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* $10 million to do what?

* $103M in Punitives in Breast Cancer Cases

* 'Car Wash' drilling

* 'Everyone knows he did it"

* 'False light' gets hearing

* 'Judge Alex' gets cancelled

* 'Lengthy and boring'

* 'Michael Clayton' keeps drawing

* 'We're angry white men'

* *Beware of Chinese seafood

* *Bloody day on Wall Street

* *Fed lowers rates

* *Orange County indictment

* *Stocks tumble

* *The flower suit

* 1 in 99.1 U.S. adults behind bars

* 18-year-old passes bar

* A $50 billion payday?

* A 40 percent contingency fee?

* A case against Alphonso Jackson?

* A Case for Online Lawyer Ratings

* A cold, cruel August

* A Good Year for Women at Sullivan

* A Job Opening! Glory Hallelujah!

* A little proportion please

* A matter of keyboards

* A Supreme Oops

* Adultory has its costs

* Advice for Mattel

* Affirmative action debate - again

* After the iPhone lusting...

* After Tom Wales was killed...

* AG as executioner

* AG worst AG in memory?

* Air travel is hopeless

* Airline ruling makes sense

* All Dolled Up

* All it takes is a good lawyer

* Almost bar exam time

* Always fess up to the feds

* American Lawyer parent is sold

* Amp'd Mobile about to shut down

* An Empty 150 Years

* An incentive to boost profits

* An inspector who won't inspect?

* An Udder Trainwreck

* An unlikely Obama endorsement

* And heeeeeeere's Antonin....

* And speaking of family...

* And the winning litigators are...

* Angelo, meet Warren...

* Anita Hill responds

* Another 'Borat' lawsuit

* Another CEO pushed out

* Another legacy of Enron

* Another lender bites the dust

* Another Milberg guy cops plea

* Another Milberg shoe drops

* Another Mistrial

* Another reason to hate the Pats

* Another Scruggs plea

* Another small legacy of 9/11

* Another Twist in Gay-Marriage Fight

* Antipiracy desperation

* Any LBO escape routes?

* Apple planning lower-cost iPhone?

* Arbitrating parents, kids

* Arbitration clauses not sacrosanct

* Are you tall dark and handsome?

* Are you working this week?

* Artist Takes Preemptive Move

* Ask Katrina

* Ask Katrina - Workers Comp

* Ask Katrina – ‘Uncivilized Savages’ in Colton

* Ask Katrina – Bankruptcy & Vet Bills

* Ask Katrina – Sperm Donor Rights

* Ask Katrina – Widow Needs Her Disability

* Assessing law reviews

* Assessing same-sex decision

* Assessing the 311-point damage

* Assessing the gun debate

* Attorney Christensen Found Guilty

* Autumn in New York

* Available on Thanksgiving?

* Ave Maria snit hits courts

* Backdating case goes to jury

* Backdating Trial Ends in Acquittal

* Backdating trial goes on

* Backdating? What's that?

* Ban on wood-burning fires

* Banking on bankruptcy

* Bankruptcy Filings Up 35 Percent

* Banned from Disney for Life

* Barry Bonds and the tax man

* Barry Diller on... everything

* Battle in the Eastern District

* Battling corporate fraud

* Be careful about good press

* Be careful who you complain about

* Be careful with those flip-flops

* Bear accused of hanky panky

* Bear's bankruptcy scare

* Best and worst states for business

* Best law firm to work for?

* Big acts for the Supremes

* Big rate cut by Fed

* Bigtime Hollywood defection

* Bill Lerach calls it quits

* Bill Lerach gets two years

* Blinking on the bench

* Blockbuster avoids the verdict

* Blue Star ring any bells?

* BofA Waives Privilege in Merrill Deal

* Bold Move By Lawyer Doesn't Pay

* Bribery, brothels and free Viagra

* Brocade gets hit again

* Business and illegal immigrants

* Business-class only service

* But your honor, it was the traffic...

* Bye week

* Calculating the cost of fires

* Calif. High Court Chief to Step Down

* California Gains Right to Civil Lawyers

* California gets more lawyers

* California Is Clucked Up

* Call it the Dickie defense

* Calling Robert DeNiro…

* Calm before the rate cut?

* Can you copyright a joke?

* Can't anybody use email?

* Candor About Cuts

* Careful with the frequent flier miles

* Carol Lam tells her side

* Catching up on Stoneridge

* Caught in a bridal crossfire

* Celador Prevails Over Disney

* Cell phone in the sky

* Chances of recessions increases

* Changing GCs at Qualcomm

* Charges dropped against curator

* Chavez Leaving Virtual Law

* Cheating off the WSJ

* Checking in on Tony

* Chemerinsky back as law school dean

* Chertoff: Just trust us

* Chesler Wants to Kill the Billable Hour

* China Barbie reveals a bigger issue

* Chuck Barris fights an old lady

* Cindy Adams on Clarence Thomas

* Civility takes a holiday

* Clarence Thomas's book party

* Clash of the titans

* Class Actions Mount for Toyota

* Class-Action List Released

* Class-actions on rebound

* Cleaning up the mess

* Clinton health care, Take 2

* Clinton losing Hollywood money

* Clinton's risk-averse health plan

* Clinton, McCain tops in poll

* Clintons not on Lerach list

* Close but no 14,000

* Clues to Potter leaking

* Cohen Milstein Lands Insurance Deal

* Coming to California?

* Comparing paychecks

* Conde Nast’s "Good and Valuable Consideration"

* Confusion over 'Legal Aid'

* Conrad Black's sentence

* Conservative, Liberal and Justice Roberts

* Controlling Britney's empire

* Cooley Latest to Join Layoff Ranks

* Corboy Makes Huge Gift to Loyola Chicago

* Corporate counsel beware

* Could be another tough day

* Countrywide can't shake feds

* Court bars crotch-grabbing

* Courtroom Scorecard: $8M to South Carolina Teen

* Covington Lawyer Gets AG Look

* Cramer falling short

* Cussing at work

* Cuts Pass 10,000 Mark

* Cyber-squatting cases on the rise

* Cybersquatting and Homer Simpson

* Cynicism reaching a new low

* Dallas Dealmaker Chooses Global Platform

* Damning Lehman Report Released

* Damsels for distress

* Dan Rather sues CBS

* Dark days for John O'Quinn

* David Dean Strikes Again

* Dealing with the Mandates

* Debate over 'wardrobe malfunction'

* Deciphering the Fed

* Defense Verdict in Case Over Iraqi Killings

* Defense Victory in Subprime Case

* Deloitte's dilemma

* Details on Lerach guity plea

* Dewey +1, Mayer Brown -1

* Dewey Does Back to Back Billions

* Dickie's decision to fold

* Did Justice Souter really cry?

* Didn't they do a background check?

* Different kind of bear story

* Diller over Malone - we think

* Disappearing into bureaucracy

* Discouraging Downward Trend

* Discreet holiday celebration

* Disney cuts back on smoking

* Divorce now or later?

* Does 'Michael Clayton' seem familiar?

* Does BofA inherit legal mess?

* DOJ asked to look into Clemens

* Dole concealed dangers

* Don't call him Friday!

* Don't judges have rights too?

* Dow hits another record for no reason

* Dow Jones sale is thisclose

* Download woman found guilty

* Dreier Has 20 Years to Think About It

* Drilling down in subprime scandal

* Drilling down the Merck deal

* Dumping billable hours

* E-mail is like soooo dead

* Edging toward $200K

* Election Fallout

* Email Scheme Targets Lawyers

* Embargos on Chinese apparel?

* Eminem Takes On Apple's Music Rights

* Ex-CEO convicted in backdating case

* Ex-Refco CEO to plead guilty

* Executive begs for understanding

* Face it: We know nothing

* Fallout from mortgage mess

* Family feud, Philadelphia style

* Fast cities

* FCC eases media rules

* Fed cuts rates by half-point

* Fed lowers rates a quarter point

* Federal Judge Closes ENTIRE Civil Trial

* Feds going after Dow Jones director

* Feds Going Too Far

* Feds losing patience with Milberg

* Feds probe stock lending

* Feds Pursue Cycling Case

* Feeling Down On Your Luck? Read This.

* Fewer minority law students

* File-sharing cheats - or not?

* Finally, Justice Sotomayor

* Fires out, lawsuits beginning

* Firms Continue Winter Shedding

* First $80, then maybe $100

* First Amendment here we come

* First Latina Appointed to Texas High Court

* First Lenny Bruce, now Don Imus

* Five, Six, Seven, Eight

* Fixing the bridges

* Former CNN GC Passes Away at 56

* Four hours of fireworks?

* Free Willie! Or At Least Legal Documents!

* Friday headlines

* Friday morning headlines

* From cocaine addict to lawyer

* From the Daily Dragon blotter

* From the legal blotter

* FTC to appeal Whole Foods decision

* Fun and games at backdating trial

* Fundraiser Hsu turns himself in

* Gas prices no longer a major news story

* Gay Marriage Trial Wraps Up

* Gay pride at Skadden L.A.

* GC Bonuses Outpace Salaries

* Get what you pay for?

* Getting away with massive fraud

* Getting fired? Hire this guy

* Getting on with life

* Gibson Dunn wins over Supremes

* Gibson Tops Litigation Honors

* Glaxo Hit with $2.5M Paxil Verdict in Philly

* Global Warming Claims Gathering Strength

* Globalization, The Sequel?

* Gloria Allred. Reality TV.

* Golf's walking billboards

* Gone to the Beach

* Good News, Bad News

* Google Link Removed For Trial

* Google wins again

* Government's fall guy

* Greed is not so good

* Grow or die

* Guess what - you're going to trial

* Guessing game on M&A activity

* Guilt in 'Twelve Angry Men'?

* Guilty plea in KPMG case

* Hard Time for Lerach

* Has the Fed cut interest rates?

* Heath Ledger's unfinished business

* Hedge fund weirdness

* Heller Ehrman Estate Goes Officially Batshit

* Heller Sucks! Heller Sucks!

* Here We Go Again

* Here's where to deal

* Hillary a new Supreme?

* Hilton to be bought by Blackstone

* Hiltons who push philanthropy

* Historic Trial Starts This Week

* Hogan Nabs Bennett (Or When Pigs Fly…)

* Hollywood firm folds up

* Hollywood hanky-panky?

* Homeland plan gets derailed

* Homeless Vet Wants His Dog Back

* Homicide & Michael Jackson

* Horrors. Super Lawyers to Rate Law Schools.

* Housing woes infect market

* How a jury trusted a CEO

* How could they have done this?

* How David Glass cut a deal

* How executives and analysts cheat

* How exposed are rating agencies?

* How Ginni & Clarence Roll

* How law firms pay their honchos

* How lawyer survived shooting

* How much did Regan get?

* How not to judge law schools

* How to bill for travel time

* How to get out of jury duty

* How Trump treats friends and family

* How two parents just lost it

* If Countrywide filed Chapter 11...

* If Imitation is Flattery, Thanks!

* If they only listened to the GC

* Imagine All The Law Students…

* Imported from China

* Imus coming back?

* Imus getting the last laugh

* Investors get the short stick

* iPhone brought into copyright tussle

* iPhones flunking out on resale

* Is Bear Stearns too big to fail?

* Is Countrywide another Enron?

* Is Death by 10,000 Cuts Really Better?

* Is FBI forensic test faulty?

* Is it OK to spread stories?

* Is it really witness protection?

* Is movie piracy such a big deal?

* Is Spielberg ready to bail Paramount?

* Is the worst over?

* Is YouTube the best revenge?

* Isiah Thomas: 'I am innocent'

* It Could Happen to You

* It Could Just Be the Heat …

* It's bonus time in the city!

* It's Obama and McCain

* It’s Good to be Jay

* Jackson Investigation Gets Seriouser

* Jackson's Mom Hires Adam Streisand

* Jai Ho!

* Jekyll and Hyde in the skies

* Jerks need not apply

* Jock suit

* John Dean on Alan Greenspan

* John O’Quinn, 68, Dies in Car Crash