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Media and Communications Law

Fla. High Court Nixes ‘False Light’ Claims Against Papers

Pro Bono

Chemerinsky to Jacobs: Let’s Debate

Legal Ethics

Tenn. Judge Charged with Making Probationers Work on his Property

U.S. Supreme Court

Oral Advocacy is Overemphasized, Justice Thomas Says

U.S. Supreme Court

Larry Tribe to Feuding Lawyer: ‘Flip a Coin and Grow Up’

Legal Ethics

Skadden Accuses Broadcom Prosecutor of Grand-Jury and E-Mail Leaks

Juries

Judge in Senator’s Trial Refuses to Dismiss Juror for ‘Violent Outbursts’

Attorney Fees

Judge Orders Ungaretti & Harris to Give Up Bankruptcy Fee

Layoffs

O’Melveny Says Cost-Cutting Drove Staff Cuts, but Not Associate Ousters

Law Firms

Lehman Owed Milbank $2.8M in Legal Bills

Attorney Fees

After Freezing Fees, Wal-Mart GC Considers Cutting Associate Billing Rates

Careers

Advice to Law Students Getting Job Offers: Accept Quickly

Tort Law

Dismissed: Basketball Face-Punch Claim Against Lawyers League

Criminal Justice

Spector Retrial Set to Open Next Week

Judiciary

Out of Order: Judges Scuffle Over Fax Machine

Sentencing/Post-Conviction

Author Banned from Advising Others Not to Pay Taxes

Financial Crisis

Interpreting Bailout the New Client Mandate

Sentencing/Post-Conviction

Public Outrage Boosts Sentencing in Child Porn Cases

Guantanamo/Detainees

UK Court: US Should Release Documents Relating to Detainee’s Torture Claim

Legal Ethics

‘On the Prowl’ Vegas Judge Removed for Sexual Improprieties, Racial Slurs

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