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Business of Law

McElroy Deutsch Reportedly in Merger Talks with Pepe & Hazard

Law in Popular Culture

NBC Developing TV Series Based on SCOTUSblog’s Tom Goldstein

Intellectual Property

Obama Names First ‘IP Czar’

Layoffs

2,900 Law Jobs Lost Last Month—and More in Sept. and Oct.

Criminal Justice

Deputy Who Took PD’s Document Is in Jail, But Is He in a Cell?

Legal Ethics

Ex-Lawyer Released After 33 Months in ‘Debtor’s Prison’

Law Firms

Judge Says Hausfeld and His Former Firm Both Violated Settlement

Law Students

Reports of Law School Cheating Increase Along with Focus on Grades

Law Firms

Adams and Reese Snags Two Florida Offices of Ruden McClosky

In-House Counsel

Objections to a Prosecutor’s Phone Call Benefit Ex-Broadcom GC

Law Students

Missing Michigan Law Student Committed Suicide

Lawyer Pay

Orrick Reveals New Associate Pay Structure

Work-Life Balance

GCs Demanding That Firms Staff Part-Time Attorneys on Their Cases

Law Schools

U.S. News to Add Peer Assessment to Part-Time JD Program Rankings

Judiciary

Third Luzerne County Judge Charged with Fraud; Removed From Bench

Prosecutors

Stephen Colbert Wonders Where Dallas DA’s Spurs Are

Education Law

Mandatory Gym Class for Obese College Students on Shaky Legal Ground?

Criminal Procedure

Capital Defense Lawyer Explains Missed Appeal Deadline

In-House Counsel

Pfizer GC Pushes for Flat Fees and Gets Them

Bar Exam

Bar Exam Pass Rates Dip at 9 New York Law Schools: Economy to Blame?

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