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Personal Lives

Lawyer Discovers ‘Guaranteed’ Annuity Isn’t a Sure Thing

Law Practice Management

Survive Downturn by Rethinking Rates, Billing and Work Delegation, Experts Say

Supreme Court Nominations

Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: July 13

Judiciary

House Panel Recommends Impeaching Judge Kent for Sexual Misconduct

Prosecutors

Chicago US Attorney Says Book Partly Blames Him for Sept. 11

Death Penalty

High Court Case Spotlights Alabama’s ‘Troubled’ Death Penalty System

U.S. Supreme Court

In One Respect—an Ivy League Education—Sotomayor Is Part of the In Crowd

Careers

New Lawyer for Music Piracy Defendant Graduated from Harvard Law at 19

Intellectual Property

Lawyer Who Spotted Expired Patent on Solo Cup Wins Qui Tam Ruling

Law Professors

Netiquette Debate Erupts over Law Prof’s Outing as ‘Publius’ Blogger

Admiralty & Maritime Law

Financier Allen Stanford Hires Maritime Lawyers for Investment Fraud Case

Obituaries

Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer Dies in Uganda Car Crash

Careers

JPMorgan Signals Focus on Legal Lending in Hire of Ex-Citigroup Exec

Guantanamo/Detainees

Guantanamo Detainee Flown to US for Bombing Trial

Real Estate & Property Law

Conn. AG Probes Law Firms Involved in Mortgage Foreclosures

Work-Life Balance

Are We Closing the Book on Work-Life Balance?

Supreme Court Nominations

Sotomayor’s Nomination: Today’s News

Tort Law

UW Prof Gets $8K Settlement Over Arrest for Photographing Power Lines

Bankruptcy Law

Chrysler Sale to Fiat in ‘Legal Limbo’ After Ginsburg Order

Bankruptcy Law

Madoff Investors Sue, Want Loss Calculation Based on Fake Statements

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