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Legal Ethics

Lawyer Charged with Rape Allegedly Asked Potential Med-Mal Client to Disrobe to See Her Scars

Legal Ethics

As Chief Judges Agree Law Firm Can’t Simply Quit, One Sets Hearings for 9,000 Abandoned Cases

First Amendment

Lawyer Turns from Guns to Beer in Case Asserting a Free-Speech Right to B-Word Name

Media & Communications Law

Tesla Sues BBC for Libel re ‘Top Gear’ Segment in Which Electric Supercar Seems to Run Out of Juice

Question of the Week

Has Social Media Tightened Your Writing Style?

Trials & Litigation

‘Girls Gone Wild’ Founder Goes Lawyerless, Claims Credit for Witness Geometry Quiz

Criminal Justice

Hinckley Beat the System, May Soon Be Sipping Coffee in Williamsburg, Reagan’s Daughter Says

Legal Marketing

Law Firm Pulls 9/11 Ad Portraying ‘I Was There’ Firefighter Who Wasn’t There

Education Law

School Sued in Suicide of Bullied Youth; Harassment Was Taped and Posted to YouTube

Celebrities

Willie Nelson Won’t Have to Sing in Court; Prosecutor Was Joking, Judge Says

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Scalia Gets Ticketed in Four-Car Fender Bender

Legal Marketing & Consulting

Howrey Branding Efforts Should Have Targeted Its Own Lawyers, Its Ex-Marketer Says

U.S. Supreme Court

Gibson Dunn Partner Eugene Scalia Takes a Pay Cut to Avoid Recusal Issues for His Dad

Law Schools

Despite 1-Month Deadline Extension, Law School Apps Likely to Plummet Up to 20% at Kansas U

Constitutional Law

As Lawmakers Wield Budget Ax, Courts Struggle to Do More with Less, Plan Layoffs

Trials & Litigation

Police in Fla. Town Use Email and Skype to Obtain Warrants While Still on the Scene

Securities Law

FDA Chemist Charged in $2.27M Insider Trading Case, Allegedly Used Password-Protected Gov’t Site

Environmental Law

Feds Ponder Possible Manslaughter and Perjury Charges in Gulf Oil Spill Case, Sources Tell AP

Education Law

Va. Tech Gets Max $55K Fine for Late Massacre Day Warning; Much More Deserved, Official Says

Labor & Employment

Reports: Supremes Skeptical About Allowing Massive Wal-Mart Class Action to Proceed

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