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Business of Law

As Howrey Closes, 32-Lawyer Team Heads to Baker Botts, Another 40 Go to Winston & Strawn

Media and Communications Law

Firestorm re $60K Award Against Blogger, Despite Lack of Defamation, May Be Focusing On Wrong Issue

Tax Law

IRS Comes Calling After Astros Fan Wins Year’s Supply of Free Doughnuts

Religious Law

Kozinski’s ‘Ornery’ Panel Dissent Carries the Day in En Banc Headscarf Ruling

Privacy Law

Obama Administration to Ask Congress for Privacy Bill of Rights

Health Law

Law Student Among Plaintiffs Claiming Baldness Drug Causes Concentration Loss, Impotence

Criminal Justice

‘Blood Money’ Wins Release of CIA Contractor Detained on Suspicion of Murder

First Amendment

Nurse Found Guilty of Encouraging Suicide in Online Chats

Careers

Lawyer Ranks Third as Top-Paying Job for Women, Forbes Says

Death Penalty

DEA Seizes Lethal Injection Drug from Ga. Corrections Department

Constitutional Law

7th Circuit: Landlord Who Rented to Murder Suspect Has No Constitutional Claim for Property Damage

Legal Marketing

Troubled Law Firms Remained Upbeat Online Before Dissolution, Wayback Machine Shows

Labor & Employment

Longtime Law School Registrar Keeps Quinnipiac Job Despite Criminal Conviction

Evidence

‘Crockefeller’ Charged with Murder re 1985 Disappearance of Calif. Couple

Constitutional Law

Maine Town Declares Food Sovereignty, Inspiring a Movement

Criminal Justice

Murder Conviction Reversed Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct; Double Jeopardy Bars Retrial

Criminal Justice

Smartphone, Dumb Idea: Using Blue-and-Red Light App to Pull Over Fellow Motorist

Legislation & Lobbying

‘Dire Consequences’ for Courts If Federal Funding Fails Could Include Late Legal Fees Payments

Business of Law

Law Firm Offers Better, Cheaper Medical Benefits via Self-Insurance Plan

Business of Law

‘Significant Core’ of Clark Thomas Forms New Firm at Same Offices

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