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Careers

Law Firms Delay Decisions on Job Offers to Summer Associates

Attorney General

CIA Reportedly Will Pay Legal Fees of Officers in Interrogation Abuse Probe

Criminal Justice

Law Firm Manager Sentenced to Prison for Carjacking Hoax

Law Practice Management

Arnold & Porter Raids All 2 Partners from Brussels Office of Shearman

Celebrities

Fed Chief Bernanke Was ID Theft Victim

Law Practice Management

Fish & Richardson to Eliminate Entire Corporate Practice Group

Constitutional Law

N.Y. Judge Restores Lawyer’s $106K Pension, Nixes $605K Repayment Order

Health Law

Hard-Hit By Katrina, La. Hospital Workers Revised Health Rules

Legal Ethics

Ex-Pillsbury Associate Who Moonlighted Loses License for 60 Days

Legal Ethics

US Claims Misleading Statements by ‘Attorney A’; Is Proskauer Lawyer at Risk?

Bar Associations

ABA Sues FTC Over Red Flags Rule

Tort Law

Court: Deputy AG Should Blame Herself, Not Ranch Owners, for Horse Fall

Legal Ethics

17-Year Texas Judge Accused of Misdemeanor Official Oppression

U.S. Supreme Court

Souter Places ‘Extraordinarily Long Restriction’ on Access to His Papers

Constitutional Law

Ex-Judge Who Filed $54M ‘Pants Suit’ Appeals Dismissal of Job-Loss Claim

Law Schools

Law School Ring Returned to Retired JAG Officer 52 Years After He Lost It

Criminal Justice

Heart Issue Sends Stanford to Hospital; Ex-CFO Pleads Guilty

Layoffs

Baker Botts Discloses More Layoffs, But Not the Number

Obituaries

Law Prof Recalls Ted Kennedy as Average on Paper, Good on His Feet

Sentencing/Post Conviction

Court Says Solo Lawyer’s Lack of Contrition Justified Higher Sentence

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