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Florida International 3L Shot and Killed in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Layoffs

Despite Job Increases for Nation, Legal Sector Sees Another Decline

Criminal Justice

‘Astonished’ Judge Declares Murder Mistrial Due to Defense Lawyer Who Never Tried a Case

Tort Law

Will GE Be Liable in Design of Japanese Nuclear Plants? Law Prof Questions Traditional Wisdom

Law Schools

ABA Committee Members Show No Inclination to Start Over on Accreditation Standards Review

ABA Journal

As Bulging Client Data Heads for the Cloud, Law Firms Ready for a Storm

Business of Law

Fed’l Judge Says Chase Must Post $4M Surety Bond to Get Its Foreclosure Files Back From Law Firm

Constitutional Law

Prosecutors and Judges to Join Police at DWI Checkpoints to Enforce New ‘No Refusal’ Law

Administrative Law

FDA Introduces Proposed New Regs Requiring Calorie Counts on Chain Restaurant Menus

Criminal Justice

Producer Sues ISP and its Fired Employee, Saying Hack Destroyed Season of Kids’ TV Series

Legal Marketing

Reed Smith Offers Free GC Hotline to Answer Questions of Clients’ Top In-House Lawyers

Tax Law

Couple Making $39K a Year Reels in Shock at Call from Preparer: They’re Getting a $54K Tax Refund

Trials & Litigation

Badly Burned in Domestic Incident, Woman Says Her New Life, In and Out of Court, Answered a Prayer

Evidence

ID’d in Cold Case DNA Project, Man, 74, Pleads Guilty in 7 Murders, Suspected in Up to 23 More

Criminal Justice

SUV Smashes Into Pittsburgh Law School; Building Evacuated for Safety Check

Legal Ethics

Okla. Judge Denies DA’s Blanket Recusal Motion, Filed Under Seal

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Judge Takes Plea in RICO Case, Admits Role in Alleged $235K-Plus Court Bribery Scheme

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