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Legal Ethics

Circuit Court Judge Waits 11 Years to Rule on Case

Internet Law

Okla. Law Determines Who Controls Social Media Accounts After Death

White Collar Crime

Prison Time, Not Fines, Is Needed to Enforce Foreign Bribery Law, Specter Says

Labor & Employment Law

‘Tis the Season for Holiday Parties—and Booze-Fueled Employee Missteps

Careers

As 1L Ponders Cost-Benefit Ratio of Dropping Out Now, ATL Survey Says: Do It

Military Law

Long-Awaited Report Finds Little Risk in Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Legal Ethics

Suspended Lawyer Who Allegedly Kept Practicing and Forged Court Docs Is Jailed for Contempt

Banking Law

Negative Remarks Banned in Trial Pitting Trial Lawyers Group Against Wachovia

Trials & Litigation

Chevron Claims Patton Boggs Conflict, Due to Lobbying Link, in $27B Environmental Case

U.S. Supreme Court

Couple on Child Abuse List Despite Exoneration Loses Supreme Court Case

Legal Ethics

Class Action Accuses Anti-Piracy Law Firm of ‘Settlement Fraud and Extortion’

Trials & Litigation

It’s a Boy! Manhattan Lawyer Gets Trial Reprieve for Grandson’s Bris

Layoffs

BigLaw Partner Cuts Aren’t Over, Survey Finds

Law Firms

Ex-WolfBlock Partner Claims Top Lawyers Colluded With Competitor Firm

Guantanamo/Detainees

Wikileaks Reveals Why US Declined to Implant Chips in Released Gitmo Detainees

Antitrust Law

EU Launches Antitrust Probe Into Google’s Search Results

Constitutional Law

Glenn Beck’s Book Discovery Becomes Tea Party Constitutional Inspiration

Law Schools

Online Law School Reportedly Looking for D.C. Brick-and-Mortar Campus

Legal Ethics

What to Do When a Disbarred Lawyer Errs? Louisiana Finds a Solution to This Problem

Constitutional Law

Fed’l Judge Puts Hold on Okla. Amendment Banning State-Court Use of Shariah Law

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