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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 2020</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2020-07-28T16:26:00+00:00</dc:date>
    
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      <title>Disbarred lawyer allegedly collected client fees, faked performing work</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/disbarred-indiana-lawyer-collects-client-fees-and-fakes-the-work/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary}A disbarred Indiana attorney has been accused of collecting legal fees and pretending to perform the work that he was hired to do. Jared Thomas,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Client Protection, Practice Management, Law Firms, Paralegals, Government, State Government, States, Indiana,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-27T16:20:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Did ‘corporate speak’ and PowerPoint lead to complacency at GM?</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/did_corporate_speak_and_powerpoint_lead_to_complacency_at_gm/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} General Motors employees were taught to be careful when writing about safety issues. A 2008 Power Point presentation had some helpful suggestions, according to&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[In-house Counsel, Tort Law, Consumer Law,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2014-06-11T17:22:01+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Weil, Gotshal &amp;amp; Manges creates AI-centric 1L summer program</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/weil-creates-ai-centric-1l-summer-program/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/weil-creates-ai-centric-1l-summer-program#When:18:53:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Weil, Gotshal &amp; Manges is launching an artificial intelligence-based program for 2027 1L summer associates that will pair law students with the firm&#8217;s AI&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Law Students, Practice Management, Law Firms, Associates, Large Firm, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-27T18:53:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Neil Young sues Trump for $10M over unauthorized use of ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/neil-young-sues-trump-for-10m-over-unauthorized-use-of-rockin-in-the-free-world/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/neil-young-sues-trump-for-10m-over-unauthorized-use-of-rockin-in-the-free-world#When:14:33:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Legendary musician Neil Young is suing President Donald Trump for $10 million over his use of song &#8220;Rockin&#8217; in the Free World&#8221; at a&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Election Law, Government, Federal Government, Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Law, Law in Popular Culture, Celebrities, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, Ohio, Virginia,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-27T14:33:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Supreme Court tangled up in prediction markets</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme-court-tangled-up-in-prediction-markets/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/supreme-court-tangled-up-in-prediction-markets#When:14:17:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Betting over whether U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito will retire, despite his repeated assurances that he has no plans to do so imminently,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Judiciary, Court Administration, Public Interest, U.S. Supreme Court,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-27T14:17:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Am Law 200 partners earned more in 2025, despite billing less</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/am-law-200-partners-earned-more-in-2025-despite-billing-less/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Average compensation for Am Law 200 partners continues to climb, hitting a record high of nearly $1.55 million in 2025, according to new data&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Practice Management, Lawyer Pay, Law Firms, Partners,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-27T13:01:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Ex-Willkie partner, wife hit with $14.5M federal tax debt lawsuit</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ex-willkie-partner-wife-hit-with-14.5-million-federal-tax-debt/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The federal government filed a lawsuit Thursday against a former partner at Willkie Farr &amp; Gallagher and his wife for unpaid federal income taxes&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Partners, Government, Federal Government, Tax Law, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, New York,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T19:07:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Defendant pleads guilty to charges associated with NBA players, coaches involving rigged bets</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/defendant-pleads-guilty-to-charges-associated-with-nba-players-coaches-involving-rigged-bets/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A defendant who has been associated with an NBA player and a coach accused of providing insider information for wagers pleaded guilty Thursday to&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Entertainment &amp; Sports Law, Government, Trials &amp; Litigation, Trade, Sports &amp; Professional Associations,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T17:16:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Attorney disbarred after mishandling over $659K in tragic toddler death</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prominent-detroit-attorney-disbarred-after-mishandling-659k-in-tragic-toddler-death-case/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A prominent Detroit lawyer has been disbarred and was ordered to pay over $659,000 in restitution after handling a case involving the accidental death&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Family Law, Trials &amp; Litigation, Verdicts &amp; Settlements, States, Michigan,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T16:58:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>AI legal research tools offer small firms more choices</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/ai-legal-research-tools-offer-small-firms-more-choices/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Nicole Black. For many years, Westlaw and LexisNexis dominated the online legal research market for law firms of all sizes. Lawyers from firms big&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Career &amp; Practice, Practice Technology, Practice Management, Business Development, Law Firms, Solos/Small Firms, Law Libraries, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, Big Data &amp; Cloud Computing,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T16:27:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ABA, immigrant rights groups offer fraud alert resources for legal service providers</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba-immigrant-rights-groups-offer-fraud-alert-resources-for-legal-service-providers/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba-immigrant-rights-groups-offer-fraud-alert-resources-for-legal-service-providers#When:15:52:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary}]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, ABA, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Immigration Law,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T15:52:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>5th Circuit blasts federal judge for AI errors in rulings</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/5th-circuit-blasts-federal-judge-for-ai-errors-in-rulings/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/5th-circuit-blasts-federal-judge-for-ai-errors-in-rulings#When:15:28:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Suspecting artificial intelligence-generated errors, a federal appeals panel has overturned a preliminary injunction barring a Mississippi law that prohibits diversity, equity and inclusion in&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Diversity, Government, Education Law, Legal Writing, Trials &amp; Litigation, Appellate Practice, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, 5th Circuit Court, States, Mississippi,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T15:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Athletic conference pushes back on university’s recruiting claims over ‘hallucinated’ case citations</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/southeastern-conference-pushes-back-on-lousiana-state-universitys-recruiting-case-claims/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/southeastern-conference-pushes-back-on-lousiana-state-universitys-recruiting-case-claims#When:15:10:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Disputing claims of &#8220;hallucinated&#8221; case citations in a lawsuit challenging Louisiana State University&#8217;s attempts to add former professional players to its sports teams, a&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Entertainment &amp; Sports Law, Legal Writing, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, Trade, Sports &amp; Professional Associations, States, Alabama, Louisiana,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T15:10:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Former Florida Bar president faces malpractice suit in estate case</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former-florida-bar-president-faces-malpractice-suit-in-estate-case/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former-florida-bar-president-faces-malpractice-suit-in-estate-case#When:14:48:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A former president of the Florida Bar is facing a lawsuit that accuses him of malpractice in handling an estate worth an estimated $350&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, Family Law, Trials &amp; Litigation, Trusts &amp; Estates, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T14:48:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Ethics complaint filed against judge who had attorney jailed, shackled for ‘attitude’</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ethics-complaint-filed-against-judge-who-had-attorney-jailed-shackled-for-attitude/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ethics-complaint-filed-against-judge-who-had-attorney-jailed-shackled-for-attitude#When:14:34:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A former Massachusetts state court judge had a public defender jailed and placed in handcuffs and shackles for hours over his “attitude” during a&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Criminal Justice, Public Defenders, Judiciary, Court Security, Court Administration, States, Massachusetts,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-26T14:34:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Influencer who parodies private equity guys riffs on nonlawyer ownership of firms</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/an-influencer-who-parodies-private-equity-guys-riffs-on-nonlawyer-ownership/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Johnny Hilbrant, a fitness instructor who was raised in the wealthy Chicago suburb of Winnetka, also has an Instagram account where he satirizes some&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Practice Management, Law Firms, Law in Popular Culture,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-23T18:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>What can lawyers learn from law students?</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/what-lawyers-can-learn-from-law-students/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The brief made the student feel stupid. That was its first accomplishment. Whether it accomplished anything for the client remained uncertain. The student had read,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Bryan Garner on Words, Career &amp; Practice, Law Students, Legal Writing,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-23T18:06:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Former New Orleans lawyer gets prison for staged crash scheme</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former-new-orleans-lawyer-gets-32-months-for-staged-crash-scheme/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A federal judge in New Orleans has sentenced a personal injury attorney to two years and eight months in prison for staging auto collisions&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Tort Law,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-23T15:45:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Texas A&amp;amp;M School of Law dean named president of Pace University</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/pace-university-picks-texas-am-school-of-law-dean-as-president/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Pace University has chosen Robert &#8220;Bobby&#8221; Ahdieh, dean of Texas A&amp;M University School of Law, as its ninth president, effective Jan. 1, the New&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Legal Education, Law Schools,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-23T14:45:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>DOJ moves to remove two Minnesota judges from immigration cases</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/doj-moves-to-remove-two-minnesota-judges-from-immigration-cases/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/doj-moves-to-remove-two-minnesota-judges-from-immigration-cases#When:14:30:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A top official at the Justice Department has moved to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from a pair of immigration cases because of comments&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Government, Federal Government, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Immigration Law, States, Minnesota,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-23T14:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Florida appeals court refers lawyer for possible discipline over ‘AI slop’</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/florida-appeals-court-refers-lawyer-for-possible-discipline-over-ai-slop/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A Florida state appeals court has referred a lawyer to the Florida Bar for possible discipline over filings that it referred to as &#8220;AI&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-23T14:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Florida Bar fires employee after investigation into abusive messages to football player</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/florida-bar-fires-employee-following-investigation-into-abusive-messages-to-miami-footballer/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/florida-bar-fires-employee-following-investigation-into-abusive-messages-to-miami-footballer#When:16:41:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The Florida Bar has dismissed a computer technician after a short investigation into abusive Instagram messages sent to a defensive lineman for the University&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, Entertainment &amp; Sports Law, Labor &amp; Employment, Employees, Employers, Technology, Trade, Sports &amp; Professional Associations, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-22T16:41:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ICE arrests attorney after alleged threats to federal agents</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ice-arrests-attorney-in-mississippi-after-alleged-threats-to-federal-agents/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} An attorney from Long Beach, Mississippi, was arrested last month by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&#8217;s Homeland Security Investigations after she allegedly threatened to&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Government, Federal Government, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Immigration Law, States, Florida, Mississippi,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-22T15:09:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Billionaire received pardon after family company hired former Trump lawyer Alina Habba</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/billionaire-received-pardon-after-family-company-hired-former-trump-lawyer-alina-habba/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A Venezuelan billionaire was trying to win a pardon from President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration when Alina Habba, Trump&#8217;s former lawyer, was given a role&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Corporate Law, Banking Law, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Government, Federal Government, Executive Branch, In-house Counsel,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-22T14:29:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Hourly billing remains dominant among small, midsize firms, new 8am data shows</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/hourly-billing-remains-dominant-among-small-and-midsize-firms-new-8am-data-shows/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Hourly billing is significantly outpacing flat fee arrangements at small and midsize law firms, despite widespread predictions about the death of the billable hour,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Practice Technology, Practice Management, Law Firms, Midsize Firm, Solos/Small Firms, Practice Finance, Corporate Law, Small Business,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-10-22T14:14:00+00:00</dc:date>
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