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Harvard 'legacy' policy challenged on heels of affirmative action ruling

Three civil rights groups filed a complaint against Harvard on Monday, claiming its preferential policy for undergraduate applicants with family ties to the elite school overwhelmingly benefits white students, days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its race-conscious admissions policies.

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Highlights from the SCOTUS term

Supreme Court conservatives complete another assertive term
Legalcategory · June 30, 2023
The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up another term in which its conservative justices flexed their muscles, following up major abortion and gun decisions last year with rulings that rejected affirmative action in college admissions, curbed LGBT rights and blocked President Joe Biden's student debt relief plan.
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For Ketanji Brown Jackson, a self-assured and forceful US Supreme Court debut
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Factbox: A look at the US Supreme Court's major rulings this year
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Industry Buzz

– Twenty-eight law firm mergers took effect in the first six months of this year, compared with 25 deals each in the first halves of 2022 and 2021, new data shows.

– A federal judge dismissed rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson’s $32 million lawsuit claiming legal malpractice against Reed Smith and its former partner Peter Raymond.

– Conservative law firm Consovoy McCarthy achieved late founder William Consovoy’s goal in affirmative action cases when SCOTUS agreed to strike down race-based college admissions policies.

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U.S. antitrust agencies propose significant changes to premerger notification requirements
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HOW U.S. COURTS PROTECT BIG PHARMA

No Recourse

Merck’s asthma medicine Singulair has been linked for years to suicides and psychiatric problems, often in children. But lawsuits over the drug are stymied by one of Corporate America’s most effective liability shields: the doctrine of federal preemption.