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Celebrities

Randy Quaid Says Lawyers Are Trying to Kill His Career and Possibly Murder Him

Product Liability Law

Toyota Accused of Secretly Buying Back Cars with Reported Sudden Acceleration

Halliburton Cement Used in BP Well Failed Three Tests, Panel Leader Says

Tort Law

4-Year-Old Girl Can Be Sued for Bicycle Injury, Judge Rules

Celebrities

Lawyer Convicted of Prescription Fraud in Anna Nicole Smith Drug Case

U.S. Supreme Court

Laurence Tribe’s Leaked Memo: Sotomayor ‘Not as Smart as She Seems to Think She Is’

Labor & Employment

Brazilian Court Orders McDonald’s to Compensate Overeating Manager

Internet Law

Restraining Order Issued Against Student for Twitter Punch-in-the-Face Threat

Consumer Law

Verizon Wireless to Pay Record $25M FCC Fine, Refund $50M in ‘Mystery’ Data Fees

Legal Ethics

Prosecutors Blast Ex-DA in ‘Nightmare’ Case of Innocent Man Jailed 18 Years

Business of Law

‘Totally Fooled’ by Now-Convicted Rothstein, Law Partner Tries to Explain What He Did for $450K Pay

Evidence

After Taking 8-Day Vacation for ‘Jury Duty,’ Woman Is Jailed When She Returns to Work

Legal Ethics

‘Spectacular Fall’ for Name Partner Adorno, Now Facing Suspension for Class Action Settlement Role

In-House Counsel

Nestle Fired Law Firm Over Poached Secretary Incident

In-House Counsel

Law Departments Will Be Able to Post and Peek at Others’ Data

Careers

Law Schools Grow as Jobs Shrink, Producing Irate Unemployed Lawyers

Legal Ethics

O’Connor Says She Didn’t Authorize Recording Used in Errant Robocalls

Law Firms

Social Cliques Survive at ‘Bigshot & Snooty’—and Maybe at Your Law Firm

Animal Law

Sanctuary Founder Sues for Her Old Job and Elephant Visitation Rights

Criminal Justice

Pennsylvania Janitor Accused of Spying Through Courthouse Peephole

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