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Oil Spill

Lawyers See Both Promise and Problems in $20B Gulf Coast Compensation Fund

Civil Rights

Despite Suit by Black Lawyer Arrested While Jogging, Cops Disclaim Racial Issues

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Meet the Rebels in the Heartland Tour Guides

Legal Ethics

7th Circuit Cites ‘Unreasonable Fury’ of Chief District Judge as Reason for His Mid-Trial Removal

Legal Ethics

RICO Suit Seeks Billions from David Stern and His Foreclosure-Mill Law Firm

Solos/Small Firms

ABA Launches Smart Soloing Center

Injury & Accident Law

Atlanta Lawyer Is the Go-To Guy for Botched Circumcision Cases

Business of Law

Boutin Gibson to Nearly Double By Adding 17-Lawyer McDonough Holland Group

Criminal Justice

Philly Lawyer Is Charged in Pot-Growing Operation

Legal Ethics

NJ Lawyer Gets 1-Year Suspension for Offering to Cut Fees in Exchange for Sexual Favors

Careers

2011 Is Looking Better for Summer Associates

Law Firms

Pierce Atwood Reaches Tentative Deal to Protect Views in New Waterfront Offices

Law Schools

Higher Ed Book Author: Get a Liberal Arts Education, Consider Law School

Criminal Justice

Ex-County Attorney Charged with Running ‘Nice Guys’ Prostitution Ring

Tort Law

Hunger Striker Settles UK Libel Suit Over False Burger Report

Death Penalty

NC Study Shows Convicted Killers of Whites More Likely to Get Death Sentences

Intellectual Property Law

Hobson’s Choice for Ansel Adams Heirs: $200M Might Be Theirs If They Say Newfound Pix are Legit

Securities Law

Billionaires’ Lawyer Named By SEC in Alleged $550M Insider-Trade Scheme

Criminal Justice

Woman Charged with Smothering 8 of Her Own Babies

Financial Crisis

Ex-BigLaw Associate Faces Ethics Case Over Alleged Nonpayment of $78K Student Loan

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