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Legal Ethics

DA Offers Cash Rewards for Prosecutors Who Hit Conviction Goals

Business of Law

Law Firm Is Victimized by Man Pretending to Be an Attorney There

Large Law Firms

Suit Claims Ropes & Gray Gave Female Partner’s Clients to Younger Male Lawyers

Law Schools

Yale Law School Is Most Popular as Well as Best, US News Says

Prosecutors

A Second Indiana Prosecutor Is Out of a Job for Unusual Advice to Wisconsin Governor

Obituaries

Activist Lawyer Leonard Weinglass Dies at 77

Tort Law

Suit Claims Adidas Midiru Shoes Pose a Tripping Hazard

Work-Life Balance

Aussie Researcher to Study Whether Extended Leave, Flexible Hours Affect Partnership Chances

Appellate Practice

7th Circuit’s Posner Rebukes ‘Quarrelsome Lawyers’ for Tendentious Bickering,’ Threatens Sanctions

Celebrities

Martin Sheen Testifies for James Marshall in Suit Seeking $11M from Maker of Acne Drug Accutane

Legal Ethics

Pro Bono Lawyer Criminally Charged re Alleged Cellphone Loan to Client in Custody

Terrorism

Bomb Detonated, Man Arrested After Abandoned Tool Bag Sat for Weeks at Detroit Federal Building

White-Collar Crime

Paralegal Has 1 Month to Pay $7.5K and Get 45 Days re $72K Law Firm Trust Account Spending Spree

Criminal Justice

Police Say Lawyer Arrested in Vacuum Saleswoman Assault Groped Arresting Officer, Smooched Her Boss

Government Law

Widow of Fla. Man Who Died in Deadly Gunfight With Cops Seeks $61K for Contents of Leveled Home

Government Law

Lawyer Sues to Find Out Age of Mayor

In-House Counsel

Judge Tosses Indictment of In-House Lawyer Accused in Wellbutrin Probe, Cites Prosecutor Error

U.S. Supreme Court

A Trend in the Making? Scalia and Thomas Split More Often than Not in Divided Cases This Term

Lawyer Pay

Which Law Schools’ Grads Make $160K Median Pay? None, According to Website’s Data

U.S. Supreme Court

Civil Gideon in Deadbeat Dad Cases Would Be ‘Massive’ Change, Lawyer Tells Justices

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