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Criminal Justice

Mo. Man Gets 14-Year Sentence for Profanity-Laced Taunts on Judge’s Answering Machine

Legal Technology

Judge Refuses Class Action Status for Suit Claiming ‘Time Bomb’ in Law Firm Software

Securities Law

Ex-SEC Leader Walks Out on Deposition; Judge Will Consider Requiring Him to Testify

Elder Law

Actor Mickey Rooney Says He Lacked Courage to Stop Financial Abuse

Legal Ethics

Law Grad’s Snarky, Smiley-Face Note Not a Bar to Law License, Ga. High Court Rules

U.S. Supreme Court

Justices Give Solicitor General Some Leeway in Detained Citizen’s Suit Against John Ashcroft

Careers

John Edwards Hires Ex-White House Counsel in Bid to Stave Off Charges for Alleged Mistress Payments

Internet Law

Online Commenters Who Targeted CEO Must Be Identified, Judge Rules

Careers

Performance Reviews Are Neither Objective Nor Fair, Management Prof Says

U.S. Supreme Court

Bill Would Require Supreme Court Justices to Explain Recusals, Create Ethics Review Process

Trials & Litigation

Former AG Blasts Kansas Supreme Court During Lunch Break in His Legal Ethics Trial

Legal Ethics

Defense Lawyer’s Effort to Discredit Informant by Arranging Drug Buy Gets Attorney Convicted

Legal Ethics

Did DA, When Formerly Serving as Judge, Inflate Trial Stats via ‘Pick-and-Plea’ Technique?

Constitutional Law

Students Have Right to Wear ‘Be Happy, Not Gay’ T-Shirt, 7th Circuit Appeals Court Rules

Labor & Employment

Foley & Lardner Partner Sues Firm, Attaches Partnership Agreement to His Complaint

Education Law

Math Teacher in California on Paid Leave After Rattling Table in Class

Law Firms

Kirkland & Ellis Loses 3 Chicago Partners to Latham & Watkins

Criminal Justice

Report: Wife Chilled by 40-Mile Wild Ride on Hubby’s Windshield, But Not Severely Hurt; He’s in Jail

Trials & Litigation

DOJ Targets ‘Visionary Tax Attorney,’ Says Calif. Lawyer Is Promoting Illegal Tax Shelters

Criminal Justice

Prosecution to Seek Death Penalty for Abortion Doc Accused of Murdering Woman and 7 Viable Babies

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