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Long Live the King of Torts?

Tort lawyers don’t come any more successful than Mississippi’s Dickie Scruggs. Now that he’s been accused of bribery, there are questions about how he achieved so much.



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The Rankings Czar

Law deans hate Bob Morse’s rankings. He’d like their help to make them better.



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The Lawyer Who Took on Jesse James ... and Won

A Lost Case Uncovered by a Missouri Litigator Pits the Rule of Law Against an Infamous Outlaw



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Finding It Hard to Be a Loan

Courts are tossing out foreclosure cases, citing lawyers for lacking the right papers



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DNA Poised to Show Its Civil Side

After changing criminal law, tests are ready for workers’ comp, toxic tort cases



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Mac v. PC

Two lawyer-experts duke it out over the greatest quandary of the new century



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Canning Your Client

You have a pretty good idea when enough is enough. But how can you limit the fallout when you give a client the boot?



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No Putting Up with Putdowns

As states eye workplace bullying bills, employment lawyers see flood of lawsuits



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Going for Gold in the Gulf

As Dubai takes its place among the world’s financial centers, law firms follow



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The G-Man

A week in the life of a $1,000-per-hour lawyer



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