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Work-Life Balance

SEC Lawyer’s Racial Bias Suit Claims Boss Targeted At-Home Work, Saw Leave as Vacation

Criminal Justice

DA Worries Judge’s Courtroom Access Ruling Could Affect Thousands of Cases

Criminal Justice

Protective Order Didn’t Help Oklahoma Lawyer Killed in Murder-Suicide

Terrorism

No Quick Miranda Warning Needed for Domestic Terror Suspects Under New FBI Rules

Law Schools

Harvard Law Fellow Is Likely Winner of Election to Lead Tibetan Exile Government

Legal Ethics

As Fla. Bar Investigates 157 Foreclosure Lawyers, Some Say More Action Is Needed

Celebrities

Lindsay Lohan Rejects Necklace-Theft Plea Deal Including Jail Time, Is Now Headed for Trial

Legal Ethics

Blistering 7th Circuit Opinion Fines Lawyer $5K, Orders Him to Alert Clients to Possible Malpractice

Trials & Litigation

Wealthy Gambler Makes Creative Legal Arguments to Defend Nonpayment of $1.2 Million Debt to Casino

Legal Ethics

Well-Known Criminal Defense Lawyer Is Charged with Laundering $225K in Alleged Drug Proceeds

Legal Ethics

Swift, Stunning Win for Prosecutor on Trial in Political Corruption Case: Judge Axes All Charges

Judiciary

We Need Judges to Work Harder, So We Should Pay Them More Money, Lawmaker Says

Legal Ethics

Lawyer’s Lie Re Her Claim to Channel Thoughts of the Dead to Client Results in 1-Year Suspension

Immigration Law

Deportation of 4-Year-Old US Citizen Reignites ‘Anchor Babies’ Debate

Evidence

Oops. Fake Auto Accident Allegedly was Staged Under Store Surveillance Camera

Evidence

After DNA Exonerates Convicted Rapists, Victims Who Identified Them Deal with the Guilt

Attorney Fees

Convicted Ex-Qwest CEO Sues over $25M Legal Bill, Claims Lawyers Billed Him for Their Underwear

Law in Peepular Culture

Peeps in Law Gallery Is Live

White-Collar Crime

Convicted Ex-Bankruptcy Attorney Could Get Up to 20 Years Per Count in Mortgage Fraud

Question of the Week

How Formal or Informal Are You in Your Interactions with Your Clients?

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