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Criminal Justice

Prosecutor Seeks Jail Time for Harvard Law Grad Accused in 9/11 Memorial Fire

Rule of Law

Jailed Chinese Dissident Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Constitutional Law

Law Dean’s Book Takes Aim at Bush v. Gore—But Not Because of ‘Activism’

Careers

At 81, Entertainment Lawyer Bert Fields Still Bills 3,000 Hours a Year

Education Law

Rutgers E-Mail Sought re Now-Dead Student’s Complaint Roomie Was Spying on Him

Business of Law

Beauty Contest for Lead Lawyers in BP Oil Spill Suit Reels In ‘All the Big Fish’

Business of Law

What Merger Talks? Some Partners Got News of Brief Akin Gump-Orrick Courtship Online

Trials & Litigation

Accused of Murder, Lawyer, 61, Knew Zip About Client’s Fatal ID-Theft Scam, His Counsel Tells Jury

Consumer Law

Calif. AG Sues 2 Companies, 3 Attorneys & Others for $60M, Says Homeowners Duped Into Suing Banks

Government Law

Court: Metadata in Citizen’s E-Mail Is Public Record, Justifying Search of Official’s Home Computer

Legal Ethics

UK Has a New Lawyer-Complaints Czar: The Legal Ombudsman

Legal Ethics

Judge Censured for Mishandling Criminal Cases

Law Firms

Nelson Mullins to Merge with 19-Lawyer IP Firm

Law in Popular Culture

NBC Bombs with Show on Fed-Up Supreme Court Justice

Law Practice Management

Law Firm’s Website Warns Clients: We Aren’t Perfect and We Don’t Work Weekends

Personal Lives

Painful Rolfing Massages Attract Adherents, Including a Shearman Partner

Business of Law

New BigLaw Caste System Is Bad News for Associates, Consultants Say

Criminal Justice

John Lennon’s Fingerprints, Seized Before Auction, May Have Been Lawyer’s Lost Property

U.S. Supreme Court

Alito Is a ‘One-Justice Delta Force,’ CBS News Reporter Says

U.S. Supreme Court

‘Fire and Brimstone’ Lawyer Bettered Her Opponent in Funeral Protest Case, Observers Say

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