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Legal Ethics

Ex-AG Candidate Loses Free Speech Appeal over Corruption Claim

Business of Law

Amidst Reported Surge in Urge to Merge, Reed Smith and Thompson & Knight Disengage

Legislation & Lobbying

After Losing By 1 Vote in Ill. House, Repeal of Death Penalty Passes Chamber in Do-Over Vote

Government

Testing Seat Belt Law, Kansas Man Buckles Up in an Unusual Manner

Government Law

Filmed at Money Machine, Inserting Quarters, Man Is Simultaneously Issued a Parking Ticket

Media & Communications Law

Ex-CIA Agent Charged in Alleged Leaks to Reporter; WaPo Says Info May Have Gone to NY Times

Legal Ethics

Disbarred in Pa. and Del. (Where He Wasn’t Even Licensed), Young Attorney Is Merely Censured in NJ

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Lawyer Gets Time in Tax Evasion Case

Law Practice Management

Law Firm Leverages Oops E-Mail Sent to Opponent to Win ‘Eye-Popping’ Protective Order

Celebrities

Judge Nixes Jury’s Drug Convictions of Anna Nicole Smith’s Boyfriend and Lawyer

Constitutional Law

Onetime Billionaire Stanford Is Incompetent for Trial in $7B Fraud Case, Psychiatrist Says

Trials & Litigation

Ex-Corrections Officers’ Confab re Defendant’s Record Requires Jury Selection Do-Over

Criminal Justice

Hospitalized in Coma, Girl, 13, Is Ticketed for Jaywalking

In-House Counsel

GC’s Inactive Status Doesn’t Nix Attorney-Client Privilege, Judge Says

Health Law

Vaccine Autism Study Was ‘Elaborate Fraud,’ Medical Journal Says

Legal Ethics

Ethics Complaint Accuses Lawyer of Joining Carpenters Union to Get the Benefits

Work-Life Balance

Percentage of Part-Time Lawyers Trails Rate of Other Professionals

Judiciary

Obama Renominates 42 Judicial Picks, But Not Judge Hit for Execution Delay

Criminal Justice

Police Post Photos Thought to Belong to 1968 Murder Victim on Facebook, Get New Leads

Careers

Law Grad in ‘Severe Financial Distress’ Seeks $200K for Law Degree on eBay

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