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Law Practice Management

Going Public Pays: 56% Profit Increase Follows Law Firm’s IPO

Banking Law

New Proposals Surface to Help Debt-Laden Homeowners

Environmental Law

1st Calif. Conviction Over Too-Shady Trees

Product Liability Law

Riegel Will Affect Many—But Not All—Medical Device Suits

Personal Lives

Law Prof Lists Home for $30 Million

Legal Movies

What Are the Oscar Odds for Legal Thriller ‘Michael Clayton’?

Law Firms

Kirkland & Ellis Disdains Litigation—Against Itself

Bankruptcy Law

Bill Would Give Bankruptcy Judges Power to Rewrite Home Mortgages

Legal Ethics

Appeals Court Upholds N.C. Judge’s Disbarment

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Could Face Sanctions After Adding Images of Kangaroos, Swastikas to Filing

Appellate Practice

Improper Faxed Notice Dooms Appeal of Pro Se Mom

Attorney-Client Privilege

Two Backdating Defendants Seek Notes From Law Firms’ Internal Probes

Banking Law

Countrywide Plaintiffs Include Borrowers, Investors, Shareholders

Law Firms

Seven WolfBlock Partners Leap to Smaller Firm

International Law

Chinese Lawyer Promotes Rule of Law as Public Interest Lawsuit Pioneer

Constitutional Law

New Call for Reinstatement of Pakistan Appellate Judges

Legal Ethics

Feds and State Investigate N.Y. Lawyer Who ‘Worked’ 1,286 Days in a Year

Legal Ethics

2nd Circuit: Lawyer ‘Failed Spectacularly’ in Immigration Case

Law Practice Management

Home Depot Lays Off an Estimated 17 In-House Legal Staff

Law Firms

DLA Piper Raids Locke Lord Bissell; 8 Restructuring Lawyers Jump Ship

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