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    <title>ABA Journal Top Stories</title>
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    <description>The most important legal stories of the day.</description>
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    <dc:rights>Copyright 2018</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2018-11-14T16:29:00+00:00</dc:date>
    
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      <title>Model Rules changes aim to help avoid ableism when representing clients with disabilities</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/model-rules-changes-aim-to-help-avoid-ableism-when-representing-clients-with-disabilities/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary}Lawyers, when representing an individual with disabilities, can make assumptions, and some might not want to spend time trying to figure out how best to&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Career &amp; Practice, Diversity, Ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Client Protection, Disability Law, Practice Matters,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-07-01T06:05:00+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[{mag_summary} 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&#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>DOJ fired lawyer because she wouldn’t bend rules for Mel Gibson, lawsuit alleges</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawsuit-alleges-doj-lawyer-was-fired-because-she-wouldnt-bend-the-rules-for-mel-gibson/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} In a lawsuit filed Thursday, a former U.S. Department of Justice lawyer claims that she was wrongfully terminated after refusing to restore gun ownership&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Administrative Law, Family Law, Domestic &amp; Sexual Violence, Domestic Relations, Government, Federal Government, Attorney General, Law in Popular Culture, Celebrities, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, District of Columbia,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T19:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>DC appeals court blames Deutsche Bank lawyers for AI hallucinations</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dc-circuit-blames-deutsche-bank-lawyers-for-ai-hallucinations/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dc-circuit-blames-deutsche-bank-lawyers-for-ai-hallucinations#When:18:53:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Calling it a &#8220;cautionary tale about the misuse of artificial intelligence,&#8221; the District of Columbia Court of Appeals struck down a Deutsche Bank subsidiary&#8217;s&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Legal Writing, Trials &amp; Litigation, Appellate Practice, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, States, District of Columbia,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T18:53:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>2 BigLaw firms fined $2M, accused of helping client make false statements</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/biglaw-firms-fined-2m-for-helping-client-make-false-statements/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/biglaw-firms-fined-2m-for-helping-client-make-false-statements#When:15:51:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Kirkland &amp; Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom have agreed to pay $2 million in sanctions amid accusations that they helped a&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Client Protection, Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Government, Health Law, Trials &amp; Litigation, Evidence, Tort Law, Medical Malpractice, States, Georgia,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T15:51:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Florida International University faculty raise red flags as Trump aide moves to interim law dean post</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/fiu-faculty-raise-red-flags-as-trump-aide-moves-to-law-dean-post/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Faculty at Florida International University are raising red flags regarding the appointment of Daniel Z. Epstein as the interim dean of the law school,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Legal Education, Accreditation &amp; Standards, Law Schools, Government, Education Law, State Government, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T15:36:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Home addresses of federal judges available online, new report says</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/home-addresses-of-federal-judges-available-online-report-says/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/home-addresses-of-federal-judges-available-online-report-says#When:15:10:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Federal judges’ home addresses are available online, according to a new report, despite a judicial security law intended to protect their information as they&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Personal Lives, Government, Legislation &amp; Lobbying, Judiciary, Court Security, Court Administration, Public Interest, Privacy Law, States, New Jersey,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T15:10:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Will California lawyers see new AI guidance?</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/will-california-lawyers-see-new-ai-guidance/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Lawmakers and state bar leaders in California are considering stricter rules around the use of artificial intelligence in response to the continued rise of&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Client Protection, Government, Legislation &amp; Lobbying, Legal Writing, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, States, California,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T14:50:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>‘Survivor Greece’ contestant whose leg was severed in boating accident sues for over $100M</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/survivor-greece-contestant-whose-leg-was-severed-in-boating-accident-sues-for-100-million/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A contestant on Survivor Greece who lost his leg in a boating accident during production has sued the reality TV show’s producers claiming that&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Entertainment &amp; Sports Law, Law in Popular Culture, Trials &amp; Litigation, Tort Law, Injury &amp; Accident Law, International, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-04T14:35:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Personal injury case management platform Hona launches AI agent</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/personal-injury-case-manager-hona-launches-ai-agent/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Updated: Hona, a case management platform for personal injury law firms, has unveiled Lia, its artificial intelligence agent. Law.com reported Wednesday that Lia facilitates&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Technology, Practice Management, Law Firms, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, Tort Law, Injury &amp; Accident Law,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-03T16:23:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Cyberattack targeting Thomson Reuters’ C-Track impacts courts in multiple jurisdictions</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/cyberattack-targeting-thomson-reuters-c-track-impacts-courts-in-multiple-jurisdictions/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Thomson Reuters said Wednesday a cyberattack on its web-based court management software C-Track has impacted court records in multiple jurisdictions and could potentially expose&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Cybersecurity, Government, State Government, Judiciary, Court Administration, Technology, States, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Wyoming,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-03T15:59:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>State supreme court justice has medical incident on bench</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/west-virginia-supreme-court-cancels-court-when-justice-suffers-medical-incident/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/west-virginia-supreme-court-cancels-court-when-justice-suffers-medical-incident#When:15:36:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The West Virginia Supreme Court canceled oral arguments Wednesday after one of the justices &#8220;experienced a medical incident&#8221; while on the bench, court officials&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Personal Lives, Government, State Government, Health Law, Healthcare &amp; Pharmaceutics, Judiciary, Court Security, Court Administration, States, West Virginia,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-03T15:36:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Florida Bar rejects judges’ ethics complaint over DHS lawyer’s social media posts</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/florida-bar-rejects-judges-ethics-complaint-over-dhs-lawyers-social-media-posts/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/florida-bar-rejects-judges-ethics-complaint-over-dhs-lawyers-social-media-posts#When:15:09:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The Florida Bar has rejected an ethics complaint filed by 128 retired federal and state judges against the general counsel of the U.S. Department&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Government, Federal Government, Rule of Law, State Government, Judiciary, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Immigration Law, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-03T15:09:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Lawyer helped retrieve hidden safe containing cocaine after son’s arrest in Penn State drug ring, former frat brother testifies</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-helped-retrieve-hidden-safe-containing-cocaine-after-sons-arrest-in-penn-state-drug-ring-former-frat-brother-testifies/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer-helped-retrieve-hidden-safe-containing-cocaine-after-sons-arrest-in-penn-state-drug-ring-former-frat-brother-testifies#When:14:46:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A Pittsburgh lawyer charged in connection with a drug trafficking ring with his son and other fraternity brothers at Pennsylvania State University allegedly helped&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, States, Pennsylvania,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-03T14:46:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Which 10 law schools turn out the most law profs?</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/which-10-law-schools-turn-out-the-most-law-profs/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/which-10-law-schools-turn-out-the-most-law-profs#When:14:27:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The path to becoming a law professor is relatively cut and dried: Go to law school, earn a JD, work on a law review,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Legal Education, Accreditation &amp; Standards, Law Professors, Law Schools, Labor &amp; Employment, States, Illinois, Indiana,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-03T14:27:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Former federal judge joins A&amp;amp;O Shearman as IP partner</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/texas-federal-judge-joins-ao-shearman/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/texas-federal-judge-joins-ao-shearman#When:18:47:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A former federal judge in Texas has joined A&amp;O Shearman as an intellectual property partner. The law firm announced in a Tuesday press release&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Intellectual Property Law, Judiciary, States, Texas,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-02T18:47:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Social media loves Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer Kevin Reddington, aka ‘Shreddington’</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/social-media-loves-lindsay-clancy-defense-lawyer-kevin-reddington-aka-the-shreddington/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/social-media-loves-lindsay-clancy-defense-lawyer-kevin-reddington-aka-the-shreddington#When:16:39:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} As the jury in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse charged with strangling and killing her three small&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Trials &amp; Litigation, Juries, Verdicts &amp; Settlements, States, Massachusetts,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-02T16:39:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Lawyers and bar associations should defend judicial independence, new report says</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers-should-defend-judicial-independence-report-says/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Lawyers and bar associations should step up efforts to defend judicial independence, according to a report released Monday by the Berkeley Judicial Institute at&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, ABA, Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Legal Education, Law Schools, Government, Rule of Law, Judiciary, Court Security, Court Administration, States, California, New York,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-02T15:55:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Attorney arrested and charged for allegedly running $1.45M Ponzi scheme</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/texas-attorney-arrested-for-running-1.45m-ponzi-scheme-federal-prosecutors-say/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Federal prosecutors have accused an attorney from Grand Prairie, Texas, of running a $1.45 million Ponzi scheme. On Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould of&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Corporate Law, Securities Law, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, White Collar Crime, Real Estate &amp; Property Law, Tax Law, International, North America, Mexico, States, Texas,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-02T14:53:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ILTACON 2026: The race to connect the dots—and the data</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/iltacon-2026-and-the-race-to-connect-the-dots/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/iltacon-2026-and-the-race-to-connect-the-dots#When:14:20:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[If I had to choose a word to describe the past year in legal technology, it would be “exponential.” We’ve seen exponential increases across the&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Career &amp; Practice, Practice Technology, Practice Management, Business Development, Legal Writing, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, States, Tennessee,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-02T14:20:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Does Bryan Garner think AI will end bad legal writing?</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/does-bryan-garner-think-ai-will-end-bad-legal-writing/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Artificial intelligence is making legal writing cheaper, faster and less embarrassing. Its first achievement won’t be a flowering of legal thought. It’ll be the elimination&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Bryan Garner on Words, Legal Writing, Trials &amp; Litigation, Litigation Management, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-02T14:04:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Chemerinsky: The legal legacy of 9/11</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/chemerinsky-the-legal-legacy-of-9-11/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/chemerinsky-the-legal-legacy-of-9-11#When:14:03:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[The terrorist attack on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, had a profound lasting effect on our legal system and our society. As the&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Erwin Chemerinsky, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Guantanamo/Detainees, Terrorism, Government, Federal Government, Judiciary, Legal History, U.S. Supreme Court,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-02T14:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Lawyers withdraw as counsel for singer known as D4vd in murder trial of 14-year-old girl</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/in-los-angeles-murder-trial-lawyers-withdraw-as-counsel-for-singer-known-as-d4vd/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A singer known as D4vd, who was charged with killing a 14-year-old girl found in the trunk of his Tesla, is now being represented&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Public Defenders, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, California,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-01T16:22:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Duquesne University law school looks to real-world legal AI use to inform curriculum</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/duquesne-kline-law-looks-to-real-world-legal-ai-use-to-inform-curriculum/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/duquesne-kline-law-looks-to-real-world-legal-ai-use-to-inform-curriculum#When:15:56:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A year after launching its AI and Law Collaboration program, the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University is building upon that&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Legal Education, Law Schools, Professional Development, New Attorneys, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, States, Pennsylvania,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-01T15:56:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Jones Day lawyer returns to firm after stint at DOJ</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jones-day-lawyer-returns-after-stint-at-doj/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jones-day-lawyer-returns-after-stint-at-doj#When:15:33:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A lawyer who worked in the U.S. Department of Justice and fought some of the second Trump administration&#8217;s high-profile legal battles, including defending the&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Partners, Government, Federal Government, Trials &amp; Litigation, Civil Procedure, Litigation Management, States, District of Columbia,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-09-01T15:33:00+00:00</dc:date>
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