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    <description>The most important legal stories of the day.</description>
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      <title>Exodus: Thousands of federal lawyers left their jobs by choice or by force in 2025</title>
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      <title>Wisconsin moves to UBE to ease access-to-justice woes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As a way to ease access to justice issues, Wisconsin will start administering the Uniform Bar Exam in order to make it easier to admit&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-10T15:50:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The Burton Book Review: A discussion on ‘When You Come at the King’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Introducing Episode 1 of The Burton Book Review Podcast: We are proud to introduce the first episode of the Burton Book Review Podcast. This episode&#8230;]]></description>
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      <title>Facebook, Instagram pulling ads from lawyers looking for plaintiffs ... to sue them</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Meta Platforms said Thursday it is pulling ads ​from Facebook and Instagram looking to recruit plaintiffs for litigation accusing social media platforms of being addictive&#8230;]]></description>
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      <title>Florida law school pressed to include chapter of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Barry University School of Law is facing pressure from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to include a Turning Point USA campus chapter, alleging that&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-10T15:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>BigLaw firm faces questions over $35M bill</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/biglaw-firm-faces-questions-over-35m-bill/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Brazilian billionaire Alberto Safra is challenging a $35 million bill from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, which included charges from one partner who said&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-10T13:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>John Deere agrees to pay farmers $99M for allegedly monopolizing repair</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/john-deere-agrees-to-pay-farmers-99-million-for-allegedly-monopolizing-repair/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[John Deere agreed Monday to pay $99 million to settle a class action suit brought against it by farmers seeking the ability to repair their&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Corporate Law, Consumer Law, Trials &amp; Litigation,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-04-10T12:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Bar exam prep group Barbri names new co-CEO</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/barbri-names-lucie-allen-co-ceo/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lucie Allen will become a co-CEO of Barbri, a leading bar exam prep company, and will share leadership duties with Steve Fredette, the current CEO&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Diversity, Women in the Law, Careers, Legal Education, Bar Exam, Corporate Law, States, Texas,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-04-09T17:49:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Lawyer sued for charging client for 34.5 hours of work in 1 day</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/australian-lawyer-sued-for-charging-client-for-34-hours-of-work-in-one-day/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[An Australian lawyer has been sued for billing a client for 34.5 hours in a single day. Keith Redenbach, the principal of Redenbach Legal in&#8230;]]></description>
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      <title>Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer Michael Avenatti released from prison, moved to halfway house</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Michael Avenatti, the once-high-profile attorney best known for representing adult film actress Stormy Daniels in her unsuccessful defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, has been&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-09T16:03:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Man who generated sexually explicit deepfakes may be first convicted under new federal law</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An Ohio man who harassed women with sexually graphic artificial intelligence-generated images may be the first person in the country convicted under a new federal&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-09T15:31:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judge takes plea deal on drunk driving charges, plans to remain on bench</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/michigan-judge-takes-plea-deal-on-drunk-driving-charges-plans-to-remain-on-bench/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[A Michigan federal judge pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor drunk driving charge and said afterward he plans to stay on the bench. The&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Judiciary, Trials &amp; Litigation, Traffic Law, States, Michigan,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-04-09T14:12:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Sotomayor criticizes Kavanaugh over immigration stops concurrence</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/sotomayor-criticizes-kavanaugh-over-immigration-stops-concurrence/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/sotomayor-criticizes-kavanaugh-over-immigration-stops-concurrence#When:15:58:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday criticized another member of the high court for failing to understand the consequences of an order issued&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Legal Education, Law Schools, Judiciary, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Immigration Law, U.S. Supreme Court, States, California, Kansas,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-04-08T15:58:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>State supreme court steadfast in ousting of judge for writing column supporting Trump</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/illinois-supreme-court-steadfast-in-ousting-cook-county-judge-for-writing-column-supporting-trump/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/illinois-supreme-court-steadfast-in-ousting-cook-county-judge-for-writing-column-supporting-trump#When:15:36:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[A Democrat-led Illinois Supreme Court is seeking help from a federal judge to affirm its constitutional authority to remove a reinstated Cook County, Illinois, judge&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Retirement, Government, State Government, Judiciary, Court Administration, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, States, Illinois,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-04-08T15:36:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Jones Day is latest BigLaw firm to fall victim to cyber ‘phishing’ incident</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jones-day-latest-big-law-firm-to-fall-victim-to-cyber-phishing-incident/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Jones Day is the latest victim of the Silent Ransom Group, a hacker group that targets law firms. A firm spokesperson said Monday the firm&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-08T15:15:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Quantum Leap? Development of new tech gives lawyers plenty to think about</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most lawyers probably have bad memories of high school physics and would rather get held in contempt of court than learn about quantum mechanics. They&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-08T14:11:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Manual labor and college football shaped the trial lawyer he is today, litigator says</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/litigator-says-physical-labor-and-college-football-shaped-the-trial-lawyer-he-is-today/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Before I ever stood in front of a jury, I stood on the turf at Georgia Tech as a college football player. I’ve also dug&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-07T18:26:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Supreme Court denies hearing challenge to Illinois law banning concealed guns on public transportation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear an opposition to an Illinois law that prohibits concealed-carry permit holders from bringing loaded guns onto public&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-07T16:22:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Job growth in legal industry slows for first time since 2024</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The legal industry’s year-and-a-half streak of employment gains came to an end in March, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-07T15:45:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>2026 law grads at Indiana University will get diploma and $10K</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/indiana-law-may-grads-will-get-a-diploma-and-10000/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[After the 154 JD students graduating from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington, Indiana, walk the commencement in May, each will $10,000,&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-07T14:51:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Former judge convicted over ICE obstruction denied new trial</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A federal judge on Monday refused a former Wisconsin judge's bid for acquittal or a new trial following her conviction for helping shield a defendant&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-07T14:35:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Stanford tops latest US News law school rankings, while Yale slips to second place</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Stanford Law School maintained its top spot in U.S. News & World Report's 2026 rankings of best law schools, as Yale Law School dropped to&#8230;]]></description>
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      <dc:date>2026-04-07T05:01:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>A meeting at the crossroads</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On Feb. 9, the ABA House of Delegates approved, revised and amended Resolution 702, adopting it as ABA policy. The resolution’s first “resolved” clause states:&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, ABA, Midyear Meeting,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-04-06T18:15:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>IRS can collect $371M from former tax lawyer, appeals court rules</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A former tax attorney who helped his wealthy clients avoid paying federal taxes has to immediately pay the IRS $371 million in restitution, a federal&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Sentencing/Post Conviction, White Collar Crime, Government, Tax Law, 7th Circuit Court, States, New York,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-04-06T16:14:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judiciary seeks more security funding amid increase in threats</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[With court security a serious concern for judges, the federal judiciary is requesting increased funding, according to its recently released budget request for fiscal year&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Government, Federal Government, Judiciary, Court Security, Court Administration,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-04-06T14:56:00+00:00</dc:date>
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