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Tort Law

2 Law Profs Win $5.2M Verdict in Defamation Case Over Pocket Part Authorship

Juries

Potential Jury Nullifies Law Before Even Being Seated, Eliminating Drug Trial

International Law

Top UK Judge OKs Reporters’ Use of Twitter, Texts & E-Mail in Court

Constitutional Law

Colo. Author Faces Fla. Obscenity Case, Allegedly Sold Signed Copy of ‘Pedophile’ to Authorities

Evidence

Seahawks Fan Sues Shaun Ellis of Jets Over Stadium Snowball Toss

Legal Theory

Superhero Legal Questions Debated on New Blog

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Grants Cert and Rules for Businesses in Growing Percentage of Cases

Judiciary

Judge & PDs Chip In to Give Once-Homeless Defendant a Holiday Season Gift: $57 Restitution

Privacy Law

Are You in the FBI Terrorist Database? Acting Suspiciously Could Put You There

Personal Lives

Lawyers’ Holiday Confessions: Faux Gifts and Karaoke

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Who Claimed Child Porn Was Legal Research Is Acquitted

Careers

Associate Who Quit Kirkland & Ellis Is Now ‘Purveyor of Pretend Pestilence’

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer Sues After Police Take Him to Psych Ward for Smoking on Window Ledge

Military Law

Congress OKs Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’; GC’s Plan Has Hypos

Constitutional Law

‘Long-Shot’ Cert Petition Alleges Tobacco Settlement Violated Compact Clause

Careers

Avoid These Top 10 Resumé Buzzwords

Constitutional Law

Republican Lawmakers Seek to Impeach 4 Iowa Supreme Court Justices Who Struck Gay-Marriage Ban

Features

Lawyers on Both Sides of Collection Feel Debt’s Sting

Business of Law

Forget Marble Floors: Flat Fees Fill Ex-BigLaw Partner’s Client List at New IP Shop

Constitutional Law

Sutherland Partner Sues D.C. Over Arrest and $35 ‘Post & Forfeit’ Fee, Seeks $1.2M and Class Status

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