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First Amendment

Trial Allowed in Prisoner Challenge to Media Policy

Family Law

Eddie Murphy, Wife Split After 2 Weeks, But Don’t Need Divorce

Legal Ethics

Scruggs’ Lawyers Accuse Judge of Targeting Their Client in Bribe Case

Question of the Week

What Rookie Duty Were You Glad to Shed As You Gained Seniority?

Legal Ethics

Law Firm Can’t Keep Referral Fee Promised to Disbarred Lawyer

Sentencing

‘Seriously Misleading’ Affidavit Leads to Longer Sentence for Ex-Brocade CEO

Legal Ethics

Ex-PI Lawyer, Accused of Keeping Client Settlements, Gets 41-Month Sentence

U.S. Supreme Court

Breyer Uses Bike Hypo to Oppose Backpedaling on Patent Doctrine

Freedom of Information

Judge to Review CIA Interrogation Documents, Hear ACLU Contempt Motion

Evidence

Rep. Disputes CIA Official’s Claim of Implicit Authority to Destroy Tapes

Terrorism

Ex-Rep Accused of Hiding Source of Payment in Terror Funding Case

Constitutional Law

San Diego OKs $750K Attorney Payment to Settle Cross Case

Criminal Justice

US Pays Hit Man $20K, But Fights Compensation for Victims

Executive Branch

White House Admits Erasing Pre-2003 E-Mail Backups

Careers

Law Grad, 32: Don’t Do What I Did

Legislation & Lobbying

Two Senators Target Judges’ Junkets, Tie Pay Raise to Stricter Rules

Legal Ethics

Defendant Claims Miami Law Firm Paid for Settlement Info

Constitutional Law

ACLU Argues Sex in Bathroom Stalls Is Private

Law Practice

Pa. Law Firms Swap Partners in N.J.

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Brocade CEO Gets 21-Month Sentence for Options Backdating

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