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Appellate Practice

3rd Circuit Tells Prosecutors to Cut Brief After ‘Moby-Dick’ Objection

Law Schools

Researchers Who Studied Newly Hired Law Profs Found 52 Liberals, 8 Conservatives

Legal Ethics

California Criminal Defense Lawyer Convicted of Laundering Money for Client

Business of Law

A Funny Thing Happened to Alex Barnett’s Legal Career: In a Dismal Job Market, He’s Now a Comedian

Obituaries

Death of Reed Smith Practice Leader Struck by Train Ruled a Suicide

Legal Ethics

2-Month Hiatus for ‘Socially Inept’ Judge re Conduct ‘Akin to Stalking’

ABA Journal

The August Issue of the ABA Journal is Online, Featuring the 25 Greatest Fictional Lawyers

Trials & Litigation

Blago’s Lawyers Mull Bold Defense: Presenting No Witnesses & Resting Case

Supreme Court Nominations

If Kagan Is Confirmed, Harvard & Yale Law Grads on Top Court Will Hit All-Time High

Tort Law

Suit Says Law Firm ‘Opinion Mill’ Aided Attorney Marc Dreier’s $700M Fraud

Law Firms

NY BigLaw Dominates, Wachtell Remains at Profession’s Pinnacle in Annual Vault 100 Survey

Science & Technology Law

2 Name Partners at ‘Robot Robot & Hwang’ are Legal Machines

Celebrities

Lindsay Lohan Reports for Jail, Her Longtime Lawyer at Her Side

Trials & Litigation

Once-Prominent Lawyer Abandons Effort to Portray Teen as Nazi, Takes Plea in Sex Case

Corporate Law

Did Facebook CEO Actually Sign Contract on Which 84% Ownership Claim Is Based?

Supreme Court Nominations

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Kagan Nomination

Careers

Legal Job Hunters Should Tune in to Interviewer’s Personality, Recruiting Directors Say

U.S. Supreme Court

Gay Rights Advocates Seize on Justice Ginsburg’s ‘Time Bomb’

In-House Counsel

New SEC Disclosure Rules Take Toll on GC Bonuses; Average Drops Below $1M

Criminal Justice

Ex-White House Lawyer Accused of Murder Attempt Checks Out of Psychiatric Center

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