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Pro Bono

Denver Law Firm Forms ‘Karma Committees’

Careers

2 Baker & Daniels Partners Leave for Athletics Director Posts

Law Firms

Dewey & LeBoeuf Tolls Partner Profit Payouts to Build Cash Reserve

First Amendment

Appeals Court Allows Protests at Soldiers’ Funerals

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Accepts Punitives Case Involving Seaman Denied Benefits

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Decide Whether Inmate has Right to DNA Test

Tort Law

Law Prof Says ‘Perfect Storm’ of Wins by Democrats Could Expand Tort Liability

Attorney General

Judge to Review DOJ Legal Memos on Warrantless Wiretapping

Law Firms

Orrick Hires Core UK Partners of Heller; Other Firms Rejected ‘Messy’ Deal

Law Firms

Trouble Ahead for East Coast Law Firms; One Expert Expects Dissolutions

Law Firms

Powell Goldstein to Merge with Bryan Cave and Give up its Name

Election Law

In Hard-Fought Presidential Race, More Ballot Battles are Likely

U.S. Supreme Court

Law Prof Predicts Federal Courts’ Future Under McCain, Obama

Legal Ethics

Torching Wife’s Messy House Sends Legal Career Up in Smoke

White-Collar Crime

La. Lawyer Pleads Guilty in Bizarre $30M Law Firm Theft Case

Attorney Fees

Top Fla. Court Ups Lawyer Pay From $8 to $200/Hour in Worker’s Comp Case

U.S. Supreme Court

C-SPAN Denied Quick Access to Tape of ‘Fleeting Expletives’ Argument

Labor & Employment

Ex-LA Prosecutor’s $1.5M Award Axed; She Was the Problem, Appeals Panel Says

U.S. Supreme Court

Clerk’s Message Spurs Lawyer to Abandon Fight to Argue Supreme Court Case

Criminal Justice

Man Charged With Obstruction in D.C. Lawyer’s Unsolved 2006 Murder

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