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Careers

Jobless Told to Network, but Some Stay Silent and Keep Up Appearances

Solos/Small Firms

Troutman Lawyers Leave ‘Aircraft Carrier’ to Form Boutique Firm

Law Professors

Pepperdine Law Prof Is New Ambassador to Malta

Careers

Lawyers Seek Green Acres Life Through Iowa Farming Program

Law Firms

Ex-Heller Chair Denies That Partners Were Paid $9M in Phony Profits

Solos/Small Firms

Lawyers from the Dissolved Firm WolfBlock Leap to Smaller Firms

Consumer Law

Fed’l Judge Casts Cold Eye on Lawyer’s ‘Simply Ridiculous’ Shrimp Claim

Benefits/ERISA

$500M Gov’t Settlement Could Aid 200K Social Security-Eligible Individuals

White-Collar Crime

Madoff Aide Pleads Guilty, Says ‘It Was All Fake,’ Judge Nixes $2.5M Bond Deal

Legal Ethics

White House Discussed US Attorney Iglesias for Months Before 2006 Firing

Constitutional Law

Ex-Pakistan President Criminally Charged Over Detention of Judges

Contracts

Woman Can Sue Sister Over Alleged Oral Pact to Split $500K Powerball Win

Aviation & Space Law

Law Prof Aboard Plane Parked for 6 Hours Joins Airline Reform Advocates

Executive Branch

‘Lawyers in Love’ Could Be White House Theme Song

Legal Ethics

Baltimore Lawyer Seeks $13M in Defamation Suit Against the Sun

Trials & Litigation

La. Judge Rejects Guilty Verdict in A.M., But Jury Gives 2nd ‘C-Murder’ Rap in P.M.

Criminal Justice

N.C. Attorney is Accused of Altering Court Documents in Plea Deal

Judiciary

O’Connor Still Decides Cases; Issues Range from Pet Wolves to Stolen Wire

Women in the Law

Top Law Firms Named for Working Moms; 62% Allow Full-Time Telecommuting

Obituaries

Coroner Investigating Death of Texas Solo, Mother of Saints QB

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