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U.S. Supreme Court

Lawyers Serve As ‘Backboard’ to Judges’ Debate, Chief Justice Tells Moot Court

First Amendment

Courts Reluctant to Stop Divorcing Bloggers From Airing Complaints

Personal Lives

Lawyer Uncovers McCain ‘Family Recipe’ Scandal

Verdicts & Settlements

Accounting Case Against Ex-Fannie Mae Officials Expected to Settle

White-Collar Crime

Milberg Forfeitures Total $32M So Far, Well Below the $251M Target

Securities Law

N.Y. Attorney General Probes Marketing of Auction-Rate Securities

Law Firms

Smaller Law Firms Benefit from Subprime Litigation

Criminal Justice

Texas Man Innocent in Rape Case; 16th Wrongful Conviction in Dallas County

Trials & Litigation

Prosecutors Talk the Talk, Experts Say After 2nd Sears Tower Terror Mistrial

In-house Counsel

Most GCs Happy With Job, Many Looking to Hire In-House Counsel

Legislation & Lobbying

House Ups Student Loan Limits: Blessing or Curse?

Law Firms

10 Thelen Reid Lawyers Jump Ship to Big Labor Boutique

Diversity

Coke Reviews Diversity at Outside Law Firms, Honors Shook Hardy

Constitutional Law

Huge 416-Child Custody Hearing in Texas Ranch Raid Involves 350 Lawyers

U.S. Supreme Court

Kennedy Questions Sweep of Louisiana’s Death Penalty for Child Rapists

Legal Ethics

Moonlighting Mass. Judge Steps Down

Law Practice Management

3rd-Party Investors Help Defend U.K. Corporate Cases

Diversity

Major U.K. Law Firms are Becoming LGBT-Friendlier

Associates

K&L Gates Wants to Give Associates More Say-So

Women in the Law

Would-Be Legal Secretary is Now Partner

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