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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>Legal writers can benefit from a Zen writing approach and some Hemingway—and so can their readers</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/legal-writers-can-benefit-from-a-zen-writing-approach-and-some-hemingwayand-so-can-their-readers/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary}Judge David D. Weinzweig wrote Zen and the Art of Persuasive Writing because he is a self-described “suffering reader.” The vice chief judge of Division&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, What&#8217;s on the Shelf?, Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Personal Lives, Judiciary, Legal Writing, States, Arizona, Inter Alia,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-07-01T05:55:00+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>Why the next competitive advantage in the AI era is partnership, not just technology</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Tony Muljadi, the general manager of large law at LexisNexis. {mag_summary} They discussed how law firms are shifting their AI&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[ABA Journal, Columns, Career &amp; Practice, Practice Technology, Practice Management, Business Development, Law Firms, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T20:27:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Things I wish my spouse had told me before they died</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/things-i-wish-my-spouse-had-told-me-before-they-died/</link>
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      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Solos/Small Firms, Real Estate &amp; Property Law, Trusts &amp; Estates,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T17:48:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Troutman Pepper Locke associate files discrimination lawsuit against firm</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/troutman-pepper-locke-associate-files-discrimination-lawsuit-against-firm/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/troutman-pepper-locke-associate-files-discrimination-lawsuit-against-firm#When:17:47:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} An associate with Troutman Pepper Locke has sued the law firm, alleging that it discriminated against him and derailed his career after he had&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Associates, Health Law, Healthcare &amp; Pharmaceutics, Labor &amp; Employment, Employees, Employers, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, New Jersey,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T17:47:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Jay-Z’s extortion suit against lawyer in withdrawn rape case faces skepticism from judge</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/jay-zs-extortion-suit-against-lawyer-in-rape-case-faces-judges-skepticism/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Rapper Jay-Z’s lawyers asked a California appeals court Thursday to hear his claim that attorney Tony Buzbee extorted him and to reconsider its tentative&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Family Law, Domestic &amp; Sexual Violence, Domestic Relations, Law in Popular Culture, Celebrities, Trials &amp; Litigation, Evidence, States, California,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T17:28:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>New NYC Bar opinion advises against recording nonclient conversations without ‘good reason’</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/nyc-bar-opinion-advises-against-recording-non-client-conversations-without-good-reason/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The New York City Bar Association this week released a formal opinion on the ethical use of artificial intelligence for recording, transcribing and summarizing&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Bar Associations, Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Client Protection, Trials &amp; Litigation, Litigation Management, Technology, Artificial Intelligence &amp; Robotics, States, New York,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T15:30:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Federal judge dismisses defamation suit filed by attorney-owned marijuana company</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal-judge-dismisses-defamation-suit-filed-by-attorney-owned-marijuana-company/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/federal-judge-dismisses-defamation-suit-filed-by-attorney-owned-marijuana-company#When:15:06:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A Chicago civil rights law firm that owns marijuana dispensaries has lost the latest round in an ongoing dispute with its lenders after a&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Trials &amp; Litigation, Tort Law, Libel, Cannabis Law, Federal Circuit Court, States, Illinois,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T15:06:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Former public defender faces sentencing for healthcare fraud</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/former-iowa-public-defender-faces-sentencing-for-healthcare-fraud/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A former public defender from Iowa who had previously been arrested for shoplifting will be sentenced in September for defrauding Medicaid and cancer patients.&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Public Defenders, Sentencing/Post Conviction, Government, State Government, Health Law, Healthcare &amp; Pharmaceutics, States, Iowa, Nebraska,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-21T14:44:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>ABA and TEDLaw partner to reimagine professional development for the legal profession</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba-and-tedlaw-partner-to-reimagine-professional-development-for-the-legal-profession/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary}]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, ABA, Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Legal Education, Professional Development, Continuing Legal Education,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-20T20:00:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Missing avocado oil in Campbell’s chips creates class action crunch</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/absent-avocado-oil-in-campbells-chips-creates-a-class-action-crunch/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/absent-avocado-oil-in-campbells-chips-creates-a-class-action-crunch#When:17:10:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A California woman has filed a class action lawsuit against the Campbell’s Co. over its potato chip brand, questioning whether the snack’s advertised use&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advertising Law, Agriculture &amp; Food, Corporate Law, Consumer Law, Trials &amp; Litigation, Tort Law, Injury &amp; Accident Law, Product Liability Law, States, California,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-20T17:10:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Arguing bad jury instructions, counsel for SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein seek his release</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/arguing-bad-jury-instructions-counsel-for-scotus-blog-founder-tom-goldstein-seek-his-release/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/arguing-bad-jury-instructions-counsel-for-scotus-blog-founder-tom-goldstein-seek-his-release#When:16:41:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Lawyers for convicted attorney Tom Goldstein, a SCOTUSblog co-founder who was found guilty in February of tax evasion and making false statements on loan&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Sentencing/Post Conviction, White Collar Crime, Government, Federal Government, Tax Law, Trials &amp; Litigation, Juries, U.S. Supreme Court,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-20T16:41:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>128 retired jurists file ethics complaint over DHS lawyer’s ‘attacks’ via social media on 4 sitting judges</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/128-retired-jurists-file-ethics-complaint-over-dhs-lawyers-attacks-on-four-sitting-judges/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/128-retired-jurists-file-ethics-complaint-over-dhs-lawyers-attacks-on-four-sitting-judges#When:15:39:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The general counsel for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is now facing an ethics complaint over his social media posts about the “worst&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Bar Associations, Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Government, Federal Government, Rule of Law, Judiciary, Court Security, Court Administration, Public Interest, Civil Rights, Immigration Law, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-20T15:39:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judge suspended after 17 alleged conduct violations, including not disclosing stepson’s appearance in his court</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ohio-judge-suspended-for-violations-include-not-disclosing-his-stepsons-appearance-in-his-court/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The Ohio Supreme Court justices have suspended a county judge from the bench for two years without pay because of 17 alleged conduct violations,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Criminal Justice, Family Law, Government, State Government, States, Ohio,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-20T15:13:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Prominent Pittsburgh lawyer among those charged in Penn State frat cocaine ring</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/prominent-pittsburgh-lawyer-among-those-charged-in-penn-state-frat-cocaine-ring/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A prominent Pittsburgh lawyer and his son are among those charged in a Pennsylvania State University frat brother drug trafficking scandal. Paul Robinson, an&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Practice Management, Law Firms, Criminal Justice, Prosecutors, Trials &amp; Litigation, Evidence, States, Pennsylvania,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-20T14:47:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Less ‘Mayhem’ for Lady Gaga as judge dismisses infringement lawsuit</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/less-mayhem-for-lady-gaga-as-judge-dismisses-infringement-lawsuit/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/less-mayhem-for-lady-gaga-as-judge-dismisses-infringement-lawsuit#When:17:37:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Lady Gaga’s 2025 Mayhem album did not infringe on the trademarks of a surf company’s brand, according to California federal judge who granted the&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Entertainment &amp; Sports Law, Intellectual Property Law, Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law, Law in Popular Culture, Celebrities, Trials &amp; Litigation, States, California,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-19T17:37:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Stock awards reshape rankings of top-paid female general counsels</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/stock-awards-reshaping-the-rankings-of-top-paid-female-gc/</link>
      <guid>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/stock-awards-reshaping-the-rankings-of-top-paid-female-gc#When:16:27:00Z</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Corporate Counsel&#8217;s 2026 GC Compensation Survey has placed three women among the 10 highest-paid legal chiefs overall. Kate Adams, the general counsel at Apple,&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Diversity, Women in the Law, Careers, Practice Management, Lawyer Pay, Corporate Law, In-house Counsel,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-19T16:27:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>7th Circuit sides with Planned Parenthood over sharing abortion information with minors</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/seventh-circuit-sides-with-planned-parenthood-over-sharing-abortion-information-with-minors/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago on Tuesday rejected an Indiana “aid-or-assist” law, which prohibits physicians from helping minors obtain an&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Family Law, Children, Health Law, Abortion, Healthcare &amp; Pharmaceutics, Public Health, Public Interest, Children&#8217;s Rights, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Trials &amp; Litigation, Appellate Practice, U.S. Supreme Court, 7th Circuit Court, States, Indiana,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-19T14:47:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judge tosses Uber suits against 3 personal injury firms</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/ny-judge-tosses-uber-suits-against-personal-injury-firms/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} A federal judge has tossed Uber Technologies Inc.’s lawsuits alleging that three personal injury law firms conspired with doctors and exploited riders to seek&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Practice Management, Law Firms, Corporate Law, Consumer Law, Health Law, Judiciary, Trials &amp; Litigation, Tort Law, Injury &amp; Accident Law, Medical Malpractice, States, New York,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-19T14:34:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>General counsel pay hit record high in 2025</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} General counsel compensation hit a record high in 2025, thanks to some volatile long-term stock awards and growing recognition of in-house legal heads as&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Practice Management, Lawyer Pay, Corporate Law, In-house Counsel,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T18:14:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Ban on celebrity image, voice use in law firm ads at center of complaint against Florida Bar</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/florida-ban-on-celebrity-images-voices-use-in-law-firm-ads-at-center-of-complaint-against-state-bar/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Personal injury law firm Morgan &amp; Morgan has filed a complaint against the Florida Bar, alleging that its rule banning firms’ right to use&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Advertising Law, Bar Associations, Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Model Rules of Professional Conduct, Practice Management, Law Firms, Law in Popular Culture, Celebrities, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Tort Law, Injury &amp; Accident Law,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T16:17:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>How many people should serve on jury? Groups provide SCOTUS with input</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how-many-people-should-be-in-a-jury-groups-provide-supreme-court-with-input/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} Over a dozen amicus briefs were filed Thursday at the U.S. Supreme Court over a case involving a Florida petitioner named Hamed Kian, who&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Judiciary, Court Administration, Public Interest, Constitutional Law, Sixth Amendment, Trials &amp; Litigation, Juries, Tort Law, Medical Malpractice, U.S. Supreme Court, States, Florida,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T15:44:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>How new lawyers can strengthen their emotional infrastructure</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/how-new-lawyers-can-strengthen-their-emotional-infrastructure/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary}]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Practice Management, Lawyer Wellness,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T15:27:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>BigLaw firms see uptick in demand, expenses, new report shows</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} In the first six months of 2026, BigLaw law firms have experienced “rare” growth in demand and double-digit gains in revenue, according to a&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Careers, Practice Management, Law Firms, Large Firm, Practice Finance,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T15:18:00+00:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Judge pleads guilty, swiftly takes responsibility for driving while intoxicated</title>
      <link>https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/indiana-judge-swiftly-takes-responsibility-for-driving-while-intoxicated/</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[{mag_summary} An Indiana judge was arrested, charged and swiftly pleaded guilty for operating a vehicle while intoxicated Saturday night. Judge Christopher Buckley, 46, a superior&#8230;]]></description>
      <dc:subject><![CDATA[Career &amp; Practice, Ethics, Lawyer Discipline, Criminal Justice, Criminal Procedure, Judiciary, Traffic Law, States, Indiana,]]></dc:subject>
      <dc:date>2026-08-18T14:52:00+00:00</dc:date>
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