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‘Smart Socializing’ Can Help 1st-Years Get Started on Rainmaking

Internet Law

Pranknet Practical Jokes Not as Funny After Criminal Charges are Filed

Legal Ethics

Judge Strikes DuPont Defenses in $60M Benlate Litigation Due to Discovery Fraud

Tour

Video Tour Diary Day 4: In Plain English, Suite Digs & Swag

Legal Ethics

Judge Suspended for 6 Months for Sending Clients to His Own Lawyer

Executive Branch

Ex-AG Gonzales Wins Dismissal From Suit Alleging DOJ Hiring Blacklist

Banking Law

As New Panel Probes Financial Crisis, Why Is Perp Walk Seldom Seen?

Law Practice Management

Ex-Employee Pleads in $1M Law Firm Fraud and Fire

Criminal Justice

Boston Lawyer Acquitted of Trying to Smuggle Heroin into Jail

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Accused of Asbestos Fraud Wins Summary Judgment

Law Practice Management

Mayer Brown and Reed Smith to Roll Out Fixed-Fee Plans for Corporate Clients

Evidence

Security Card Swipes Led to Arrest of Worker in Yale Grad Student Murder

Law Firms

A Clifford Chance Lingerie Allowance? Blog Investigates Report

In-House Counsel

Backdating Backlash: Ex-GC Sues McAfee, Claims Scapegoating; Another Sees Win

Legal Innovation

Legal Rebels Tour ‘09 Roundup: Week 1

Legal Technology

Law Firm Website May Post Case Summaries, N.C. Ethics Opinion Says

Juries

Verdict Stands, Despite Yankees Talk Between Juror and Witness

Law Practice Management

O’Melveny Aims to Become Fixed-Fee Leader, Leaked Plan Says

U.S. Supreme Court

Sotomayor’s ‘Provocative Comment’ Questioned Corporate Law Foundations

Constitutional Law

Americans Wary of Increased Presidential Power, Poll Finds

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