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Judge Fines Medtronic $10 Million Over Trial Tactics
Melvyn Weiss Agrees to Plead Guilty to Role in Kickback Scheme

Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Fla. Primary Challenge

Starbucks Ordered to Pay $100 Million for Tip-Pooling
Judge Says Arbitration Can't Be Avoided in Dispute Over $23 Million Worth of Vanilla Beans

Sperm Donor Case Heads for U.S. Supreme Court

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1206040373690

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1206040366775

Brits vs. Americans: Who's Better Prepared to Weather a Recession?
Drug Companies on the Hook for Off-Label Use of Generic

Is Executive Compensation Reform Really on the March?

http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1206096732109#1

http://72.3.243.42/pdf/fas123r.pdf

http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/execcompdisclosure.htm

Attorney Is Disbarred for the Second Time

Supreme Court Allows Employers to Coordinate Retiree Benefits With Medicare

N.J. Court: Bar May Be Liable for Fatal Crash Even if It Didn't Serve Patron Alcohol
New Patent Rocket Docket Rises in Wisconsin

Cyclist's Perjury Trial Offers Barry Bonds' Lawyers a Road Map

Brits vs. Americans: Who Can Better Weather a Recession?

Richard Scruggs' Son Pleads Guilty to Knowing About Plot to Influence Judge

Summer Associate Hiring for 2008 Wilts

N.Y. Governor Says Grim Economy Makes Judicial Pay Raise 'Very Difficult'
http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/execcompdisclosure.htm

http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1206096732109#1

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Justices Limit Role of Courts in Reviewing Arbitration Awards Under Federal Law

Today, No Bribe Is Too Small

3rd Circuit: Final Judgment No Prerequisite for Attorney Fees

Defense in Attorney's Money-Laundering Case Says Feds Ignored '88 Exemption

Is Schwarzenegger Serious About Taxing Lawyers?
Drug Maker Biovail Paying $10M Fine to Settle SEC Civil Accounting Fraud Charges

Supreme Court allows retiree benefit cuts

Audit finds California's chiropractic board violated laws - Los Angeles Times

Popular 'green' products test positive for toxicant - Los Angeles Times

Toxic Trailers Redux: When Did FEMA Know?

Supreme Court Sides With Texas in Dispute With Bush

2nd Circuit Strikes Down N.Y. 'Passenger Bill of Rights'

9th Circuit Pulls Judge Off Case, Accusing Him of 'Biased Interventions'

Eli Lilly Pays $15 Million to Settle State of Alaska's Lawsuit Over Drug Zyprexa

General Motors Class Action Settlement Could Drive Big Attorney Fees
Legal Technology - Defendant Dodges an EDD Bullet

Former Top Lawyer Faces Life in Jail for Phony Deal

Cozen O'Connor Shakes Up Its Management Ranks

Hogan & Hartson, Herbert Smith Handle Ford's $2 Billion Jaguar Sale
Cozen O'Connor Shakes Up Its Management Ranks
Memphis Man Sentenced to 10 Days Per Word for Threatening Judge
Bear Stearns general counsel cashes in
SocGen turns to Skadden for class action battle

L 3rd Circuit: Warnings Expert Not Needed <Important Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
Patient Arbitration Pacts Are Alarming Attorneys

New Prosecutors Consider Dropping Some Charges Against Attorney Accused of Laundering Drug Profits

N.J. Supreme Court: Punitives for Wrongdoer Only, Not for General Deterrence
Ballard Spahr Appoints Nonlawyer to New Client Relations Position

Law.com - N.J. Supreme Court: Punitives for Wrongdoer Only, Not for General Deterrence

Smith Barney's 'Golden Handcuffs' Compensation Plan Under Scrutiny

Ballard Spahr Appoints Nonlawyer to New Client Relations Position

Law.com - Mukasey Argues Case Before High Court

Ballard Spahr Appoints Nonlawyer to New Client Relations Position

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1206441809564

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1206441808466

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1206700925799

Report: Outside Lawyers Get State Pensions at Many Long Island Schools
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1206700925985

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1206700926319