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Law in Popular Culture

Actor, a Southwestern Law Student, Will Play a Lawyer on TV

Juries

Study Finds ‘Unattractive Harshness Effect’ for Uglier Defendants

Attorney's Fees

4th Circuit Says Judge Erred By Cutting $6M Fee PI Firms Sought to $600K

Civil Procedure

Avoid Chaos, Decide Now Where to Try Oil Spill Cases, Lawyer Urges Multidistrict Panel

Real Estate and Property Law

Detroit Debate: Was Removal of High-End Graffiti a Criminal Act or Art Rescue?

Legal Ethics

Representing Defendant & Gov’t Witnesses Sparks Mistrial, Finger-Pointing

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Suspended Over DUI Arrests and Secret Sex Tapes

Labor & Employment

Federal Jury Awards $250M in Punitives in Novartis Sex-Bias Case

Intellectual Property Law

In Rush to Create New ‘48 HR’ Mag in a Weekend, No One Focused on Legal Issues

Careers

‘Quotable Judge Posner’ Is Law Prof’s Life Project

Criminal Justice

Law Firm Sues Sex Offender for $2M in Fees, Says Nonprosecution Agreement Violated

Question of the Week

How Many Hours Have You Worked in the Past 7 Days?

Entertainment Law

Playwright Cancels Madoff Production, Says Elie Wiesel Claimed Defamation

Law Firms

DLA Piper Will Open Office in Turkey, Where a Lot of Work Awaits

Criminal Justice

Playing to the Cameras? Suit Filed Over Taped Police Raid That Resulted in Child’s Death

Legal Ethics

Lawyer’s C-Word Invective Spurs Criminal, Ethics Charges by Animal Rights Group

Criminal Justice

Utah Judge Acquits Rapping ‘McPrankster’

Supreme Court Nominations

Kagan Docs Reveal: Warren Court Criticism, Millionaire Status, Skadden Arps Prep

Judiciary

Party-Switching Senator Who Helped Shape Supreme Court Loses Primary Election

Supreme Court Nominations

Just One Mother on Supreme Court; Does It Make a Difference?

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