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Family Law

Divorce Is More Likely After ‘Marriage Bed’ Adultery, Lawyers Say

U.S. Supreme Court

Do a Whiff of Pot and Suspicious Sounds Justify Police Search? Supreme Court Mulls Issue

Legal Ethics

Law Grad with No Plan to Repay Debt Fails Character and Fitness Mandate, Ohio Top Court Says

Death Penalty

Top Texas Court Orders End to Hearing on Constitutionality of Death Penalty

Law Schools

LSAT Would Be Optional Under Possible ABA Accreditation Change

Careers

Why Annulkah Can’t Get a BigLaw Job: Everest-Climbing Super-Elite Grads Preferred

Work-Life Balance

Can Law Firms Offer Same Flexibility as Accounting Firms? Probably Not, Law Prof Says

Constitutional Law

1st Circuit Upholds Town’s Scarlet Letter—an Orange Sticker—for Unruly Gatherings

Legal Ethics

E-Discovery Sanctions Reach All-Time High for Litigants and Lawyers

Business of Law

‘Free’ Office Mgr Allegedly Helped Husband Steal Over $2M from Law Firm

International Law

ABA Prez Condemns ‘Unfair’ Trial of Iranian Civil Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 11 Years

Law Firms

Paralegal Sues Fla. Foreclosure Firm, Says She Was Required to Work Unpaid Overtime

White-Collar Crime

Now-Disbarred Attorney Acquitted in Fen-Phen Case Faces New Indictment re Law Firm Insurance Policy

Legal Ethics

Law Firm Partners on Hot Seat After Ex-Associate, Former Office Mgr Complain; Was Nanny on Payroll?

Careers

Warm Smile and Calm Spirit Helps Former Legal Secretary Make Transition to Nursing Field

Business of Law

‘Big Six’ Australian Law Firms Evacuate as Flooding Worsens in Brisbane

Question of the Week

Which Words Do You Think Need to Be Banished?

Consumer Law

New Calif. Law Lets Individuals Rent Cars to Strangers, Via ‘Green’ Nonprofit

Copyright Law

Copyright Dispute over AP Photo in Obama Poster Is Resolved with Deal to Collaborate

Legal Ethics

Ex-BigLaw Partner Disbarred for Bogus Time Entries, Expensed Meals for Internet Dates

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