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Judiciary

Judge Manuel Real Wins Dismissal of Two Misconduct Complaints

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Stevens Wins Majority for his Plurality Reasoning in Cipollone

Law Practice Management

Most Big Law Firms Report No Unusual Problems with Credit and Collections

Layoffs

Philly Firms WolfBlock and Drinker Biddle Said to Cut Associates

Bankruptcy Law

Lawyer Sees More Middle-Class Bankruptcy Clients as Filings Jump 34%

White-Collar Crime

Gov Hires ‘Courtroom Bulldog’ as Ill. House Launches Impeachment

Law Schools

Hot HLS Hiring Streak Continues: Lessig to Leave Stanford for Harvard

Legislation & Lobbying

Caroline Kennedy Wants Hilary Clinton’s Senate Seat

Legal Ethics

Prominent La. Lawyer Jailed After Courthouse Altercation

Labor & Employment

Bosses are Making New Rules About Worker Blogging

Constitutional Law

Atheist Threatens Suit Over Las Vegas Wedding-Clergy Rule

Criminal Justice

Michigan Attorney’s Ex Gets 30-to-75 for Murdering Wife

White-Collar Crime

Lawyers’ Full Employment Act: Alleged $50B Madoff Fraud

Trials and Litigation

Defense Wins Rare Insanity Verdict in Florida Murder Case

Civil Procedure

In Seeming First, Aussie Court Says Default Judgment Can Be Served on Facebook

Legal Ethics

Ex-Greenberg Partner Pleads Guilty to Tax Conspiracy

Law Firms

Thacher Proffitt Offices for Lease

Sentencing/Post-Conviction

Ga. Courthouse Killer Gets Life; Holdouts Spare Him From Death Penalty

Law Practice Management

Another Issue for Dreier Lawyers: Lapsed Malpractice Coverage

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rejects Hatfill Appeal in Anthrax Libel Suit

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