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Legal Ethics

$215M Suit Says Grant & Eisenhofer Hid Agreement and Took Excessive Fee from Clients

Labor & Employment

Asked to Resign, Worker Allegedly Kills 8, Then Himself; Could Rampage Have Been Foreseen?

Internet Law

FCC’s Closed-Door Confab with Industry Reps re Net Neutrality Rules Worries Observers

Criminal Justice

Convicted Ex-Federal Judge Complains He’s Being Treated Like Sex Offender, Seeks New Sentence

Constitutional Law

Civil Rights Suit Challenges Feds’ License Rule for Lawyers Seeking to Pursue Terror Case

Legal Ethics

20 Law Profs Protest Defendant RI Judges’ Attempt to Oust ACLU Attorneys in Truancy Court Case

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Attorney Rothstein Owes $188M to 218 Ponzi Victims, But They’ll Get Far Less, Feds Say

Legal Ethics

Newspaper: Judge’s 3-Month Suspension Is a Paid Vacation

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Gets 60 Days in Fatal Horse Neglect Case

Legal Ethics

Vet Lost Home After Lawyer Drafted Trust Rather Than Will, Ethics Complaint Says

Prosecutors

Prosecutor Claims She Was Also Sexually Abused by Accused Riverside Park Rapist

Supreme Court Nominations

Senate Begins Debate on Kagan Nomination

First Amendment

Wikipedia GC Says Threatening FBI Letter Cited ‘Aspirational Version’ of Law

Legal Ethics

Magistrate Evokes Maytag Repairman, Schoolmarm in Opinion Blasting Lawyers

Legal History

NM Governor Considers Pardoning Billy the Kid, Angering Sheriff’s Descendants

Death Penalty

S&C’s Mail Room Mix-up Leads to Life-and-Death Cert Petition

Constitutional Law

Va. AG Joins Immigration Debate, Supports Status Checks During All Cop Stops

Careers

Law School Grades More Important to Career than Elite School, Researchers Say

Careers

100 Percent Offer Rates Reported for Summer Associates at BigLaw Firms

Legal Ethics

Federal Prosecutor Who Worked 5 Years Sans Law License Is Now Suspended

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