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Supreme Court Nominations

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

Law Practice Management

DLA Piper Partner Moves to Smaller Firm Over Clients’ Cost Concerns

Government Law

Ariz. AG Lays Off 12 Lawyers, 17 Staff

Careers

Collecting Madoff and Dreier Assets Keeps New York Lawyers Busy—and Stressed

Legal Ethics

Fed’l Judge Says CIA Fraud Shielded Agent from Suit, Mulls Possible Lawyer Sanctions

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Who Knows a Few Things About Parking Tickets Offers Self-Published Advice

Law Firms

Triple Bad News for Law Students: Three Firms Ax Summer Associate Programs

Criminal Justice

Harvard Prof Gates Arrested Trying to Enter Own Home; Ogletree to Defend

Criminal Justice

Iowa Chief Justice’s Spouse, a Hospital GC, Charged at Teen Party

Personal Lives

N.C. Judge Drowns After Rescuing Son in Catawba River

Personal Lives

Lawyers Travel in Style in Nation’s Last Private Rail Car

Law Practice Management

E-Mail Leaks About Layoffs Prompt Law Firms to Set New PR Course

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Gets Reversal of Contempt Finding for ‘Sarcastic, Unprofessional Looks’

Careers

A ‘Sense of Desperation’ Among NY Lawyers Seeking Help for Depression

Financial Crisis

First Amendment Lawyer Uses Free Speech Defense for S&P

Legal Technology

Ignoring the Perils of Driving and Talking? You May Be Addicted, Prof Says

Prosecutors

Indiana Prosecutor Took Inactive Status, But Kept On Working

Alternative Dispute Resolution

An AG’s Quick Victory: Arbitration Forum Exits Credit Dispute Business

Legal Ethics

Working With Foreclosure Consultants Can Get a Lawyer Burned

Animal Law

Locavore Movement Has Hatched a Surprising New Legal Problem

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