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Careers

Survey: Most Pre-Law Students Confident re Own Prospects, But Dubious About Others

Legal Ethics

Ore. AG’s Deputy Leaves Office Abruptly Over Claimed Evidence-Gathering Role

Law in Popular Culture

Motorized Recliner Seized in Drunken-Driving Case Is Auctioned for $3,700

Business of Law

Milbank Is the Latest BigLaw Firm to Open a New Office in Brazil

White-Collar Crime

Poker-Playing Sole Practitioner Is Charged in Alleged Mortgage Scam

Legal Ethics

3 Lawyers Beat Rap re $6.5M Ransom Allegedly Sought for Stolen Leonardo da Vinci Masterpiece

Question of the Week

Who Is History’s Top Lawyer or Judge?

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Tells Debt-Collection Law Firm that Ignorance of Law Is No Excuse

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Essentially Arbitrary’ Attorney-Fee Boost of $4.5M

Death Penalty

Judge Warns Defendant that Satan Awaits, Bemoans Lack of Death Penalty Option

Law Schools

Law Students Push for Transparency, More Info re Law School Employment Stats

Women in the Law

Women JDs Experience Less Pay Disparity than Women MBAs, Expert Says

Media & Communications Law

Dow Jones Sues Over ‘Hot News Misappropriation’

Supreme Court Nominations

Obama Begins Talks with Possible Supreme Court Nominees

Personal Lives

Lawyer Finds Long-Lost LBJ Letter During ABA Section Tour

Legal Ethics

Longtime Justice of Peace Resigns Over Claimed Crude Comments to Court Workers

Diversity

Multiple Women Make Partner at Some Firms, While Others Promote All-Male Classes

Celebrities

Son of Michael Douglas Gets 5 Years in Federal Drug Case

U.S. Supreme Court

First One @ One First: Fortune from Miscalculation

Evidence

Report: Spitzer Request to Bank to Limit Payment Info Led to Then-Gov’s Resignation

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