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Legal Education

U of Iowa Law School Offers Free Web Course on Health Care Reform Act

Legal Education

Northwestern Law Dean Van Zandt Gets New Gig as President of New York’s New School

Legal Ethics

Lawyer: I Had Sex with Client at Her Home and in My Office, But Not in Courthouse Law Library

Law in Popular Culture

Not Worried About a Career-Ending Exit? Snark Offers Ideas for Leaving the Law

Family Law

Billionaire Bren Owes Adult Kids Zip, Jury Rules; They Had Sought $134M in Child Support

Privacy Law

Germany Ponders Possible Ban on Using Facebook Info for Hiring Decisions

White-Collar Crime

Ex-Lawyer Gets 18 Months, Must Repay $628K in Mortgage Fraud That Earned Him About $14K

Criminal Justice

Feds Drop Case Against Blagojevich’s Brother

Criminal Justice

Study Estimates 4.4 Percent of Inmates Are Sexually Victimized in Prisons

Immigration Law

Few Immigrants Change Their Names Nowadays, Lawyer Says

Law Firms

$1.6M Award Upheld for Lawyer Who Sued His Firm for Fees

Judiciary

Is Prop 8 Judge’s Sexual Orientation Relevant? LA Times Editor Thinks So

Legal Ethics

Auctioned Blagojevich Items Included Attorney-Client Papers

Law Schools

Law School Dispenses iPads, Touts Downtime Study Opportunity

Legal Ethics

Judge Orders Paul Weiss, Lowenstein to Pay $1.96M in Fees for Frivolous Suit

Criminal Justice

Ex-MoFo Partner Arrested in Alleged Autism Fraud

Law Firms

Steptoe Wins Injunction in Battle Over Wafting Burger Fumes

Government Law

Chicago Suburb Won’t Ban Eye-Rolling After All

Criminal Justice

Public Defenders Often are Just as Effective as Private Counsel, Study Says

Internet Law

Woman Who Put Cat in Lidded Trash Bin is Found, Threatened on Facebook

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