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Law Practice Management

Look at This, ‘Annoying Law Firm’—Our Competing Billboard, Outside Your Office

Criminal Justice

Stop Prosecuting Many Misdemeanors, Defense Counsel Group Suggests

Criminal Justice

Judge Refuses Inmate’s Request to Change Name to ‘Sinner’

Personal Lives

Lawyer Personalities May Contribute to Increased Suicide Risk

Labor & Employment

Another Layoffs Downside: Loss of Personal Info on Work Computer

Associates

To Defer or Not to Defer? Like a Day Off, Late Job Start May Not Be a Career Plus

Legal Ethics

After Blasting Prosecutors, Judge Allows Asbestos Trial to Proceed

Law Firms

Reportedly Laid-Off Lawyer Is an Apparent Suicide at Kilpatrick Stockton

Environmental Law

Hogan & Hartson Lawyer Saves Electricity with Solar Panels, Clothesline

Careers

Meet Chrysler’s Bankruptcy Lawyer, Corinne Ball

Women in the Law

Women Lawyers Feel Betrayed When Female Bosses Aren’t Nurturing

U.S. Supreme Court

Swing Voter Kennedy Appears Hostile to Preclearance Distinctions

Law Firms

Squire Sanders Cuts Associate Pay 10 Percent; Expert Sees a Trend

Law Firms

Profits Drop at 12 of 15 Top Firms

Criminal Justice

FBI Raids Offices of NY Lawyer Who Killed His Family and Himself

Tort Law

Lawyer Who Traveled While Infected with TB Sues CDC

Law Practice Management

Too Many Lawyers, Too Little Work: More Layoffs Are Likely, Expert Says

Legislation & Lobbying

DOJ and Legal Groups Seek Law Eliminating Cocaine Sentencing Disparities

Celebrities

Called to Do His Civic Duty in Chicago, Mr. T Supports the ‘J-Team’

Constitutional Law

Sen. Leahy Asks Judge Bybee to Testify About ‘Torture’ Memos

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