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Bright Red Cannas highlight SSGC's June Yard of the Month
Bright Red Cannas highlight SSGC's June Yard of the Month The San Saba Garden Club has selected the home at 1101 West Woodlawn, occupied by Madeline ('Maddie') Hartman, as its June Yard of the Month. Although Maddie and her boyfriend moved to San Saba from Lampasas only five months ago and are renting the home, she has embraced the property as if it were her own. Since moving in, she has worked to restore the lawn by filling in bare spots, trimming trees, and planting a peach tree.
'It sucks.' Students pan law firms' rushed recruiting
WASHINGTON, June 8 (Reuters) - (Billable Hours is Reuters' weekly report on lawyers and money. Please send tips or suggestions to D.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com.) Large U.S. law firms are rushing to hire future lawyers for highly paid positions almost as...
Trump administration denies unlawful retaliation in Anthropic AI blacklisting
The Trump administration on Monday denied unlawfully retaliating against Anthropic, while acknowledging that U.S. agencies moved to cut off the AI company's products after it resisted Pentagon demands over military uses of its Claude chatbot, according to a court filing in a lawsuit. The filing marked the government's latest response to Anthropic's March 9 lawsuit, which accuses President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of blacklisting the company for protected speech.
El Gobierno de Trump niega represalias ilegales por incluir a Anthropic en lista negra de IA
Por Karen Sloan 9 jun (Reuters) - El Gobierno de Donald Trump negó el lunes haber tomado represalias ilegales contra Anthropic, aunque reconoció que las agencias estadounidenses tomaron medidas para bloquear los productos de la empresa de inteligencia artificial después de que esta se resistiera a las exigencias del Pentágono sobre los usos militares de su chatbot Claude, según un escrito judicial presentado en el marco de una demanda.
US law faculty are self-censoring, survey finds
June 9 (Reuters) - A new survey of nearly 2,000 faculty members at U.S. law schools concludes that law professors strongly support free speech but often struggle to put it into practice on campus. More than half of the surveyed faculty members — 56% —...
米政権、アンソロピックへの違法な報復否定 ブラックリスト指定巡り
６月５日撮影（２０２６年 ロイター/Dado Ruvic/Illustration） [８日 ロイター] - トランプ米政権は８日、ＡＩ（人工知能）新興企業アンソロピックに対して違法な報復を行ったとの主張を否定した。一方で、同社がＡＩモデル「クロード」の軍事利用を巡る国防総省の要求に抵抗したことを受け、米政府機関による同社製品使用を停止する措置に動いたことは認めた。 アンソロピックが国防総省による国家安全保障関連のブラックリスト指定を巡り３月９日に起こした訴訟に関連する法廷提出書類で明らかになった。 司法省は手続き上の理由でもアンソロピックの訴訟に異議を唱え、同社が「最終的な行政措置」を争っているわけではないため、今回の禁止措置は裁判所の審理対象にならないと主張した。 アンソロピックは３月、政府による国家安全保障上のブラックリスト指定と、連邦政府機関による禁止措置の執行を差し止めるよう求め、カリフォルニア州の連邦地裁に申し立てた。同社は指定が違法だとし、言論の自由と適正手続きを受ける権利を侵害していると主張した。 もっと見る...
Trump administration denies unlawful retaliation in Anthropic AI blacklisting
By Karen Sloan June 8 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday denied unlawfully retaliating against Anthropic, while acknowledging that U.S. agencies moved to cut off the AI company's products after it resisted Pentagon demands over military uses of its Claude chatbot, according to a court filing in a lawsuit.
Law firm diversity group shutters amid Trump's DEI crackdown
June 5 (Reuters) - A prominent legal industry consulting firm focused on boosting gender and race employment practices in law firms and corporate legal departments is shutting down, citing "meritless attacks by government agencies," its founder said...
US legal jobs hit historic high in May
June 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. legal sector posted another historic employment high in May amid a strong month overall for jobs, according to new figures released Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.
IA supera professores de Direito em estudo de Stanford
Professores de Direito preferiram de forma esmagadora as respostas elaboradas por inteligência artificial às respostas escritas por outros professores, segundo um novo estudo da Faculdade de Direito de Stanford, o que sugere que a tecnologia é capaz de raciocinar juridicamente e que os estudantes de Direito podem se beneficiar de tutores de IA.
AI beats law professors in Stanford tutoring study
June 2 (Reuters) - Law professors overwhelmingly preferred answers drafted by AI over ones written by fellow professors, a new Stanford Law School study found, suggesting that the technology is capable of legal reasoning and that law students may...
Settlement administrator JND faces judge's scrutiny in US real estate class action
WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - (Billable Hours is Reuters' weekly report on lawyers and money. Please send tips or suggestions to D.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com.) A U.S. judge is questioning the bills charged by settlement administrator JND Legal in a...
Shift in hiring shows law firms favoring more experienced lawyers
May 27 (Reuters) - U.S. law firms hired more associates from rival firms than from law school graduating classes in 2025, according to a new report from legal analytics outfit Firm Prospects, suggesting a move toward more experienced lawyers.
Repressão à IA em escola de direito de Berkeley destaca preocupação com chatbots
A partir de meados deste ano os alunos da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade da Califórnia, em Berkeley, estão proibidos de usar a inteligência artificial para discutirem um tópico para artigo, gerar um esboço de exame, resumir uma regra jurídica para uso em um artigo ou corrigir erros gramaticais em uma publicação, entre outras proibições.
Berkeley Law's AI crackdown highlights chatbot concerns
May 26 (Reuters) - Starting this summer, students at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, are barred from using AI to brainstorm a paper topic, generate an exam outline, summarize a legal rule for use in a paper, or correct...
Washington joins states easing reliance on ABA accreditation of law schools
May 22 (Reuters) - Washington state in September will start allowing graduates of law schools that are not accredited by the American Bar Association to sit for its bar exam—provided they would be eligible to sit for the attorney licensing exam in...
Rule of law, Trump key themes at law school commencements
May 21 (Reuters) - Judges, Democratic politicians and prominent lawyers used commencement speeches at U.S. law schools this year to urge graduates to leverage their degrees to protect the rule of law—with some taking direct aim at the policies of...
American Bar Association votes to eliminate DEI rule for law schools
May 15 (Reuters) - A longstanding diversity and inclusion requirement for U.S. law schools is teetering amid mounting pressure from the Trump administration and Republican states.
California moves to new national bar exam after online testing failures
May 15 (Reuters) - California is poised to adopt a new, in-person national bar exam starting in 2028 — a major about-face from its earlier plan to design and implement its own bar exam that can be taken online. The State Bar of California's Board of...
Lawyers eye near-record payout in $7.25 billion Bayer settlement
WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - (Billable Hours is Reuters' weekly report on lawyers and money. Please send tips or suggestions to D.Thomas@thomsonreuters.com.)
Federal judge blocks US sanctions against UN expert on Palestinian territories
FILE PHOTO: UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025.
Federal judge blocks US sanctions against UN expert on Palestinian territories
FILE PHOTO: UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025.
Federal judge blocks US sanctions against UN expert on Palestinian territories
This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 4:31 PM.
Federal judge blocks US sanctions against UN expert on Palestinian territories
FILE PHOTO: UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark February 5, 2025. Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard/File Photo Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect. This story was originally published May 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM. Get unlimited digital access Try 1 month for $1
Federal judge blocks US sanctions against UN expert on Palestinian territories
May 13 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked U.S. sanctions against Francesca Albanese, a U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, finding that the Trump administration likely violated her free-speech rights by imposing the...
Rising US law firm expenses offset strong demand and rate hikes in first quarter - report
May 13 (Reuters) - Strong demand and billing rate hikes didn't translate into major economic gains for U.S. law firms in the first quarter of 2026, new financial figures show.
Texas Tech can punish law student over comments on Charlie Kirk's killing, judge rules
May 12 (Reuters) - A Texas Tech law student who allegedly made celebratory comments after Charlie Kirk's killing can be sanctioned by the university, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
Palestinian law grad sues DLA Piper over rescinded job offer
May 12 (Reuters) - A former DLA Piper U.S. summer associate sued the prominent international law firm on Monday, claiming it wrongfully terminated her full-time associate job offer in 2024 after learning of her public advocacy for Palestinians....
ABA must axe law school diversity rules to retain accreditor status, committee says
May 11 (Reuters) - The American Bar Association is poised to eliminate or pare down three separate diversity and non-discrimination requirements from its law school accreditation standards, saying those provisions threaten both the organization's...
Some US law students enroll early to beat the federal loan clock
May 8 (Reuters) - Faced with impending new restrictions on federal student loans, some aspiring U.S. lawyers have found a creative solution: start law school early. A small number of U.S. law schools allow new students to kick off their studies in...
SSGC names Yard of the Month
SSGC names Yard of the Month SSGC names Yard of the Month SSGC names Yard of the Month The San Saba Garden Club is pleased to recognize William and Joan Hunt of 101 West Dry Street as the latest Yard of the Month honorees. Both lifelong residents of the area, the Hunts have created a welcoming and thoughtfully designed outdoor space that reflects years of care and creativity.
Alabama sidelines ABA in lawyer admissions while Tennessee weighs similar move
May 4 (Reuters) - Alabama has become the third Republican-led U.S. state in recent months to limit the role of the American Bar Association in lawyer licensing, and Tennessee could be next. The Supreme Court of Alabama on Thursday revised its...
Pipeline to Big Law jobs stays narrow despite recruiting shifts
WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - (Billable Hours is Reuters' weekly report on lawyers and money. Please send tips or suggestions to ) The primary path to lucrative careers at large U.S. law firms still runs through a small number of elite law schools,...
Trump administration sues New Jersey over law enforcement mask ban
By Karen Sloan WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block a New Jersey law that bans law enforcement officers from wearing masks and requires them to provide identification before arrests and detentions. The suit, filed in a Newark federal court, claims that the newly enacted New Jersey Law Enforcement Officer Protection Act is an unconstitutional regulation of the federal government by a state.
Trump administration sues New Jersey over law enforcement mask ban
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block a New Jersey law that bans law enforcement officers from wearing masks and requires them to provide identification before arrests and...
Conservative group ends lawsuit over law school diversity scholarships after ABA policy change
April 27 (Reuters) - A conservative legal advocacy group has dropped its lawsuit challenging the American Bar Association's diversity scholarships for law students after the ABA eliminated race and ethnicity requirements for the grants.
These law schools sent the most grads to coveted clerkships in 2025
April 24 (Reuters) - Yale Law School sent the highest percentage of 2025 graduates into federal clerkships, with 23.33% landing the prestigious jobs with federal judges. Yale edged out the University of Chicago Law School, which held the top spot for...
Lawyers, investors mingle at meeting on outside investment in law firms
April 23 (Reuters) - (Billable Hours is Reuters' weekly report on lawyers and money. Please send tips or suggestions to ) About 300 lawyers, investors and others piled into an auditorium in Midtown Manhattan last week to discuss an idea gaining steam...
These law schools topped 2025 US legal hiring in latest ABA data
April 23 (Reuters) - All but one of Cornell Law School's 197 juris doctor graduates in 2025 landed full-time, long-term jobs that require bar passage within 10 months of leaving campus, according to new data from the American Bar Association.
US bar group scraps questions on mental health from lawyer fitness review
April 23 (Reuters) - Aspiring U.S. lawyers should not be required to disclose details of their mental health conditions or treatment in order to become licensed to practice, a key organization has concluded.
Law grad employment hit record high again in 2025, ABA data shows
April 22 (Reuters) - A record percentage of U.S. law school students landed legal jobs soon after graduating in 2025, according to data released Wednesday by the American Bar Association, despite reduced hiring for government and public interest...
US judge rejects Trump administration bid to block Hawaii climate lawsuit
By Karen Sloan April 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to stop Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies in state court over climate change, citing a “longstanding” policy against federal intervention in state court processes. The dismissal by U.S. District Judge Helen Gillmor in Honolulu marks the second time in 2026 that federal courts have blocked the U.S. Department of Justice's efforts to head off climate change suits in state courts.
US judge rejects Trump administration bid to block Hawaii climate lawsuit
April 15 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to stop Hawaii from suing fossil fuel companies in state court over climate change, citing a "longstanding" policy against federal intervention in...
Law professors defend ABA's law school diversity rule ahead of elimination vote
April 16 (Reuters) - Hundreds of law professors, deans, students, lawyers and bar associations are urging the American Bar Association not to eliminate its longstanding diversity and inclusion requirement for law schools, which has come under fire...
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