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Trials & Litigation

Judge Saves Her Vacation by Putting Jury to Work at 3 a.m.

Labor & Employment Law

Labor Board Settles Suit of Woman Fired Over Facebook Posts Criticizing Her Boss

Legal Ethics

As LA Dodgers Owner Hires Sullivan & Cromwell, His Ex-Counsel Bingham McCutchen Hires Gibson Dunn

Trials & Litigation

Patton Firm Seeks to Sue Chevron, Gibson Dunn, Claims Tortious Interference with Client Relationship

Verdicts & Settlements

Jury Finds Denny’s Liable for $46M in Restaurant Shooting

Legal Ethics

Judge Reprimanded for Jailing Man After Confrontation in Courthouse Restroom

Women in the Law

Myth of Difficult Female Lawyer Bosses May Relate to Brain Wiring, Assistant-at-Law Says

Careers

Recruiters ‘Attack Like Piranhas’ as Law Firms Start to Crumble

Judiciary

Help Wanted: US Judicial Vacancies Increasing; 2011 Retirements Average One Per Week

Lawyer Pay

Pay of $10M for Top Rainmaking Lawyers Creates Growing Morale Issues

Juries

Juror Study Shows More of a BlackBerry Effect than a ‘CSI’ Effect

Law in Popular Culture

Eccentric Profs, Cheating Spouses Become Characters in Law Dean’s New Novel

Business of Law

Calwalader Gross Dips for 4th Year, But PPP Is $2.39M; Akin Gump PPP Soars 10.4% to $1.6M

Legal Ethics

Opening Statements Loom in ‘Kids-for-Cash’ Trial of Former Luzerne, Pa., President Judge

Evidence

As Experts Disagree About Evidence in Shaken-Baby Cases, Some Verdicts Face New Questions

Business of Law

McCarter & English Raids Robinson & Cole; Of 7 New Lawyers, 3 Were Practice Chairs There

Criminal Justice

Wife & Alleged Victim of Lawyer Accused in Contract Hit Case Holds His Hand En Route to Court

Constitutional Law

AG of Ill. Sues Over Pension Board’s OK of Benefits to Disgraced Police Commander

Lawyer Pay

Has Downturn Provided ‘Protective Cover’ to Top Equity Partners?

Government Law

Coffee Shop Owner Guilty of Indecent Exposure Due to Skimpy See-Through Shorts on ‘Bikini Barista’

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