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Constitutional Law

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

Careers

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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

Constitutional Law

Ex-Clerk Gets 2 Years for Coerced Court Sex; Ex-Guard Gets 30 Years for Cuffed Inmate Rape

Internet Law

Copyright King’s Business Model at Risk: Judge Requires Separate Filing Fees in 1,000s of P2P Claims

Labor & Employment

NOW Sees Disconnect Between Hooters Legal Defenses and Sales to Minors

Verdicts & Settlements

Madoff Trustee Reaches a $7B Settlement with Investor’s Estate

Evidence

After 21 Years, Inmate’s Conviction Reversed; Prosecutor in ‘91 Trial Still Calls It ‘Bulletproof’

Class Actions

5th Circuit Nixes $21M Katrina Pact, Worried That Legal Fees and Other Costs Could ‘Cannibalize’ It

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Pitchman Gets 6-Month Suspension for Lax Supervision at High-Volume Firm

Legal Ethics

Tax Lawyer Loses Disbarment Appeal After Strip Club Guilty Plea

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Charged in Hunting Accident Had Prior Run-Ins with the Law

Terrorism

CIA Agreed to Pay Legal Fees of Waterboarding Psychologists

Death Penalty

Okla. Inmate Executed with Sedative Used in Animal Euthanasia

Family Law

In France, Heterosexual Couples Opting for Civil Unions

Partners

49 Lawyers Make Partner at Nation’s 10 Most Prestigious Law Firms

Constitutional Law

Citizen Prevails in Toilet Planter Clash: It’s Not Trash, Judge Rules, Nixing $25 Ticket

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