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Legislation & Lobbying

Web Companies Seek New Federal Privacy Law for Internet Ads

Law Firms

White & Case Partners Jump Ship in New York & Germany

Criminal Justice

Rape Law Bans Sex With Dead Bodies, Wisconsin Supreme Court Says

Criminal Justice

Clerk Charged with Stealing $6M from Texas Company; 30 Layoffs Followed

Criminal Justice

Ex-Con Accused of Posing as Sentencing Expert, Costing N.Y. $60K

Product Liability Law

UK Court Awards Woman $14K for Broken Heel

Constitutional Law

Fed’l Judge Threatens to Hold Gitmo Lawyers’ Feet to Fire

Sentencing/Post Conviction

Lawyer: Hepatitis C Nearing ‘Epic Proportions’ in Calif. Prisons

International Law

UK Woman Could Get 6 Years for Sex on Dubai Beach

Prosecutors

Nude-Walking Prosecutor Wins Civil Service Hearing Over Firing

Terrorism

Attack Today on US Consulate in Istanbul May Have Involved al-Qaida

Legal Ethics

Baseball Request Lands Missouri Judge in Hot Water

Ross Essay Contest

Remaining True to Law: Justice Is Done One Task at a Time

Celebrities

Omar Sharif’s Winning Tort Defense Tactic: Not Fighting $455K Case

Family Law

Mom Asks Judge to Restrict Visitation for Satanist Ex-Husband

Attorney General

Mukasey Defends Plan to Use Terror Profiles to Open Investigations

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Breyer and Several Lawyers Were Victims of Data Breach

First Amendment

Gary Condit’s Second Defamation Suit Against Writer Is Tossed

Attorney Fees

Appeals Court Judge Questions Fee Boost for Exceptional Work

Celebrities

How Celebrity Clients Deal With Press Hordes at the Courthouse

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