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Law and Popular Culture

Lawyer Relies on ‘Animal House’ for Inspiration

Celebrities

Actor’s Smoking-Arrest Woes Inspire Headline Writers

Legal Ethics

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Skinny-Dipping Suit, at Least for Now

Law Firms

Malpractice Suit Against Drinker Biddle Reinstated

Lawyer Pay

Sonnenschein Partner Pay Policy Examined at Trial

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Considers Scope of Individual Right to Own Guns

Law Students

Harvard Law Group Rallies Against Bill to Ban Online Poker

Constitutional Law

Big Gun Case is 37-Year-Old Lawyer’s Supreme Court Debut

Law Practice Management

Law Firm Layoffs: ‘Fewer Than 10’ Let Go at Edwards Angell

Constitutional Law

ACLU Sues Over Fla. District’s High School Graduation Rates

Attorney Fees

$4.4M Legal Fees Sought in Texas Case that Brought Down DA

Family Law

Top 10 Deadbeat Parents Targeted in Calif. County’s Most Wanted Poster

Banking Law

Bear Stearns Rescue Shows Legislators Have Work to Do

Law Firms

How Blackwell Sanders Cut Attrition in Half

Banking Law

Hot Topic Post-Bear Stearns: Investment Safety Rules

Sentencing

2nd Circuit: Probation for Lawyer in $100M Fraud Too Lenient

Women in the Law

Bad Hair Day Creates Sleek New Style for McCartney’s Divorce Lawyer

Diversity

BigLaw ‘Ghetto’? Former Staff Attorney Raps Covington’s D.C. Office

Family Law

Why Heather Mills Got Merely $50M from Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Majority Appears to Favor Individual Right to Own Guns

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