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Legal Ethics

Scruggs Says Bar’s Complaint is Premature

Criminal Justice

Jails Are the ‘New Asylums,’ Report Says

Prosecutors

Brooklyn DA Gets Moms to Protest Gang Paraphernalia Peddlers

Criminal Justice

$1M Bond for $25 Theft Lowered After Prosecutor Calls Amount ‘Silly’

Attorney Fees

Minority Leader Boehner Awarded $1M in Fees in Phone-Taping Suit

Real Estate & Property Law

‘Assembly Line’ Justice: Business Is Booming for So-Called Foreclosure Mills

Legal Blogs

A Quarter of the Nation’s Top Law Firms Have Blogs

Corporate Law

Colorado Ballot Measure Targets Execs Who Fail to Stop Corporate Fraud

Media & Communications Law

Defamation Suit Over Realistic Fictional Character Allowed

In-House Counsel

At Some Companies, Purchasing Agents Help Choose Outside Law Firms

Attorney Fees

Judge Questions Multitude of Law Firms Seeking Fees in Credit Card Settlement

Legal Blogs

SCOTUSblog Bans Reader Comments Due to ‘Silly Sniping’

Family Law

More Men Get Alimony as Stigma Lessens

Celebrities

Woody Allen Sues Over American Apparel Rabbi Ads

U.S. Supreme Court

N.J. Justices Dissent in River Case; Scalia Offers ‘Snide Dish’ of Tofu, Bean Sprouts

Legal Theory

Lawyer Writes Christian Guide to Legal Issues, Advises Against Revenge

Personal Lives

Retired Lawyer, Worried About Mental Decline, Asks Court to Approve Suicide

Law Firms

Gibson Dunn Sued By Funds that Collapsed Along With Refco

Women in the Law

Women Lawyers Have Higher Divorce Rates, Need Loving Husbands, Researcher Says

Mergers & Acquisitions

Global Dealmaking Drops More Than Two-Thirds for Big Law Firms

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