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American Bar Association

ABA Group Launches Pro Bono Website on Domestic Violence

Media & Communications Law

To Avoid Libel Litigation, Lawyer Advises, Don’t Tank Up and Tweet

Law Practice Management

2 Partners Exit Clifford for Dechert; CC Lost 18 N.Y. Partners in 6 Months

Careers

Laid-Off Workers Dress to Impress; ‘You’re Worth It,’ One Tells Friends

Legal Ethics

Federal Judge Boots Law Firm from Case for Hiring the Wrong Associate

Tax Law

Swiss Attorney Charged in UBS Case; US Lawyers Could Be Targeted, Too

International Law

US Indicts 43 in Alleged $5.8B Drug Ring

Real Estate & Property Law

Mortgage Delinquencies at Record 13%, Still Rising

Criminal Justice

Authorities Charge Defendant’s Relative for Putting Article on Jurors’ Windshields

Judiciary

Dozens of Judges Are Getting LinkedIn, Blogger Notes

Criminal Justice

2 Lawyers Convicted in Witness-Tampering Case, Could Face Life in Prison

Environmental Law

Judge Disqualified in Mining Case Once Represented Defendant

Evidence

ACC President Says Tax Ruling ‘Eviscerates the Work-Product Doctrine’

Labor & Employment

UPS Worker Sues for Overtime; Case Seeks Up to $100M in Damages

Tort Law

Splashing Dolphins Blamed in Slip-and-Fall Suit

Women in the Law

Yale Law Women Name Top 10 Family-Friendly Firms

Attorney General

DOJ Nazi Hunters Shift Focus to Perpetrators of New Atrocities

Education Law

Suit Blames School and Bullies for Girl’s Anorexia, Cites Title IX

Law Firms

Morgan Lewis Tops List of Go-To Law Firms for Fortune 100

Criminal Justice

Scotland to Free Lockerbie Bomber on ‘Compassionate Grounds’

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