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Legal Ethics

Judge Lance Ito Criticized in Opinion Overturning Murder Conviction

Tort Law

Report Slams Tactics by Plaintiffs Lawyers in Asbestos Cases

Death Penalty

Lynd Execution the First Since Lethal Injection Ruling

Legal Ethics

Convicted Murderer Gets New Trial Because of Lawyer’s Stalking Indictment

Law Firms

Firms Err When They Treat Pregnant Lawyers ‘as Bellies,’ Lawyer Says

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Fined for Client’s F-Bombs Wants Sanction Lifted

Juries

Lawyer Juror Helped Persuade Reporter to Convict Uma Thurman’s Stalker

Legal Ethics

‘Pants Suit’ Judge Back in Court, Now Suing for Job and $1 Million

Legal Ethics

Phila. Judge Booted from Bench Over 24-Year-Old Use of Bogus SS#

Constitutional Law

Jury Still Out in Fla. Citrus Tree Class Action; Millions at Stake

Criminal Justice

Robert Vesco, Famed Fugitive, May Have Died in Cuba

Criminal Justice

75 Students, 21 Others Arrested in San Diego State Drug Bust

Family Law

Closed Trial in One Governor’s Divorce; Closed File in Another’s

Law Practice Management

Banks Scrutinize BigLaw Borrowing

Real Estate & Property Law

Restaurant Sex Violated Permit, Pa. Appeals Court Says

Constitutional Law

Ashcroft & Yoo to Testify in Hearings; House Panel Subpoenas Top Cheney Aide

Constitutional Law

Special Prosecutor to Oversee FLDS Ranch Raid Criminal Cases

Evidence

FBI Raids Federal Watchdog Agency

Bar Associations

Teens Learn of Financial Pitfalls in Boston Bar Program

Legislation & Lobbying

Congress May Urge Mortgage Principal Reductions for Struggling Homeowners

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