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Law Students

Police Search for Missing Florida International Law Student

Judiciary

Liberals Fear Obama Losing Chance to Reshape Judiciary

Legal Ethics

9th Circuit Calls for Accounting of Judge’s Handling of $33.8M Trust

White-Collar Crime

Mostly Mundane Madoff Auction Reveals ‘Shameless Excess’ Only in His Closet

Evidence

Woman Gets New DUI Trial, Can Argue She Had to Drive to Avoid Bar Fight

Obituaries

Baker Botts Associate & Spouse Die in Fire Trying to Save Their Son, 4

Securities Law

Law Firms Review Compliance Measures After Attorney Arrests in Insider Cases

Guantanamo/Detainees

Five 9/11 Suspects Being Held at Gitmo to Be Tried in New York

Careers

Is Law School a Good Investment? No, Law Prof Says, for Many ‘Typical’ Students

Legislation & Lobbying

U Mass Prez Backs Plan to Create State’s 1st Public Law School

Law Firms

Lawyer Called ‘Financial Serial Killer’ By Partner is Now Option 3 on FBI Hotline

U.S. Supreme Court

‘Dueling Family Forces’ Shaped Scalia’s Ease with Confrontation, Author Says

Law Practice Management

5 Jones Day Partners in London Have Been Demoted to Counsel

Criminal Justice

Defense Attorney Gets Out of Solitary After Nearly 6 Months

Trials & Litigation

O’Melveny Lawyer Sounds Wistful After Settlement Scuttles Big Case Against Intel

Careers

Law Firm Loyalty Is Sometimes Overrated, Consultant Says

Careers

Perkins Coie Lawyer Bob Bauer Tapped as New White House Counsel

Judiciary

Ga. Supremes Intervene After Judge Jails Asst. DA, Reports ‘Ruckus’ With Her Boss

Media & Communications Law

Universal Settles Newspapers’ Complaints Over Fake Alien Abduction News

Internet Law

Convicted Germans Seek to Edit History in Suit Against Wikipedia

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