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Verdicts & Settlements

Md. Police Agree to $400K Settlement in Racial Profiling Suit

Legal Theory

CBS Legal Analyst Sees Masterful Writing in ‘Wonderland’ Torture Memo

Legal Marketing

Law Firm Posts Lawyer Cartoons on its Website

Entertainment & Sports Law

Judge Dismisses ‘Borat’ Suit, Says Movie Is Vulgar But of Social Value

Law Firms

Patton Boggs Faces Suit by California Bank

Post Conviction

Death-Row Inmate Freed After Judge Finds Detectives Withheld Evidence

Evidence

Cigarette Butts and Used Kleenex Become a Crime-Solving DNA Tool

Legal Ethics

Judge Mulls Sentence After Melvyn Weiss Formally Enters Guilty Plea

Attorney General

Critics Contend 2003 DOJ Memo Created a Culture of Abuse

Environmental Law

States’ Suit Seeks to Force EPA Action on Greenhouse Gases

Attorney General

DOJ Probe Considers Whether Lawyer Was Ousted Due to Sexual Orientation Rumor

Judiciary

Judge Decides ‘Media Frenzy’ After Arrest Doesn’t Require Him to Quit

Media & Communications Law

Lawyer Pays for Retraction After Pulling Wash. Post Obit Prank

Law Firms

Law Firm Merger Pace on Even Keel; Charlotte ID’d as ‘Hot Market’

Trials & Litigation

Dad’s Murder Spurred This Mich. Lawyer to Pursue Justice for Dancer’s Son

Death Penalty

Va. Becomes 30th State to Temporarily Halt Executions

Judiciary

Judge Says Kicking White Lawyers Out of Courtroom Was ‘Mistake’

Health Law

Court of Public Opinion Sways Wal-Mart in Battle Over Legal Winnings

Judicial Elections

Nasty Race for Wisconsin Supreme Court Ends With Upset

Legal Aid

Ohio Offers Free Legal Services for Homeowners Facing Forclosure

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