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White Collar Crime

Abramoff Gets 4 Years, After Prosecution Urges Leniency

Legislation & Lobbying

Banner Year for Labor Law Expected in 2009

Insurance Law

Are High Fuel Prices Accelerating Faked Thefts of Gas Guzzlers?

Criminal Justice

Fed’l Judge Gives Deadbeat Dad a 1-Year Jail Sentence

Constitutional Law

Police Beat Pakistan Lawyers in Clash Over Ousted Appellate Judges

Legal Ethics

Lawyer for Metropolitan Money Store Pleads Guilty in Mortgage Scheme

Celebrities

Bianca Jagger Battles Eviction, Says NYC Apt. is Her Primary Residence

Law Practice Management

Culvahouse Likely to Keep Job as O’Melveny Chairman

First Amendment

Pole Dancing Instructor Challenges Studio Ban with ACLU’s Help

Criminal Justice

N.Y. Lawyer Accused of $5M Fraud Via Ponzi Scheme, Other Scams

Labor & Employment

SOX Protections for Whistle-Blowers Don’t Go as Far as Drafter Intended

Legal Ethics

Suspended By Texas Bar, Judge Will Stay on Bench

Law Firms

Transgender Lawyer’s BigLaw Experience Would Likely Be Different Today

Law Firms

Merger Is Off Between WolfBlock and Akerman Senterfitt

Criminal Justice

Detroit Mayor Resigns and Enters Guilty Plea; Deal Calls for Four Months in Jail

Product Liability Law

Buyer of Bassinet Maker’s Assets Says it Didn’t Take on Liabilities

Patent Law

KSR Patent Ruling Protects Bra Makers and Comcast

Death Penalty

First the Execution, then the Hearing; Ex-Judges, Prosecutors Criticize Schedule

Law Firms

Lawyers ‘in Love With MoFo’ Among those at Big Firms on Facebook

Evidence

Palin E-Mails Criticize Failure to Fire Trooper

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