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Question of the Week

Choose Your Grammar Battle, and Take a Side

First Amendment

Baseball Fan Sues, Says Call of Nature Trumped ‘God Bless America’

Tort Law

Lawyer Loses Suit Claiming Failure to Read Divorce Decree

Careers

Lawyers Retool for Bankruptcy Practice, Due to Dismal Economy

Law Firms

Two Smaller Chicago Firms Find Prosperous Marriage During Downturn

Criminal Justice

Judge Unseals Testimony of Hoffa Witness

Criminal Justice

Mortgage Fraud Is Rarely Prosecuted

Careers

Why Thinking Like a Lawyer Is Bad for Your Career

Celebrities

N.J. Judge Refuses Gag on ‘Other Man’ Claim About Bruce Springsteen

Legal Ethics

DOJ Revs Up Prosecutor Training, Ponders Discovery Policy

Criminal Justice

Lawyers Testify They Were Duped by Fake Attorney

U.S. Supreme Court

Eliot Spitzer Climbs Back on the Soapbox in Slate Column

Elder Law

Elder Mediators Help Families Negotiate Tough Issues of Aging

Judiciary

Obama Displays ‘Considerable Degree of Cautiousness’ in Court Picks

Prosecutors

Calif. DA Dismisses Misdemeanor and Drug Charges in Exchange for DNA

U.S. Supreme Court

Law Student Shares Preparation Secret for Moot Court Judged by Chief Justice

Layoffs

Legal Blogger Finds Being Laid Off Was Tougher Than She Imagined

Criminal Justice

Blagojevich’s Reality Show Dream Needs Federal Judge’s OK

Careers

Am Law Founder Steven Brill Back in Journalism

Law Firms

Associate Who Claimed Drugging at Bingham Party Sees Complaint Tossed

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