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Administrator Lea S. Gutierrez says it will take “proactive engagement with the bar, more broadly, to try to shift the perceptions of the ARDC and help the bar be more aware of those services that we provide.”

Lea Gutierrez aims to shift perceptions as ARDC administrator

Lea S. Gutierrez, the new administrator for the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, said she wants lawyers to think of the organization as more than just a disciplinary entity.
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Court to confront abortion again in medication case

The Supreme Court will again wade into the fractious issue of abortion this week when it hears arguments over a medication used in the most common way to end a pregnancy, a case with profound implications for millions of women no matter where they live in America and, perhaps, for the race for the White House.
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Chief Justice Roberts casts a wary eye on uses of AI in federal courts

Chief Justice John Roberts on Sunday turned his focus to the promise, and shortcomings, of artificial intelligence in the federal courts, in an annual report that made no mention of Supreme Court ethics or legal controversies involving Donald Trump.

Trial Notebook

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Court weighs informed consent on alternative treatment options

With no local precedent on an important aspect of informed consent in a malpractice case against an emergency medicine physician, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals looked at “the primary cases” from other jurisdictions on “the duty to inform the patient of alternative treatment options.”

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