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Tax Law

New IRS Rules Target Secret Offshore Bank Accounts

Law Firms

Musical Chairs: McGuireWoods Replaces Managing Partners in 4 Offices

Separation of Powers

President Bush Asserts Executive Privilege in CIA Leak Case

Celebrities

Law Partners Kimmel & Silverman are Still Happily Married

Solos/Small Firms

Small Firm Secret: Team Up With Larger Firm

Law Firms

Holland & Knight Tries Success Fees, Considers Ousting Unproductive Partners

Guantanamo/Detainees

Covington Partner Strips to Underwear to Illustrate Guantanamo Searches

Attorney-Client Privilege

McNulty Memo Changes Not Enough to Protect Privilege, ABA Task Force Chair Says

Law Firms

At Virtual Law Firm, Lawyers Will Work at Home, Earn 85% of Billings

Sentencing/Post Conviction

Dying Manson Follower Denied Release from Prison

Law Firms

Milberg Law Firm Defends Fee Payments to Convicted Partner

Bankruptcy Law

Countrywide Agrees to Pay $325K to Settle Trustee’s Late Fee Accusations

Bankruptcy Law

Law Firms Waiting … and Waiting … for Anticipated Bankruptcy Cases

Terrorism

Appeals Court Grants Alleged Terrorist New Hearing on Combatant Status

Immigration Law

DOJ Seeks to Oust Alleged Ex-Nazi From United States

Securities Law

Wachtell Lipton Client Memo Urges SEC to Target Rumor-Mongers

Lawyer Pay

200 Letters Sent, Mostly to NY Lawyers, Whose Dual Service Raises ‘Red Flags’

Criminal Justice

NYC Lawyer Gets 20-Yr. Commitment for Random Car Shooting

Environmental Law

Judge Honors Donor’s Wishes, Blocks Drilling in Mich. Forest

Trials & Litigation

Tax Lawyer Held at Gunpoint Gets Chance at Trial

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