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U.S. Supreme Court

Court Denies Cert in ACLU Wiretap Challenge

Legal Ethics

Vote to End Jury Deadlock May Cost Attorney His Law License

Law Firms

Susman & Godfrey Gets Starring Role in Documentary

Judiciary

Judges Flunk Story Problem Test, Showing Intuitive Decision-Making

Legal Ethics

Ex-GC Argues Memo Shows Wilson Sonsini Backdating Knowledge

First Amendment

ACLU Says School Should Have Allowed Anti-Gay T-Shirt

Law Firms

Latham & Watkins to Open Three Middle East Offices

Judiciary

Bankruptcy Judge Resigns Following Unusual DWI Publicity

Prosecutors

Houston DA Resigns to Stop Probe, Cites Prescription Drug Impairment

Law Firms

Paul Hastings Seeks to Settle Suit Alleging Legal Work Aided ‘Ponzi Scheme’

Personal Lives

Chicago Legal Legend, at 100, Roasted in Mock Trial

Legal Ethics

One Former Bill Lerach Law Firm Scarcely Misses a Step

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Who ‘Worked’ 1,286 Days in a Year: ‘Common Practice’

Associates

WSJ: Top First-Year Pay Has Hit Ceiling

Criminal Justice

Driver in Fatal David Halberstam Crash Gets 5 Days

Personal Lives

Lawyer’s Childhood Beatle Encounter Results in Oscar Nomination

Internet Law

MySpace Case: Judge Says ‘Friend Request’ Can Violate Protective Order

U.S. Supreme Court

Guild Says Scalia’s Torture Remarks Merit Future Recusal

U.S. Supreme Court

High Court Allows Expanded Arguments in Exxon Punitives Case

Legal Ethics

Plea Deal: Miami City Attorney Resigns, Gets 1 Year Probation

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