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Layoffs

Total of 91 People Laid off at UK Law Firm Simmons & Simmons

Law Firms

Keker & Van Nest Power Struggle Led to Defections

Attorney Fees

Legal Tab for Former Sen. Ted Stevens is at Least $1M

Trials & Litigation

Judge Calls Mistrial for ‘Absolutely Outrageous’ Texting by Witness

Supreme Court Nominations

Switch from Nancy Drew to Perry Mason Laid Path for Sotomayor

Law in Popular Culture

Justice Breyer Makes Chicago Acting Debut as Ghost in Hamlet

Law Firms

Two Skadden M&A Stars Defect to Kirkland in ‘Shockwaves’ Move

Legal Ethics

Two SEC Lawyers Being Probed for Insider Trading

Guantanamo/Detainees

Obama Will Retain Military Commissions, But Revise the Rules

Supreme Court Nominations

Who Will Replace Souter? Today’s News

Criminal Justice

Miller Canfield Lawyer, 73 Others Charged in Biker Club Racketeering Indictment

Legal Ethics

Top Wash. Court Denies Defense Fees to Supreme Court Justice in Ethics Case

Contracts

CEO Owes Ex About $750K in Interest for 12-Day-Late Payment, Conn. Court Rules

Legal Ethics

N.J. Judge: Public Humiliation Already Punished Me for Bad Jokes on Bench

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Who Keyed Marine’s BMW Could Get 1-Year Suspension

Executive Branch

CIA Rejects Request By Cheney to Declassify Two Interrogation Documents

Justice Department

Karl Rove to be Questioned in Probe of US Attorney Firings

International Law

In Fact, Dechert Raided Only 3 of Our 5 Moscow Partners, Chadbourne Says

Obituaries

Crowell & Moring Name Partner Dies

Judiciary

Another Charge of Insensitivity for Judge Sanctioned for Wearing Blackface

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