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Evidence

Seeing Other Side’s Docs Knocks Miami Law Firm Off of $100M Case

Law Firms

Wachtell Memos Urge ‘Bold’ SEC Action to Protect Market Integrity

Constitutional Law

Adult Filmmaker Loses Double Jeopardy Bid Based on Kozinski Mistrial Declaration

Prisons

Inmate, Slated to Remain in Solitary Until 2046, Describes Life of ‘Hell’

Freedom of Information

Appeals Court Orders Release of Photos of Abused Detainees

Privacy Law

Probable Cause Requirement for Border Searches is Dropped

Law Practice Management

Nonhire Pacts in Law Firm Merger Talks Are Worthless, Ruling Suggests

Immigration Law

Mukasey Gives Genital Mutilation Victim New Chance for Asylum

Criminal Justice

Ex-Lawyer Sentenced to 15 Years to Life in Dog Mauling

Tort Law

Judge Rules Casinos Had No Duty to Stop Lawyer’s Compulsive Gambling

Legal Advertising

Illinois Law Firm Fights Ticket for ‘Justice’ Biblical Verse Sign

Real Estate & Property Law

1 Family + 43 WaMu Mortgages = $2.7M in Likely Lender Losses Since 2007

Animal Law

Helmsley’s Estimated $8B Fortune Helps Get Top Billing for Animal Rights

Family Law

Divorce Drama: Kirkland Partner Sues Wife re Alleged Affair & STD

Law in Popular Culture

‘Stolen Lives’: Mom’s Search for Abducted Adult Daughter

Administrative Law

SEC’s Chief was MIA as US Markets Swooned, Some Say

Animal Law

UK Appeals Court OKs Hefty Alimony Payment for Ex-Wife’s Horses

Attorney Fees

Sidley Wins Bid for Supreme Court Appeal—With Client

Women in the Law

‘Queen’ Sybil Moses is Retiring from N.J. Bench

Careers

Many Bear Stearns Lawyers Jump to Law Firms

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