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Personal Lives

Lawyer’s Magic Hobby Invites Jokes

Legal Ethics

Contempt Upheld for Ex-Lawyer Who Called Judge ‘Delusional’

Law Practice Management

Legal Assistant Spent $1.4M of Firm Trust Money on Herself

Legal Ethics

$1.8M Legal Bill from Gov’s Firm Makes Pa. Lawmakers See Red

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules Prosecutor’s Exclusion of Black Juror Was Improper

Executive Branch

Judge Gives White House Three Days to Respond to E-Mail Proposal

Attorney Fees

Cruise Line’s Suit Says Lawyer Should Give Up $1M in Fees

Law and Popular Culture

Lawyer Relies on ‘Animal House’ for Inspiration

Celebrities

Actor’s Smoking-Arrest Woes Inspire Headline Writers

Legal Ethics

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Skinny-Dipping Suit, at Least for Now

Law Firms

Malpractice Suit Against Drinker Biddle Reinstated

Lawyer Pay

Sonnenschein Partner Pay Policy Examined at Trial

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Considers Scope of Individual Right to Own Guns

Law Students

Harvard Law Group Rallies Against Bill to Ban Online Poker

Constitutional Law

Big Gun Case is 37-Year-Old Lawyer’s Supreme Court Debut

Law Practice Management

Law Firm Layoffs: ‘Fewer Than 10’ Let Go at Edwards Angell

Constitutional Law

ACLU Sues Over Fla. District’s High School Graduation Rates

Attorney Fees

$4.4M Legal Fees Sought in Texas Case that Brought Down DA

Family Law

Top 10 Deadbeat Parents Targeted in Calif. County’s Most Wanted Poster

Banking Law

Bear Stearns Rescue Shows Legislators Have Work to Do

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