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Criminal Justice

Wife of Attorney Murdered at His Law Office Turns Herself In After Being Indicted

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Who Spent Much of 2011 in Jail is Still a Wisconsin Attorney in Good Standing

U.S. Supreme Court

Investor Suit over Disclosure of Zicam Side Effects Gets Green Light by Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules Oral Workplace Complaints Are Protected Under Labor Law

Law in Popular Culture

Lawyer’s Free-Speech Ethics Challenge Inspires Legal Blogger’s Novel

Legal Ethics

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Drug Indictments Based on Evidence Collected by Wired Lawyer

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Consider Investigator Immunity for False Grand Jury Testimony

Privacy Law

Judge Cites Privacy Rights, Keeps Juror Names a Secret Until End of Barry Bonds Trial

Obituaries

DC Patent Lawyer Who Won First National Spelling Bee Dies at 97

Judiciary

Settlement of Sex Harassment Case Against Judge Doesn’t End His Work for County

Trials & Litigation

Deposition Gets Sidetracked in Lengthy Detour over the Meaning of Photocopiers

Judiciary

Wis. Justice Admits He Lobbed the B-Word at the Chief Justice—and Says It Was Warranted

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Lawmaker Gets 4- to12-Year Term in Fraud and Larceny Case Over $853K Insurance Check

Obituaries

Harvard Law Prof Known for ‘Stuntzian’ Views Dies at 52

Business of Law

After $2M Verdict, 2 Fla. Attorneys Now Face Civil Theft Ethics Case re Bitter Law Firm Breakup

Law Students

2L Starts Possible Sports Law Career in a Big Way, Representing Bears Coach Lovie Smith

Careers

Despite Casual Fashion Trend Sweeping the Business World, Lawyers Choose the Familiar

First Amendment

Upset About Bankruptcy Case, Amish Seek Unsuccessfully to Settle $33M Matter Outside Court

Government Law

‘Complete Regulatory Collapse’ Helped Abortion Doc Charged in 8 Murders Keep Operating

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Decide if Sullivan & Cromwell’s Mailroom Mix-Up Bars Capital Appeal

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