A former partner at consulting firm A.T. Kearney Inc. avoided jail time on Friday after admitting to making improper trades ahead of vitamin maker NBTY Inc.’s acquisition by private-equity firm Carlyle Group two years ago.
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A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that bashing a mother opossum’s head in with a shovel is legal.
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A group of former federal judges and prosecutors is urging the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling from Florida they say excuses serious misconduct by government lawyers.
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The chairman of the American Bar Association task force on the future of the legal education speaks with Law Blog about the challenges ahead for the legal academy and the profession
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The one part of the Arizona immigration law that survived the Supreme Court’s decision in June may be a step closer to implementation, but its ultimate fate is far from certain.
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Facing down a deadline — and a call for its removal from the biggest U.S. law firm failure yet — the team winding down Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP added yet more sweeteners this week to a proposed $90.4 million …
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s news.
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Massachusetts’ top court on Thursday ruled that the state’s judges can’t be compelled to disclose the thought process behind decisions they make.
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Dewey & LeBoeuf is officially backing out of the (former) U.S.S.R.
via Law Blog http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/08/09/dewey-plots-official-end-for-russian-kazakh-outposts/?mod=WSJBlog…
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