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Trials & Litigation

Despite DNA Evidence & Confession, Jury Acquits ‘Nude Housekeeper’ in Paralegal’s Slaying

Business of Law

Fake Law Firm Memo Offers Tax Tip to Troops: The Less You Bill, the Less We Owe

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Misappropriated $2K in ‘Protection of the Client’s Interest,’ So He Isn’t Disbarred

Personal Lives

Yale Law Prof Targeted in Mommy Wars Offers Further Explanation of Her Thoughts on Parenting

Media & Communications Law

Top Wash. Court Says Lawyer Billing Records May Be Public in Murder Case, Awards Fees

Civil Procedure

Patent Law Issue Puts $33M Law Firm Malpractice Case Squarely Into Federal Court

Trials & Litigation

Jury Wallops Ex-Sheriff’s Deputies with $16M Award to Beaten Arrestee in ‘Kind of Pro Bono’ Case

Legislation & Lobbying

Judges Get Mahogany, Granite Counters, Soundproof Toilets and More at New ‘Taj Mahal’ Courthouse

Family Law

Divorce Is More Likely After ‘Marriage Bed’ Adultery, Lawyers Say

U.S. Supreme Court

Do a Whiff of Pot and Suspicious Sounds Justify Police Search? Supreme Court Mulls Issue

Legal Ethics

Law Grad with No Plan to Repay Debt Fails Character and Fitness Mandate, Ohio Top Court Says

Death Penalty

Top Texas Court Orders End to Hearing on Constitutionality of Death Penalty

Law Schools

LSAT Would Be Optional Under Possible ABA Accreditation Change

Careers

Why Annulkah Can’t Get a BigLaw Job: Everest-Climbing Super-Elite Grads Preferred

Work-Life Balance

Can Law Firms Offer Same Flexibility as Accounting Firms? Probably Not, Law Prof Says

Constitutional Law

1st Circuit Upholds Town’s Scarlet Letter—an Orange Sticker—for Unruly Gatherings

Legal Ethics

E-Discovery Sanctions Reach All-Time High for Litigants and Lawyers

Business of Law

‘Free’ Office Mgr Allegedly Helped Husband Steal Over $2M from Law Firm

International Law

ABA Prez Condemns ‘Unfair’ Trial of Iranian Civil Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 11 Years

Law Firms

Paralegal Sues Fla. Foreclosure Firm, Says She Was Required to Work Unpaid Overtime

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