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Criminal Justice

Lawyer Arrested for Bringing Loaded Gun into Courthouse

Constitutional Law

Blagojevich’s 17th Amendment Autograph Says Rule of Law Is ‘FN Golden’

Legal Technology

Law Firm Abandons iPhone After Experts Warn of Security Issues

Attorney General

Former AG Gonzales Turns Reflective in Magazine’s Meaning of Life Issue

Careers

Hiring Lawyer Getting Resumés from Ivy League Law Grads for First Time

Law Practice Management

As Law Firms Respond to Crisis, 21% of Law Students Regret Choice

U.S. Supreme Court

Justices Give Unusual Leeway to Lawyer Attacking Honest Services Law

Verdicts & Settlements

Ex-Las Vegas Judge Halverson Ordered to Pay Former Assistant $50K

Law Practice Management

Brinks Hofer Cuts 7 Lawyers & 19 Staff, May Reduce Associate Pay Next Year

Law Practice Management

‘Tis the Season for Law Firms to Invite Laid-Off Lawyers to Holiday Parties

Tax Law

IRS Audits Single Mom Making $20K, Says She Can’t Claim Kids as Dependents

White-Collar Crime

2 Lawyers Among 5 Charged in Alleged $14.6M Mortgage Scheme

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Shot in Head Outside His Upscale Home Dies at Hospital

Legal Ethics

Suspension Likely for Lawyer Who Made Improper Remarks to Female Clients

In-House Counsel

AIG GC Reportedly Threatens to Resign if Pay Czar Cuts Her Compensation

Death Penalty

Inmate Apologizes for Murder, Is Executed in First 1-Drug Injection

Constitutional Law

Lawyer Sues N.Y. Over Alleged Harm to His Reputation from Pension Clawback

Criminal Justice

US Plans to Revise Blago Charges to Avoid ‘Honest Services’ Problem

Attorney General

GQ Labels AG Holder ‘Maverick of the Year’

U.S. Supreme Court

Sotomayor’s First High Court Opinion Bars Immediate Appeal of Privilege Decisions

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