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Mergers & Acquisitions

K&L Gates Merges with Dallas Firm

Personal Lives

How a Reed Smith Partner Learned Wealth, Power Were the Wrong Priorities

Careers

D.C.‘s Top Lawyer Resigns

Executive Branch

White House Visitor Logs Open to Public Scrutiny

Criminal Justice

Saudi Rape Victim Pardoned for Being Alone in Car

Justice Department

Voting Rights Chief Steps Down

Criminal Justice

Conviction in ‘Modern-Day Slavery’ Case

Death Penalty

N.J. Governor Signs Law Repealing Death Penalty

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Who Destroyed Evidence Spared Jail Time

Terrorism

Terrorists Not the Only Targets of Government Secret Surveillance

Careers

Obama Played ‘Strong, Silent Type’ in Court

White Collar Crime

Ex-Chicago Sun-Times Publisher Gets 2 Yrs for Fraud

Tax Law

Wesley Snipes Baffled by Tax Fraud Claims

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Asked to Decide Whether Emotional-Distress Damages Are Taxable

Tort Law

10-Partner Firm Fights Tort Reform Laws

Sentencing

Mandatory Minimum Laws Preserve Crack Sentencing Disparity

Terrorism

Ex-Worker Says Exec Acknowledged CIA ‘Torture Flights’

Family Law

Man Can’t Get Alimony Reduced Because Ex-Wife Is in Jail

Law Practice

Cravath in 1952: No Billables Pressure, No Fancy Offices and No Women

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Had Duty to Return Opponent’s Notes, Court Rules

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