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Legal Ethics

Affidavit Alleges Lawyer Had Affair with Client’s Wife During Murder Trial

Law Professors

Florida Law Prof Accused of Shoving Student Who Criticized Him, Gets One-Week Suspension

Large Law Firms

Banking Landlord May Push Milbank Out of Its Manhattan Offices

U.S. Supreme Court

Kagan Recusals Have Little Impact, But Her Cafeteria Role Makes Her the Frozen Yogurt Justice

Oil Spill

BP Sues Three Contractors in Oil Spill, Seeks at Least $40B in Damages

Careers

Want to Be a Legal Star? Be Willing to Take Risks, Set Goals and Network

Legal Ethics

Calif. AG Says ‘Tax Lady’ Attorney Should Be Jailed for Shredding Documents, Failing to Repay $435K

Legal Ethics

Woman Sues Target and Law Firm re ‘False Affidavit Factory’ Allegedly Used in Consumer Debt Cases

U.S. Supreme Court

ABA Joins Law Firm’s Call for Top Court Review of Grand Jury Power to Get Lawyer-Client Info

Entertainment & Sports Law

Baseball Commissioner Mulls Possible Use of Contractual Powers to Force Dodgers Sale

Law in Popular Culture

To Expand Client Base, Atlanta Lawyer Joins Singer Toni Braxton’s Family-Oriented Reality Show

Tax Law

Lawyers Offer IRS Audit Tips: Be Nice, Be Responsive, But Don’t Say Too Much

Trials & Litigation

Post-Settlement Word War Looms Between Law Firm and Taco Bell, Which Plans Ad Seeking Apology

Business of Law

Wealthy Tort Lawyer Settles With Ex-Partner’s Widow for Reported $10M to $35M

Evidence

Graffiti Exhibit in LA Is Magnet for Taggers and Cops; At Least One Famous Street Artist Detained

Attorney Fees

King & Spalding to Be Paid Up to $520 an Hour to Defend Marriage Law

Criminal Justice

Man Accused of Driving Rutgers Roommate to Suicide Faces New Grand Jury Charges

Question of the Week

In Your City, Where Do You Find the Lawyers Who Lunch?

First Amendment

Neo-Nazi Conviction Nixed; Gov’t Said He Targeted Juror in Trial re Soliciting Murder of Fed’l Judge

Law in Popular Culture

4th Circuit Tells Lower Court to Consider DNA in Appeal of ‘Fatal Vision’ Doc

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