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U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Vacates Conviction, Cites Jurors’ Chocolate Penis Gift

U.S. Supreme Court

High Court Tells 3rd Circuit to Reconsider Death Sentence for Abu-Jamal

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules Defendant Has Right to Open Voir Dire

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court Refuses to Order Lock Closure in Asian Carp Case

U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court to Rule on Privacy Rights of Petition-Signers

Legal Ethics

Ethics Win for Lawyers Who Paid for Leads from Total Attorneys Site

Legal Ethics

Lawyer Who Inflated Grades Gets Recommended 18-Month Suspension

Careers

Depression Is Rising as Lawyers Lose Jobs and Sense of Entitlement

Law Students

Temple 3L Charged in Shooting Caught on Video

Family Law

Haiti Quake Shakes Up Adoptions

Natural Disasters

Canadian Lawyer Survives Haiti Quake; House Felt As If ‘All Made of Rubber’

Entertainment & Sports Law

Star Wizards Guard Pleads Guilty in Felony Gun Case, Could Get 6 Months

Court Security

Would-Be Court Escapee Bounces Off Bulletproof Glass, Has Bond Upped to $1.5M

Women in the Law

Planned All-Male Bar Panel on Women Lawyers’ Skills Draws Female Fire

Law Practice Management

Seyfarth Axes About 40 Attorneys and Staff in Latest Round of Layoffs

Science & Technology Law

Orrick Lawyer Demands Takedown of $100K Blog Bounty Offer for Info on Apple Computer

Election Law

Lawyer Who Registered Tea Party Name Accused of Hijacking Movement

Law Firms

Merger Helps Propel K&L Gates Past $1B Revenue Mark

U.S. Supreme Court

‘Freudian’ Interpretations of Supreme Court’s Broadcast Ban

Judiciary

Scalia: Music Improves His Disposition, But Loud Rock Would Spur Confession

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