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• Jury Says Philip Morris Must Pay $300M to Longtime Smoker

  Nov 20, 2009, 03:15 pm CST

• Don’t Cry for Me, New York: A Disbarred Civil Rights Lawyer Goes to Jail

  Nov 20, 2009, 10:42 am CST

• Federal PD Wins Health Costs for Same-Sex Spouse in ‘Legal End-Run’

  Nov 19, 2009, 09:00 am CST

• Ex-Lawyer Took Fifth, Couldn’t Defend $2.4M Civil Case, Now Gets New Trial

  Nov 18, 2009, 02:25 pm CST

• Judge Jails 2 Attorneys for Contempt in 4 Days

  Nov 18, 2009, 01:21 pm CST

• Judge Bans Pro Se Defendant from His Own Trial

  Nov 18, 2009, 12:32 pm CST

• Lawyer Who Wrote Voting Law Sues & Collects, as Gov’t Officials Steam Over $4.3M Won

  Nov 16, 2009, 03:31 pm CST

• US Citizen Sues Feds Over ‘Rendition’ Outside American Court System

  Nov 11, 2009, 02:41 pm CST

• Quadriplegic Has Right to Own Firearms, Judge Rules

  Nov 11, 2009, 12:15 pm CST

• Roeder Reportedly Admits Killing Abortion Doc, May Plan ‘Necessity’ Defense

  Nov 10, 2009, 04:40 pm CST

• The Brown v. Board of Education Question: What Would Scalia Do?

  Nov 10, 2009, 09:19 am CST

• Associate Makes Supreme Court Debut in Prosecutor Immunity Case

  Nov 4, 2009, 02:23 pm CST

• Justice of Peace Who Refused to Marry Interracial Couple Resigns

  Nov 3, 2009, 06:50 pm CST

• DOJ Sues Attorney, Says Law Office Banned Service Dog, Violating ADA

  Nov 3, 2009, 05:19 pm CST

• Landlord to Pay Record $2.72M in Apartment Rental Discrimination Case

  Nov 3, 2009, 03:43 pm CST

• Man Who Gave Judge Video to Chevron in $27B Ecuador Case a Convicted Felon

  Oct 29, 2009, 05:55 pm CST

• Top Pa. Court Vacates 6,000+ Juvenile Rulings By Ex-Luzerne County Judge

  Oct 29, 2009, 05:32 pm CST

• Defense Lawyer Says Executed Client Was Guilty in Texas Arson

  Oct 28, 2009, 02:39 pm CST

• Mom Tailed in School Registration Case Pursues Privacy Complaint

  Oct 26, 2009, 02:10 pm CST

• Runaway and Abandoned Teens on a Rough Legal Road

  Oct 26, 2009, 01:39 pm CST

• Ex-Judge Accused of Paddling Prisoners is Acquitted on All Counts

  Oct 26, 2009, 01:07 pm CST

• Paralegal Fights Search of His Home Over Tweets About Police Activities

  Oct 26, 2009, 11:13 am CST

• Woman Can’t Take Her Pet Monkey to Restaurants, Federal Judge Rules

  Oct 23, 2009, 05:41 pm CST

• Pa. Jail Taped Inmate Calls to Counsel, Sent Some to Feds, Lawyer Says

  Oct 23, 2009, 04:14 pm CST

• Lack of Military Security Makes Trial Unfair, Blackwater Defense Lawyers Argue

  Oct 21, 2009, 04:27 pm CST

• Transgender Man Can Change Name Without Medical Backup, Court Rules

  Oct 21, 2009, 12:14 pm CST

• 40 Years Later, ‘Chicago 7’ Trial Still an Iconic Event

  Oct 21, 2009, 04:00 am CST

• Is Boa Constrictor a Service Animal? Proposed DOJ Standard Says No

  Oct 19, 2009, 03:20 pm CST

• Prosecutor Subpoenas Student Grades in Innocence Project Effort to Free Convict

  Oct 19, 2009, 02:06 pm CST

• California Will Pay Lawyers for Poor in Eviction, Custody Cases

  Oct 19, 2009, 11:07 am CST

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