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Natural Disasters

Ike Sewage Woes Chronicled in Lawyer’s Angry Letter

Legal Ethics

Contempt Conviction Upheld for Tenn. Lawyer Who Gave Judge the Finger

Legal Ethics

McDermott’s Shared Tab for ‘Abuse of Advocacy’ is $4.3M in Attorney Fees

Associates

Savvy Associates Disdain E-Mail, Probe Firm’s Economic Underpinnings

Law Firms

UK Firms Earn Top Three Spots for Revenue in Global 100

Criminal Justice

Lehman Brothers and a UBS Executive Investigated in Auction-Rate Probes

Tax Law

Bailout Bill Approved by Senate Raises AMT Threshold

Women in the Law

Pashto Fluency Put Law Student in Position to Help Gitmo Detainees

Trials & Litigation

Jury Convicts ‘Obsessed’ Ex-Client of Seeking Hit on N.H. Lawyer’s Wife

Evidence

Canadian Judge Castigates Pathologist; Money Pledged to Wrongfully Convicted

Question of the Week

Isn’t That Question Illegal?

Tort Law

Final Answer for Victim’s Family in Boston ‘Big Dig’ Death: $28M

Legal Ethics

Embattled Oregon Attorney Charged in Burglary Case

Criminal Justice

Wash. State to Monitor All Violent Sex Offenders When Released, via GPS

Pro Bono

Pro Bono Lawyers to Monitor D.C. Polls

Law in Popular Culture

Hilary Swank’s Next Movie Based on Law Student’s Fight to Exonerate Brother

Attorney General

Maine Courts Have ‘Model’ Interpreter System Under DOJ Agreement

Criminal Justice

Stanford Law Grad in Tax Evasion Case Over Alleged Escort Earnings

Labor & Employment

Fired for On-the-Job Sex at Neiman’s, Ex-Workers Sue Over Videotape

Law Firms

Atlanta-Based Employment Boutique Expands to West Coast

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