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Man ticketed for picking dandelions forced to pay $75 fine

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Appeals court blocks Minnesota law on corporate political spending

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Lawyer Took Cyanide After Arson Verdict, Then Collapsed and Died, Medical Examiner Says

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Lawyer Says He Didn’t Trade Smokes, Drugs for Sex at Jail, Calls Contraband Claim ‘Just Plain False’

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Calif. AG Supports Illegal Immigrant’s Quest for Law License

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Romney and Obama Benefit from Lawyer and Law Firm Contributions

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More Trouble for Angry Judge in YouTube Video; Threatened with Contempt, He Rules In Another Case

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Get Out of Jail–But Not Free: Courts Scramble to Fill Their Coffers by Billing Ex-Cons

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Civil Rights Lawyer Reflects on Former Client Rodney King, Who Died Sunday at 47

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Roxana Amiri, voted the best Iranian-American attorney in CA

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Were Law Profs Lying or Just Mistaken When They Said the Health Law Was Slam-Dunk Constitutional?

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Ariz. Supreme Court Affirms Decision Keeping Candidate Off Ballot Because of Poor English Skills

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Dentist Gets 1 Year for Using Paper Clips in Root Canals and Other Medical Fraud

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Ex-BigLaw Partner Collapses in Court as Judge Warns of Likely Jail Time for Drunk-Driving Case Lies

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Gloria Allred and Politicking Law Prof Make List of Top 10 Quotes of the Year

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Barack Obama’s 20-Year-Old Video as Law Review Editor Gets a YouTube Audience

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New Trial Sought for Death-Row Inmate over Jurors’ Tweeting and Napping

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Lawyer Who Allegedly Kicked In Boyfriend’s Door and Had Knife in Bra Is Suspended

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Hertz Fires 34 Drivers at Seattle Airport, All Somali Muslims, for Praying on Company Time

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Lawyer Credits Discipline Process for Spurring His ‘Walk Through Sobriety’

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Harvard Law Student Who Wrote Prizewinning Class Paper About ‘Survivor’ Is Now On the Show

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Billionaire Stanford Law Grad Set Up Program That Paid Teen $100K to Skip College

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Inmate’s ‘Cop Out’ Jail Phone Message to Lawyer Wasn’t Privileged, 2nd Circuit Rules

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State of the Union: The Nation’s Lawyer Population Continues to Grow, But Barely

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Man Sues Over Not Being Allowed to Wear Tiger Suit to Golf Tournament

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EEOC Sues Restaurant, Says It Allowed Sheriff’s Deputy to Harass Waitresses

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Judge Criticizes Lawyer for Offering a ‘Greatest Hits’ List of Defenses

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Lawyer Sentenced to Prison for Stealing $800K from Clients, Blames OxyContin Addiction

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6th Circuit Reinstates Tennessee Inmate’s Religious Freedom Claim

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Supreme Court Upholds Exigent-Circumstances Search of Apartment that Smelled of Pot

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Lawyer Charged with 2nd-Degree Murder, Accused of Performing Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery

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Murder Conviction Reversed Due to Prosecutorial Misconduct; Double Jeopardy Bars Retrial

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Law Student Among Plaintiffs Claiming Baldness Drug Causes Concentration Loss, Impotence

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Nurse Found Guilty of Encouraging Suicide in Online Chats

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Lawyer Accused of Shredding File in Bid to Win Freedom for Murder Defendant

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Law Prof Says He’ll No Doubt Be Killed If He Returns to Rwanda

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Top Calif. Court OKs Dismissal of Up to 300-Plus Criminal Cases Due to Judge Shortage

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DA Helps Chase and Corner Purse Snatcher

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Australian Lawyer One Ups Koran-Threatening Florida Preacher

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Study Shows Why Caylee Anthony Gets More Press than Mass Genocide

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Swindle By Purported Client Brings Lawyer’s Alleged $1.56M Scam to Light

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Citizen Takes a Bite Out of Crime, But Misses $5K Reward by Calling 911 Before Crimeline

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A 53-year-old tax attorney has...

Tax Attorney Likely to Lose Law License After Guilty Plea in Strip Club Case

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Lawyer Charged in Alleged Courthouse Shoving Incident

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Networking Sites Spur Another Look at Bogus E-Mails

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Angry Judge Allegedly Argued Over Parking Lot Tickets; Prosecutors Now Seek His Recusal

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DOJ Labeled a ‘Department of Jihad’ Over Lawyers’ Detainee Work

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Dad Argues Taking Daughter to Church Shouldn’t Be Considered Contempt

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No Warrant Needed to Track User’s Cell Phone Location, DOJ Tells 3rd Cir. Panel

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As Paralegal Gets 46 Months in $1.7M Theft, 2 Law Firm Workers are Indicted in Unrelated Cases

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Facebook Is ‘Unrivaled Leader’ for Online Divorce Evidence, Survey Says

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As Law Firms Respond to Crisis, 21% of Law Students Regret Choice

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Law Firm Abandons iPhone After Experts Warn of Security Issues

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Lawyer Arrested for Bringing Loaded Gun into Courthouse

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Woman Gets New DUI Trial, Can Argue She Had to Drive to Avoid Bar Fight

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Law Grad, 59, Looks Forward to Decades of Practice

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Despite Downturn, Top UK Lawyers Make Mega-Money

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David Letterman’s Lawyer Wore Wire to Get Evidence re Alleged Extortion Attempt

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‘Lawyer’ Who Fled Court is Recaptured; Now Real Attorneys Must Show ID

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Attorney Accused of Trying to Hire a Hit Man to Kill Another Lawyer

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Billionaire’s Secret Sex Case Plea Deal Shows What a Good Defense Can Do

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Lawyer Who Got JD to Represent Brother Wins $10.7M in Wrongful Conviction Case

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Blogging Assistant PD Accused of Revealing Secrets of Little-Disguised Clients

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Pizza Shop Must Pay for Worker’s Weight-Loss Surgery, Appeals Court Says

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Free Plain-English Law Dictionary iPhone App Released

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Villanova Law Dean Resigns; Name Surfaces in Prostitution Probe

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College Sports Stars Sue Over Video Games with Look-Alike Players

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How to Take Control in a Down Economy

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Supreme Court Holds Iraq Is Immune from Terrorism Suits

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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings: July 13

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Lawyer Discovers ‘Guaranteed’ Annuity Isn’t a Sure Thing

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10 of 100 Win Representation, as Fla. Innocence Project Selects Cases

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Disbarment Sought for Lawyer Who Inflated Law School Grades

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Can Avatars Make Contracts? Virtual Disputes Involve Real-World Issues

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Lawyer Says He is ‘a Capital D Dumbass’ for Losing $182K in E-Mail Scam

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Supreme Court Allows Frisk of Passenger Believed to be Carrying Gun

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Teen Son Gets Life in Murder of His Dad, a Md. Lawyer, Mom & 2 Brothers

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Defendant’s Bench Trial Gamble Pays Off

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Suit Claims Wal-Mart Sale Ads Led to Trampling of Worker

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Murdered NYC Lawyer Victim of Jealousy

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Afghan Journo Gets 20 Yrs Instead of Death for Blasphemy

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Ariz. Court Nixes $2.1M Sanctions Against Lawyer, Wife

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Father’s Rights Law Firm Adds Three New Offices

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Critical Legal Skill in Hard Times: Collections

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US group granted rare approval to set up office in Iran

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Iran's Supreme court quashes journalist's death sentence

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Make CEOs Apologize, Law Profs Say

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Retired N.Y. Judge Pleads in Federal Prostitution Case

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Law Firm Learned of Planned ‘Raid’ After MP Left Docs on Copier, Filing Says

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Iran hangs woman, four men

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Thousands of Pakistani Lawyers Protest Over Judges

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Walk of Shame: Shanghai to Post Photos of Jaywalkers

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Naked Naturists Win Another Round in California Park Case

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Clean & Sober, Yet Convicted & Jailed

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Court Quotes ‘Seinfeld’ Episode in Ruling Involving Author Tom Clancy

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Hundreds Held in Another Big ICE Raid

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Jury Awards $900K in Texas Jail Medical Neglect Case

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Billionaire’s Lawyers Target Prosecutor’s Wife, Over Law Firm Tie

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