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The New Normal

25% Cut in In-House Legal Spending Translates to Even Deeper Cuts for Outside Legal Work

Intellectual Property Law

Hell’s Angels Sue Saks, Say Winged Death-Head on Items in Upscale Store Violates Trademark

Business of Law

Foreclosure Defense Boot Camp Offers Advice and Scotch to Lawyers Who Pass Security Check

Civil Procedure

Dallas Lawyer Wins Continuance for ‘Very Important Baseball Matters’

Real Estate & Property Law

NYC Tree House Prevails in Legal Battle, Winning Permit in Historic District

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Ginsburg Says Nine Women on Supreme Court Would Be Enough

Question of the Week

What’s the Most Bizarre Excuse You’ve Used/Heard to Call in Sick?

Careers

Contract Lawyer Says He Quit His Job to Watch the Rangers in World Series Bid

Law Firms

Firm’s Diversity Efforts Improving—Up from Abysmal to Mediocre, Says Managing Partner

Criminal Justice

Lawyer for ‘Hiccup Girl’ May Assert Tourette’s Defense

Law Firms

Publicly Owned Slater & Gordon Pays $35M to Acquire Controversial Aussie Law Firm

Guantanamo/Detainees

US Secretly Recorded Detainee’s Guantanamo Conversations

Bankruptcy Law

Battered by the Recession, More Older Americans Are Filing for Bankruptcy

Death Penalty

Divided Supreme Court Vacates Execution Stay; Challenge Focused on Drug Shortage

Law in Popular Culture

John Grisham Channels Upton Sinclair in New Novel

Legal Technology

Law Firms Will Integrate Social Media in Their Websites, Consultant Predicts

Evidence

1,000s of NYC Stop-&-Frisks Unjustified, Law Prof Finds; City Argues He Was Paid $375/Hour to Say So

Criminal Justice

Judge Accused of Wrong-Way Driving on Interstate, Faces 2nd Drunken-Driving Case

Environmental Law

BP Corner-Cutting Led to Gulf Oil Disaster, Says Ex-EPA Lawyer; PBS Program Tonight Details Claims

Constitutional Law

School District Must Pay $81,000 Legal Bill re Teen’s Challenge of Same-Sex Prom Date Ban

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