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Law Practice Management

Partner Profit Plunged 17% at UK’s 50 Biggest Firms Over Past Fiscal Year

Guantanamo/Detainees

Federal Judge Orders Release of Young Gitmo Detainee

Animal Law

Legal Bills in Pet Pug Custody Case Top $40K as Judge Mulls ‘Subjective Value’

Trials & Litigation

Suit Claims Sorority President Spent Money on Wax Statue of Herself

White-Collar Crime

N.Y. Lawyer Among 4 Execs Charged in Alleged $422K-Plus ATM Scam

Legal Technology

Two Twittering Lawyers: The ABA President and an IT Buff #ABAChicago

Legal Ethics

Suspicious Lawyer Reported Law Firm; One Counsel Arrested During Bar Exam

Criminal Justice

Are Fatal Sleeping Accidents a Crime? Prosecutors Differ

Celebrities

Debbie Rowe Agrees Katherine Jackson Will Get Kids, Retains Visitation Rights

Attorney General

AG Holder Says Cop’s Search of His Trunk Was Racial Profiling

Law Practice Management

Will ‘Economic Edifice’ of BigLaw Crumble in the Recession?

Law Firms

Midlevel Associates Rank McKee Nelson Best for Handling Layoffs

Associates

Survey Finds Low Morale, High Anxiety Among Midlevel Associates

Law Firms

Schulte Roth Files $2.8M Fee Suit Against Troubled Investment Firm

Law Firms

Closed Firm Jenkens & Gilchrist Awarded $3M in Suit Against Ex-Client

Bankruptcy Law

Lawmaker to Lenders: Modify Mortgages, or We’ll Revive ‘Cramdown’ Bill

Work/Life Balance

Extra Recession Pressure on Women Makes It Harder to Say No

Criminal Justice

Prof’s Daughter, 17, Is Murdered After Alleged Kidnap in L.A. Law School Area

Law Schools

ABA Task Force Hears Alternatives to Law School Accreditation Role #ABAChicago

Bankruptcy Law

Trustee Sues Madoff’s Wife for $45M, Cites ‘Life of Spendor’

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