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Diversity

Former In-House Lawyer at Wal-Mart Launches Lawyer Networking Website

White-Collar Crime

Law Firm’s $8K Monthly ‘Retainer’ Payments to Another Law Firm Were Bribes, Indictment Says

White-Collar Crime

Former NJ Prosecutor and Judge Charged with Aiding Bribed False Confession

Tort Law

Woman Wins $75K for 1-Day Jail Stay + $25K for Strip Search in ID Theft Mix-Up

Legal Ethics

Judge Is Reprimanded for ‘Unnecessary’ Remarks Criticizing Lawyers and Witnesses

Trials & Litigation

Judge Cites ‘Egregious Breach’ of Ethics, Slashes Law Firm Fee from $12M to $500K

Constitutional Law

Who Gets the Lethal Injection? Drug Shortage Creates ‘Russian Roulette’ Scenario

Business of Law

Akin Gump & Orrick are Talking About a Possible Megamerger

Attorney General

AG: Delayed Votes on Federal Judge Nominees Is Creating ‘Crisis in Our Courts’

Criminal Justice

Texas Law Prof Dodges Bullets En Route to Class; Law School Locked Down

Legal Ethics

Few Defendants Wronged by Federal Prosecutors Get US Compensation

U.S. Supreme Court

Do Corporations Have Personal Privacy Rights? Supreme Court Set to Decide

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Consider State Secrets in Contract Dispute Over Avenger Plane

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Hear Anna Nicole Smith Estate Claim to Late Husband’s Fortune

essays

Solo’s Most Reliable Innovation Is Only a Click Away

Education Law

‘Flurry of Lawsuits’ Accuse For-Profit Colleges of Misleading Students

Profile

Solo Ignored Naysayers and Turned His Practice Focus Green

Criminal Justice

Tossing an Egg Gets Defendant Tossed in Jail

Criminal Justice

Prosecutors Retreat After Autopsy of 413-Pound Lawyer; Dead Dog Was Seized

Careers

Joe Jamail Is Richest Practicing Lawyer, But Not the Richest Law Grad

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