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Legal Ethics

Bose McKinney Agrees to Pay Hefty Legal Bill in ‘Chameleon’ Sanctions Case

Alternative Dispute Resolution

‘Stealth Coop’ Can Smooth Neighbors’ Ruffled Feathers Over Backyard Chickens

International Law

As Law Firms Elsewhere are Firing, Those in India are Hiring

Law Practice Management

10,000 UK Lawyers Could Lose Jobs Within 2 Years; ‘09 is ‘Worst Year Ever,’ Recruiter Says

Layoffs

BigLaw Voice Mail to Young Attorneys: ‘It’s Not Good News, But Give Us a Call’

Criminal Justice

Undeterred By UPL Sentences, 2 Men Allegedly Go Back into ‘Practice’

Careers

Ex-Associate, Now a Journalist, Tells of Cravath ‘Sweat Shop’

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Consider Abbreviated Discharge of Student Loan

Legal Ethics

Judge’s ‘Co-Prosecutor’ Role Requires New Trial, Md. Court of Appeals Says

U.S. Supreme Court

Surprise! Supreme Court Grants Cert in Beach Takings Case

Law Firms

Greenberg Traurig London Launch Will Push Some Boundaries, Paul Maher Says

U.S. Supreme Court

‘Tonnage Clause’ at Issue in Supreme Court Decision Striking Down Ship Tax

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules Against Fraud Defendant Fighting Deportation

Lawyer Pay

Fewer Law Firms Expected to Pay $250K Hiring Bonuses for High Court Clerks

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Ginsburg Says She’s ‘Cheered’ by Sotomayor’s Nomination

Criminal Justice

Lawyer Charged with Assault for Alleged Courthouse Bear Hug

Legal Ethics

Crowell & Moring Partner’s Overzealous Tactics Justified Sanction, Court Says

Guantanamo/Detainees

Judge Allows Lawsuit Claiming John Yoo’s Legal Memos Led to Torture

Law Professors

Jury that Convicted ‘Crockefeller’ Was Led by Harvard Law Lecturer

Celebrities

Malawi High Court OKs Pop Icon’s Adoption Petition

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