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California Judges to Lose Perks; Some May Leave State

The California Supreme Court has voted unanimously not to review Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles, which means judges in the nation's…

A San Francisco landlord for Heller Ehrman won a court ruling earlier this month, that means bankruptcy is now likely…

Bloomberg has a story about the sheer chutzpah that disgraced lawyer Marc Dreier used to scam investors and charities out…

Top aides to President-elect Barack Obama are lawyering up, in anticipation of questioning in the probe of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich's…

A lawyer who sent his paralegal to a court hearing where she advocated for a client should be censured, a…

Fort Lauderdale, Florida's Greenspoon Marder has opened a new office in Stuart, Florida, adding four attorneys. The 72-lawyer firm added…

Above the Law has announced its Lawyer of the Year, based on a reader poll. And it's exactly who you'd…

Thomson Reuters reports that global deal volume dropped by a full one-third in 2008, and is expected to fall further…

Steven R. Gursky and lawyers from the Gursky Group are leaving Dreier LLP for New York's Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig…

Edward Ryan, a former partner at Holland & Knight's Chicago office, has been charged with inflating legal fees on a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.…

Bradley Lerman, a partner at Chicago's Winston & Strawn who has represented Illinois Governors Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan, is…

Time Magazine has published its Person of the Year issue, and has shocked the world by choosing the come-from-behind candidate,…