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Legal Technology

Laptops, Web Use Create Conflict at Home and Even at Coffeehouses

Legal Ethics

Wis. Gov’s Unlicensed Chief Counsel Resigns After GOP Objects

Law Firms

Paul Hastings Swipes 3-Lawyer Skadden Patent Team

Labor & Employment

Layoff Expert Offers ‘A Kind Word’ to Worker, Helps the Boss Avoid Liability

Real Estate & Property Law

‘Garbage’ New York Fair Housing Suit Leads to Landmark Settlement

Legislation & Lobbying

Battle Over $25B Calif. Budget Cuts is Keeping Litigators Busy

Real Estate & Property Law

N.H. Ups Ante for Stone Wall Thieves; New Law Provides for Attorney Fees

Law Firms

Lawyer Claims Motley Rice Committed Malpractice in His Malpractice Suit

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Arrested After Chanting ‘I Hate Police’ Decries Disorderly Conduct Arrests

Law Practice Management

Blank Rome Settles Malpractice Case for $20M Without Admitting Liability

Law Students

19-Year-Old to Attend Northwestern Law School

Attorney General

AG Reportedly Close to Appointment of Prosecutor for Interrogation Probe

Judiciary

Loud Yawn Lands Court Spectator in Jail; 6-Month Sentence Later Reduced

Careers

Leaders of Collapsed Firms Face a Tough Job Search

Labor & Employment

Hourly Workers Sue to Be Paid for After-Hours Cell Phone Use

U.S. Supreme Court

Sotomayor Now Court’s Junior Justice—and ‘Doorkeeper and Secretary’

Law Firms

Williams & Connolly Hires Ex-GC Who Paid $6.5M in Insider Trading Probe

Attorney General

Ex-AG Gonzales Shunned by Law Firms—and Apparently by Bush

Law Practice Management

Where the Work Is: Lawyers Recommend These Practice Areas in Recessionary Times

Women in the Law

Now Well-Worn ‘Wise Latina’ Phrase Is Worn, Literally, By Sotomayor Fans

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