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Banking Law

Suits Claim Groupon Expiration Dates Violate Federal Laws

Lawyer Pay

A Wisconsin Prosecutor Moves On, Citing State Budget Woes

Celebrities

Warner Bros. Unveils Legal Strategy in Charlie Sheen Fight; Incapacity, Blown Lines at Issue

Law in Peepular Culture

Peeps in Law Story 3: Time to Get Crafty

Legal Marketing

A General Counsel’s View of Law Firm Marketing Pitches: ‘Blah, Blah, Blah’

Tort Law

KC Royals Not Liable for Injuries Caused by Errant Hot Dog Toss, Jury Finds

Business of Law

Partnership Vote Seals Howrey’s Fate, But Future Is Unclear for Some of Its Lawyers

Legal Ethics

Suspended for Incivility: Lawyer’s Indignant Letter Questioned Town Manager’s Soul

Constitutional Law

GOP Senators in Wis. Do End Run Around Absent Dems, Find Way to Vote on Collective Bargaining Bill

Business of Law

Report: Latham Bankruptcy Lawyer Is Running Howrey Meeting to Vote on Possible Dissolution

Appellate Practice

7th Circuit Zaps Lawyer for Exceeding 14K Word Limit in Brief, Summarily OKs Lower Court Decision

Verdicts & Settlements

LimeWire Copyright Infringement Suit Resolved, Music Publishers Settle

Trials & Litigation

London Judge, in Wig and Full Robes, Tackled Escaping Sex Offender, Prosecutor Says

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Is Suspended Over Her Marriage to an Elderly Client

Education Law

Mississippi Lawsuit Takes on Corporal Punishment of Students, Seeks State Ban on Paddling

Celebrities

Mel Gibson to Take Plea Requiring No Time in Case Over Alleged Battery of Ex-Girlfriend

Constitutional Law

Death Penalty Is Banned in Illinois

Legal Ethics

Paralegal Says Others Scribed ‘Attorney’ Signatures on 1,000 Deeds in Foreclosure Cases

Business of Law

NC Lawyer and Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Permit Non-Attorney Ownership of Law Firms

Legal Ethics

A Murder Defendant Goes Free, an Ethics Complaint Is Filed, and County Atty Blames Deputy

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