TOP TEN STORIES OF THE WEEK:
Legal Ethics
Judge Smacks Law Firms & Partner With $150K Sanctions, But Spares 2 Associates
Apr 29, 2008, 03:14 pm CDT
“A federal bankruptcy judge in Massachusetts has sanctioned two law firms and a name partner a total of $150,000 for incorrectly claiming that their client owned a mortgage that had in fact been reassigned at least twice..”
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Law Professors
Law Prof Sues Students, Says They Defamed Him by Calling Him a Racist
May 1, 2008, 05:47 am CDT
Lawyer Pay
Skadden, Wachtell Top AmLaw 100
May 1, 2008, 01:07 pm CDT
Legal Ethics
Lawyer Who Made Snarky Comments Ordered to Write Civility Article
Apr 30, 2008, 06:12 am CDT
Terrorism
Mistakenly Revealed Logbook Has Lawyers Convinced They Are Monitored
Apr 28, 2008, 05:36 am CDT
Legal Ethics
Lawyer Who Wouldn’t Stop Talking Suspended From Federal Practice
Apr 30, 2008, 08:41 am CDT
Criminal Justice
Suit By 308-Pound Inmate Says He Is ‘Literally Being Starved to Death’
Apr 28, 2008, 07:55 am CDT
Law Firms
Paul Hastings Deals With Aftermath of Secretary’s Murder Outside Office
Apr 29, 2008, 06:03 am CDT
Careers
Worried Partners Secretly Seek Business Development Help Apr 28, 2008, 02:45 pm CDT
Criminal Justice
18th Innocent Man Freed in 1 Texas County; Officials Vow Change
Apr 30, 2008, 06:15 pm CDT