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Verdicts & Settlements

Va. Tech Families Agree to $11M Settlement

Juvenile Justice

Lawyers Seek Dismissal of Charges in Playground Assault

Constitutional Law

Utah AG Mulled Texas-Style Raid on Polygamous Group

Evidence

Wal-Mart Videos Could Be Boon for Plaintiffs Lawyers

Law Firms

Dewey & LeBoeuf Will Close Three Offices and Offer Transfers to Lawyers

Constitutional Law

Lawyer Protests Spark Pakistan Violence; At Least 7 Killed

Guantanamo/Detainees

Former U.S. Detainees Convicted in One-Hour Trials in Afghanistan

Careers

Legal Writing Instructor Among Pulitzer Winners

Question of the Week

What Unusual Traditions Does Your Law School Celebrate?

Careers

Big Salaries May Await Top Government Lawyers

Attorney Fees

Fen-phen Lawyers Awarded $412M in Fees, Applauded for ‘Herculean Effort’

Legal Ethics

Magistrate Recommends Discipline for Talkative Defense Lawyer

Death Penalty

Nebraska AG to Seek Cert on Constitutionality of Electrocution

Guantanamo/Detainees

Guantanamo Justice Moves Slowly, Frustrating Pentagon Official

Death Penalty

Ohio Supreme Court Bars Death Penalty for Mentally Retarded Man

U.S. Supreme Court

Scalia Continues Media Blitz, Tells Students ‘I am not a Moralist-in-Chief’

U.S. Supreme Court

Ohio Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Justice Thomas, Blow Up Court

Constitutional Law

Sect Protests Ranch Raid; Texas Wonders What to Do With 416 Kids

Legal Ethics

I’ll Be a Potted Plant, Gitmo Defense Lawyer Fears

Legislation & Lobbying

Christians Sue Over U.K. Human-Animal Embryo Licenses

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