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Legal Ethics

Lawyers Slapped for Paying Revenue-Based Bonuses to Staffers

Public Defenders

Ky. Agency Asks Court to Bar PDs from Withdrawing from Cases

Election Law

As Expected, Trial Lawyer Is Indicted on Campaign Finance Charges

Law Firms

Judge Tosses Suit Claiming WilmerHale ‘Churned’ Case for Fees

Securities Law

N.Y. Suit Claims UBS Defrauded Investors in Auction-Rate Securities

Public Defenders

Lawyers Sue over ‘Walmartization’ of Ga. Public Defender System

Judiciary

Ex-Juvenile Court Judge Pleads Guilty to Viewing Child Porn at Law Office

Law Professors

Law Prof Wants to Make Animated Case Book for YouTube

Diversity

Microsoft’s Outside Counsel Can Earn a Bonus for Increasing Diversity

Legislation & Lobbying

Expanded Visa Program Helps Iraqi Aides Facing Danger

Legal Ethics

False Claim of an Affair With US Atty. Forced 250 Prosecutors Off Case

Legal Ethics

Suit Claims Thelen Helped Siphon IP from One Client to Another

Legal Ethics

New Attorney Ad Rules for La. Lawyers as of Dec. 1

Criminal Justice

Hawaii’s Fix for the Crime Problem: Flash Incarceration

Real Estate & Property Law

Fountains & Mermaids, OK—But Not a Fire-Spitting Dragon

Entertainment & Sports Law

Rudy Giuliani’s Son Sues Over Duke U Golf Team Dismissal

Media & Communications Law

Record Privacy Win for Formula One Boss re False Nazi Orgy Claims

First Amendment

Law Requiring Students to Get Parental Consent to Opt Out of Pledge Is Upheld

Attorney General

DOJ Memo Allowed Severe, But Short-Term, Mental Pain in Interrogations

Criminal Justice

Mother, Son & Girlfriend Face Music in $8M Armored Car Heist

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