By Lydia Wheeler

If there’s any lesson attorneys can learn from the defamation case against Alex Jones, it’s that you can’t blame the paralegal.

Did you know that the ADA was signed into law 32 years ago on July 26, 1990?

By Debra Cassens Weiss

The Oregon Supreme Court has given final approval to a program that allows licensed paralegals to provide limited legal services in family law and landlord-tenant cases.

By:  Sydney Ly

In today’s business world, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are often treated as buzzwords that often amount to little more than a mandatory annual training. But the reality is, when you make DEI a priority, every facet of your organization benefits, including the bottom line. 

By John Burnett

African Americans throughout the nation celebrate Juneteenth, but who knows what actually happened on June 19, 1865? As the nation observes the second federal legal holiday marking the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, there are a number of misconceptions about the historical event that keep getting repeated.

LegalNews.com

Murder that Sparked Asian American Civil Rights Movement Coincides with National Focus on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes; Virtual Dialogue on Asian Americans and Democracy

By JOSH GERSTEIN and ALEXANDER WARD

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO.

By:  Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune

A former paralegal who worked in bankruptcy at a Chicago law firm is accused of embezzling more than $600,000 from accounts, officials said Thursday.

From: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Most of us have now seen the infamous slap that actor Will Smith gave host Chris Rock during the Oscars. Smith went on stage and slapped Rock after Rock made a joke about Smith’s wife’s hair.

Rock claims not to have known that Smith’s wife was bald due to a medical condition, alopecia.

Smith followed the slap by a foul-mouthed declaration to Rock.

Here are six employer lessons from the Oscars incident.

From: ABA Journal

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe wants its staff members and lawyers to take a week off work “to truly unplug.”