fight over disciplining Trump administration attorneys</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/doj-sues-dc-bar-amid-fight-over-disciplining-trump-administration-attorneys/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the District of Columbia Bar over its efforts to discipline former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark.&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-05-14T15:24:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Federal judge sentenced to probation in drunk driving case</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal-judge-in-michigan-sentenced-to-probation-in-drunk-driving-case/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A federal judge in Michigan has been sentenced to six months of probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge, Reuters reports.&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Ethics, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Judiciary, States, Michigan,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-14T15:02:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s murder conviction overturned; prosecutors vow retrial</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/alex-murdaughs-murder-conviction-overturned-prosecutors-vow-to-retrial/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Prosecutors in South Carolina said they plan to retry disgraced and disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh in the shooting deaths of his wife and&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Personal Lives, Ethics, Client Protection, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Prosecutors, Sentencing/Post Conviction, White Collar Crime, Trials &amp; Litigation, Evidence, Juries, Litigation Management, Verdicts &amp; Settlements, States, South Carolina,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-13T18:59:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Parents accuse ChatGPT of assisting in son’s drug-induced death</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/parents-accuse-chatgpt-of-assisting-in-sons-drug-induced-death/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The parents of a 19-year-old college student sued technology and research company OpenAI in a California court Tuesday after their son fatally overdosed on a&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Trials &amp; Litigation, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, States, California,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-13T16:40:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Former DLA Piper summer associate sues firm for allegedly revoking job offer over Palestinian ties</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former-dla-piper-summer-associate-sues-firm-for-allegedly-revoking-job-offer-over-palestinian-ties/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A former summer associate at DLA Piper is suing the law firm for alleged discrimination because of her Palestinian origin and pro-Palestine activism. Yasmeen Elagha&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Law Students, Practice Management, Law Firms, Associates, Large Firm, Legal Education, Labor &amp; Employment, Employees, Employers, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Religious Law, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, Illinois,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-13T15:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>2 women sue Las Vegas hotels for allegedly allowing trafficking on premises</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/women-sue-vegas-hotels-for-allowing-trafficking/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/women-sue-vegas-hotels-for-allowing-trafficking#When:15:08:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Two women who alleged that they were trafficked for years by convicted sex offender and former actor Nathan Chasing Horse filed a federal lawsuit last&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Family Law, Domestic &amp; Sexual Violence, Trials &amp; Litigation, Tort Law, States, Nevada,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-05-13T15:08:00+00:00</dc:date>
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