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Careers

Despite Casual Fashion Trend Sweeping the Business World, Lawyers Choose the Familiar

First Amendment

Upset About Bankruptcy Case, Amish Seek Unsuccessfully to Settle $33M Matter Outside Court

Government Law

‘Complete Regulatory Collapse’ Helped Abortion Doc Charged in 8 Murders Keep Operating

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Decide if Sullivan & Cromwell’s Mailroom Mix-Up Bars Capital Appeal

Legal Ethics

Onetime ICE Lawyer Gets 17 Years for Taking Bribes

Criminal Justice

Alcohol Allegedly Served by DUI Lawyer in Client Meeting at His Office Leads to His Arrest

Trials & Litigation

Prosecutor Accused of Using County Resources to Boost his Political Campaign goes on Trial

Law Students

Blame Yourself, Not Law School, for Failing NY Bar Exam, Judge Tells Plaintiff Paralegal

Careers

Prominent Lawyer Got Where He Is Despite Arrest Record Beginning with Alleged Burglary at Age 7

Law Students

Law Students Use Laptops to Goof Off in Class, But They Also Aid Learning, Survey Says

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Slaps 9th Circuit for ‘Inexplicable’ Decision in Batson Challenge

The New Normal

Keeping Score: 6 Ways to Know if Change Is Really Happening

Real Estate & Property Law

Mortgage Signature Law Provides Nearly Free House for Iowa Couple

Law Firms

Law Firms Need to Act More Like Businesses and Hire Accordingly, Prof Says

Large Law Firms

Three Letters—LLP—Helped Spur Howrey’s Downfall, Columnist Says

Criminal Justice

Deputy DA Who Prosecuted Paris Hilton Drug Case Is Arrested on Crack Cocaine Charge

Obituaries

Warren Christopher, Lawyer and Ex-Secretary of State, Dies at Age 85

Careers

Associate Lateral Hires Jumped 61 Percent Last Year

U.S. Supreme Court

Alito More ‘a Feelings Justice’ than a Grand Vision Type

Civil Rights

DOJ Accuses New Orleans Police Department of Racial Profiling in Damaging Report

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