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Personal Lives

Retired Lawyer, Worried About Mental Decline, Asks Court to Approve Suicide

Law Firms

Gibson Dunn Sued By Funds that Collapsed Along With Refco

Women in the Law

Women Lawyers Have Higher Divorce Rates, Need Loving Husbands, Researcher Says

Mergers & Acquisitions

Global Dealmaking Drops More Than Two-Thirds for Big Law Firms

Judiciary

Judge Holds DWI Court at High School

Law Firms

Judge Declines to Dismiss Charge Against Once-Mighty Milberg

Law Firms

Failed Corporate Deals Fuel Malpractice Suits Against Firms

Verdicts & Settlements

Gangster Museum Reopens After Dillinger Nephew Settles Suit

Animal Law

Texas Court Nibbles on State’s ‘First Free Bite’ Rule

Criminal Justice

Study: Child Sex Abuse Prosecutions Take Too Long, Delay Victim’s Recovery

Guantanamo/Detainees

New Embassy Bombing Charges Filed Against Gitmo Detainee

Celebrities

Jury: No Criminal Charges in Death of Anna Nicole Smith’s Son

Judiciary

Ex-Judge Gets 3-Month Suspension for Alcohol Issues and Criticizing Another Judge

Environmental Law

Plaintiffs Want to Stop Particle Accelerator and Earth’s Oblivion

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Accepts Another Union First Amendment Case

Sentencing/Post Conviction

Former DA on Mission to Eliminate Closed-Door Sentencing Review Panels

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Decide Dispute Over Display of ‘Seven Aphorisms’

Criminal Justice

Coroner Rejects Princess Di Conspiracy Theory

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Denies Review in Congressional Search Case

Criminal Justice

Kansas Strikes ‘John Doe’ Rape Warrants

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