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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

Death Penalty

Okla. Inmate Executed with Sedative Used in Animal Euthanasia

Family Law

In France, Heterosexual Couples Opting for Civil Unions

Partners

49 Lawyers Make Partner at Nation’s 10 Most Prestigious Law Firms

Constitutional Law

Citizen Prevails in Toilet Planter Clash: It’s Not Trash, Judge Rules, Nixing $25 Ticket

Internet Law

Commerce Dept. Panel’s Report Calls For Internet ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’ and New Oversight Office

International Law

New Haiti Child Custody Turmoil: Dad Says Son Kidnapped, Jailed US Volunteer Says Tot Died

Business of Law

Clifford Chance Shows US Associates the Money, Will Pay Year-End Bonuses of Up to $35K

Law Schools

Columbia to Offer 3-Year JD/MBA Program, at Much the Same Cost as 4-Year Program

White-Collar Crime

Double Whammy for Ex-BigLaw Partner Both Arrested & Sued by SEC Today re Alleged Role in $20M Fraud

Legal Ethics

As Inmate Seeks to Suppress Wired Lawyer’s Evidence, a New Issue: Did Feds Bug Lawyer Room at Jail?

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