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Bar Associations

Teens Learn of Financial Pitfalls in Boston Bar Program

Legislation & Lobbying

Congress May Urge Mortgage Principal Reductions for Struggling Homeowners

Celebrities

Drifter Convicted of Stalking Uma Thurman

Legal Ethics

Appeals Court Tosses Fieger Suit Against State AG

Bankruptcy Law

Lenders Freeze Home Equity Lines, Avoiding Possible Chapter 13 Cuts

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Sentencing/Post Conviction

Warden of La. Prison Says Bear is Unpaid Guard

Animal Law

Animal Rights Lawyers Seeking ‘Holy Grail’ Gain Smaller Victories

Death Penalty

Planned Ga. Execution Tonight is First Since Moratorium Ended

Law Schools

W. Va. Law School Gets $8M in Unclaimed Settlement Money

Tribal Law/Courts

Judge Rules Utah Tribe Is Phony, Throws Out Arbitration Awards

Judiciary

HALT Report Blasts States for Secretive Judicial Ethics Oversight

Guantanamo/Detainees

Sept. 11 Cases Unlikely to Reach Trial at Guantanamo This Year

Evidence

Judge Refuses to Sanction JetBlue for Destroying Document

Law in Popular Culture

Many Details Right in Fictional Lawyer’s Supreme Court Skewering

Intellectual Property Law

Magazine Compiles Top 50 List of Young IP Lawyers

Juvenile Justice

Brain Research Raises Questions on Treatment of Young Defendants

Patent Law

Law Prof Finds Flaw That Could Invalidate Thousands of Patent Decisions

Mergers & Acquisitions

Skadden Helps Yahoo Buy Time With Legal Maneuver

Constitutional Law

Texas Ranch Raid Sparks Senate Leader’s Call for Federal Task Force

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