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Legal Ethics

Newspaper: ‘Weak-Kneed’ Discipline Council Stumbled in Probate Judge Matter

Criminal Justice

Jurors Names Kept Secret from Lawyers in Trial Over Murder of Criminal Defense Attorney

Legal Ethics

Law Firm in ‘Deliberate, Willful & Flagrant’ Contempt Fined $49K for Missing Foreclosure Hearings

Law Firms

Kilpatrick Stockton Merges with California Law Firm

Law Firms

Orrick and Akin Gump Proclaim Mutual Respect, But Call Off Merger Talks

Disability Law

EEOC Claims Obesity Is a Disability in Suit Filed for Fired Worker

Diversity

97 BigLaw Firms Get Perfect Scores on LGBT Issues

U.S. Supreme Court

Stevens Says Supreme Court Will Eventually ‘Straighten Itself Out’

ABA Journal Podcast

This Term at the High Court: New Faces, New Controversies & a Dynamic Policial Climate (Podcast)

Lawyer Pay

Widening Partner Pay Spread Spurs Tensions and Law Firm Instability, Consultant Says

Law Students

Law Student Suffers from ‘Toasted Skin Syndrome’ Due to Laptop Use

Law Firms

Fake Pizza Orders, Prank Calls, Website Attacks, and Now a Law Firm Bomb Threat

Law Firms

Bombs Explode at Home of 2 Partners in Law Firm that Was Site of Unsolved Murder

Verdicts & Settlements

Defunct Debt Collection Law Firm Found Liable for Nearly $24M

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Says His Longtime Secretary Is the Informant Who Secretly Recorded Him

Copyright Law

Copyright Troll’s Methods Hit in Counterclaim Citing First Amendment

Criminal Justice

SEC Attorney on Billionaire Stanford’s Case Pleads No Contest to Resisting Arrest

U.S. Supreme Court

Son’s Funeral Has Become a First Amendment Issue

Legal Marketing

Lawyer Mark Zuckerberg’s Name Costs Him Google Traffic, Nets Him Angry Tech Support Calls

Labor & Employment Law

EEOC Sues Fox News, Alleging It Retaliated Against Reporter’s Age Bias Charge

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