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Lawyer Pay

Wachtell Partners Make By Far the Most: $4.48M, on Average

International Law

Nixon Peabody Opens China Office

Law Firms

Summer Hiring Down at BigLaw Firms

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Turns Down Inmate Abortion Case

Law Firms

Fast-Growing Parker Poe Ponders Possible Expansion Outside Carolinas

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Declines AARP’s Appeal in Health Benefits Case

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Asks for Briefs on Overruling Saucier Immunity Decision

Real Estate & Property Law

Law Firms’ New Role: Loan Renegotiator

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Involving Anti-Clinton Movie

Judiciary

Wisconsin Justice Dubbed ‘Loophole Louis’ in TV Ads

Legal Ethics

Once Disbarred for Insider Trading, Lawyer Loses License Again

Sentencing/Post-Conviction

Vermont Inmates Claim Right to a Hearing Over Nutraloaf

Sentencing/Post-Conviction

Polygraphs Increasingly Used to Find Parole Violations

U.S. Supreme Court

Justice Thomas Illustrates His Constitutional Philosophy With a Coat Hanger

Law Firms

Ex-Foley & Lardner Secretary Wants to Use 823 Disputed Documents in Bias Suit

Layoffs

Law Firm Leverage Could Determine Which Associates Get the Ax

Work/Life Balance

The Baby Effect: More Billables for Men, Fewer for Women

Careers

From Solo Practice to Tort King: Meet Jere Beasley

Labor and Employment

Female Associate Unhappy at Mintz Firm, One of the ‘Best Law Firms for Women’

Law Practice Management

6 Partners Leave Frisco’s Howard,Rice But Profits Reportedly are Strong

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