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Criminal Justice

Lawyer Who Claimed Child Porn Was Legal Research Is Acquitted

Careers

Associate Who Quit Kirkland & Ellis Is Now ‘Purveyor of Pretend Pestilence’

Trials & Litigation

Lawyer Sues After Police Take Him to Psych Ward for Smoking on Window Ledge

Military Law

Congress OKs Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’; GC’s Plan Has Hypos

Constitutional Law

‘Long-Shot’ Cert Petition Alleges Tobacco Settlement Violated Compact Clause

Careers

Avoid These Top 10 Resumé Buzzwords

Constitutional Law

Republican Lawmakers Seek to Impeach 4 Iowa Supreme Court Justices Who Struck Gay-Marriage Ban

Features

Lawyers on Both Sides of Collection Feel Debt’s Sting

Business of Law

Forget Marble Floors: Flat Fees Fill Ex-BigLaw Partner’s Client List at New IP Shop

Constitutional Law

Sutherland Partner Sues D.C. Over Arrest and $35 ‘Post & Forfeit’ Fee, Seeks $1.2M and Class Status

Constitutional Law

Ex-Clerk Gets 2 Years for Coerced Court Sex; Ex-Guard Gets 30 Years for Cuffed Inmate Rape

Internet Law

Copyright King’s Business Model at Risk: Judge Requires Separate Filing Fees in 1,000s of P2P Claims

Labor & Employment

NOW Sees Disconnect Between Hooters Legal Defenses and Sales to Minors

Verdicts & Settlements

Madoff Trustee Reaches a $7B Settlement with Investor’s Estate

Evidence

After 21 Years, Inmate’s Conviction Reversed; Prosecutor in ‘91 Trial Still Calls It ‘Bulletproof’

Class Actions

5th Circuit Nixes $21M Katrina Pact, Worried That Legal Fees and Other Costs Could ‘Cannibalize’ It

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Pitchman Gets 6-Month Suspension for Lax Supervision at High-Volume Firm

Legal Ethics

Tax Lawyer Loses Disbarment Appeal After Strip Club Guilty Plea

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Charged in Hunting Accident Had Prior Run-Ins with the Law

Terrorism

CIA Agreed to Pay Legal Fees of Waterboarding Psychologists

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