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Admirality & Maritime Law

Law Firm Warns Super-Yacht Owners: Beware of Ship Seizures in Italian Waters

Law Schools

Duke Ups Ante on Loan-Repay Help for Law Grads Making as Much as $75K

Law in Popular Culture

Summer Events Planned to Celebrate 50th Birthday of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Mayor of Detroit Jailed, Loses $120K Job, for Living Lavishly Instead of Paying Restitution

White-Collar Crime

County Attorney Accused of Mortgage Fraud Will Stay on Job

Supreme Court Nominations

Elena Kagan Was Upset by Her B-Minus in Torts

Law Firms

In a Last-Minute Twist, Morris Manning Says It Will Host Summer Associates

Labor & Employment

Ex-Hooters Waitress Files Suit Claiming Weight Discrimination

Celebrities

Lindsay Lohan Will Sport Alcohol Monitoring Bracelet, But Your Child Likely Won’t

Judiciary

Judge Had Inactive License; Error Disclosed After Reprimand for Being Rude, Using Profanity

Legal Ethics

Disbarment Recommended for N.J. Lawyer Accused of Creating Phony Billings

Military Law

Obama Backs Compromise on Ending ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’

Partners

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Irell & Manella Partner

Women in the Law

Kagan Didn’t Have ‘Paradoxical Freedom’ Benefiting Ginsburg, O’Connor

Public Defenders

Cert Petition Challenges ‘Breakdown’ of PD System, Says Defendant Tossed to Lions

Environmental Law

Frustration Over Uncontained Gulf Oil Spill—and Tort Claim Contingency Fees of Up to 50 Percent

Careers

NY Lawyer Now Plays With Legos for a Living

Legal Ethics

Jailed 14 Months for Contempt, Ex-Beverly Hills Lawyer Calls Himself a Political Prisoner

Evidence

2nd Circuit Steps In, Stays Turnover Order for 600 Feet of ‘Crude’ Raw Footage

Labor & Employment

George Mason, Law Dean Win Bench Dismissal of Rotunda Sex-Harass Suit

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