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Labor & Employment Law

Nearly Naked Fashion Exec Claims Legitimate Business Purpose

Access to Courts

Lambda Legal Seeks Mandamus in Transgender Court Access Case

Health Law

Homeless Man Sues Calif. Hospital Over Patient Dumping

Criminal Justice

Jurors Appear Skeptical of ‘Little Houdini’ Defense in Child’s Death

Tort Law

DEA Agents Claim ‘American Gangster’ Movie Defamed Them

Real Estate & Property Law

Appraiser in $41M Georgia Fraud Explains US Mortgage Meltdown

First Amendment

Trial Allowed in Prisoner Challenge to Media Policy

Family Law

Eddie Murphy, Wife Split After 2 Weeks, But Don’t Need Divorce

Legal Ethics

Scruggs’ Lawyers Accuse Judge of Targeting Their Client in Bribe Case

Question of the Week

What Rookie Duty Were You Glad to Shed As You Gained Seniority?

Legal Ethics

Law Firm Can’t Keep Referral Fee Promised to Disbarred Lawyer

Sentencing

‘Seriously Misleading’ Affidavit Leads to Longer Sentence for Ex-Brocade CEO

Legal Ethics

Ex-PI Lawyer, Accused of Keeping Client Settlements, Gets 41-Month Sentence

U.S. Supreme Court

Breyer Uses Bike Hypo to Oppose Backpedaling on Patent Doctrine

Freedom of Information

Judge to Review CIA Interrogation Documents, Hear ACLU Contempt Motion

Evidence

Rep. Disputes CIA Official’s Claim of Implicit Authority to Destroy Tapes

Terrorism

Ex-Rep Accused of Hiding Source of Payment in Terror Funding Case

Constitutional Law

San Diego OKs $750K Attorney Payment to Settle Cross Case

Criminal Justice

US Pays Hit Man $20K, But Fights Compensation for Victims

Executive Branch

White House Admits Erasing Pre-2003 E-Mail Backups

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