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American Bar Association

Labor Department Partners With ABA in Lawyer Referral Program

Law Students

3L Seeks Donors Willing to ‘Sponsor a Law Kid,’ Get a Warm Fuzzy Feeling

Outsourcing

After Acquisition by Thomson Reuters, Pangea3 Legal Outsourcer Is Set to Open US Offices

Law Professors

Laurence Tribe Leaves DOJ Job, Cites Symptoms of Brain Tumor

Constitutional Law

Experts Divided on Constitutionality of New Airport Screening Procedures

Law Firms

Law Firm Sues Insurance Broker in Effort to Recover $1.6M Lost to Madoff

Animal Law

Lawsuit Possible in Mistaken Euthanasia of Afghan Hero Dog

Bar Exam

Outsourcing, Not Bar Review Prep, Evidently Part of Thomson Reuters’ Strategic Plan

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Sets Record for Longest Opinions Ever

Legislation & Lobbying

Rangel Should Be Censured, Recommends House Ethics Committee

Legal Ethics

Federal Judge Accused of Buying Drugs for Stripper Will Take Plea Deal

Product Liability Law

Doc Who Ate Artichoke, Leaves & All, Sues Restaurant, Alleging Lack of Proper Warning

Outsourcing

Thomson Reuters Acquires Indian Legal Outsourcing Co. Pangea3

Diversity

New Era of Tolerance as 2nd Transgender Judge Takes to Bench This Week

White-Collar Crime

2 Workers Arrested in $65B Madoff Swindle, Accused of Faking Records, Paying Selves & Firm Friends

Evidence

Prosecutor Says Student Wire Raises ‘Serious Legal & Ethical Questions’ in Innocence Probe

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Judge Pleads Guilty to False Statement; Officials Accused of Personal Profit from Court Cases

Legal Ethics

Longtime Jackson Kelly Lawyer’s License Suspended for Filing Incomplete Medical Report

White-Collar Crime

Banks Knew About Illegal Rothstein Transfers and Hence are Liable for $160M, Lawyer Argues

The New Normal

Issue Spotting: Innovation Enemy No. 1

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