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What Words & Phrases are Resumé Killers?

Business of Law

Quinn Emanuel to Pay Associate Bonuses of Up to $82K, As Boies Schiller Tops Out at Over $200K

Entertainment & Sports Law

Blinded Golfer Loses Appeal; NY’s Top Court Says He Assumed the Risk

Law Firms

Law Firm Group Decides to Have a Ball, Lose It All in Flash Mob Dance (See Video)

Law Firms

Wyclef Jean Stages Concert in DLA Piper’s Multi-Purpose Room

Entertainment & Sports Law

Prosecutors Charge High School Athlete with Sexual Assault for Wrestling Move

Law Practice Management

Partner Fondly Remembers Era Before Lateral Moves, ‘Show Me the Money’ Attitudes

Careers

Law Firm Trajectory Has Nine Stages, Followed by a Re-examination of Life Stages

Law Schools

Blogging Prof Analyzes Data and Names Virginia Top Law School

International Law

Iraqi Lawyers Watch ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ to Learn Trial Techniques

Law in Popular Culture

The Rise and Fall of ‘Megafirm,’ the Word, Is Chronicled in Google Books Database

U.S. Supreme Court

Justices Debate Death Penalty Issues in Dissents from Cert Denials

Business of Law

Ex-Client Sues Winston and Ex-Partner, Says His $1M Covered Uma Thurman Loss in Starr Theft

International Law

Lawyers for WikiLeaks Founder Outraged as Documents Leak About His Own Accusers

Careers

Probate Judge Can’t Moonlight at a Funeral Home, Says Ethics Panel

Criminal Justice

Mistakenly Believing Immunity Applied, Ex-Diplomat’s Son Stole $300K from Law Firm

Tort Law

2 Law Profs Win $5.2M Verdict in Defamation Case Over Pocket Part Authorship

Juries

Potential Jury Nullifies Law Before Even Being Seated, Eliminating Drug Trial

International Law

Top UK Judge OKs Reporters’ Use of Twitter, Texts & E-Mail in Court

Constitutional Law

Colo. Author Faces Fla. Obscenity Case, Allegedly Sold Signed Copy of ‘Pedophile’ to Authorities

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