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• THE NLJ 250
• For firm, a battle over gay rights
• In Shabazz saga, a $2,500 coda
• Stunning turnabout in Bratz doll litigation
• BP deadline prompts bucketloads of claims
• D.C. judge: Scanlon must pay firm $17.7M
• Lips sealed in Wone case
• THE PRACTICE: 4th Circuit addresses removal games in Barbour
• OPINION: Head in the sand over prosecutorial misconduct
• OPINION: A pioneering woman lawyer
• THE CONNECTED LAWYER: How to reach an audience

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THE NLJ 250	Top
Our annual survey of the nation's largest law firms shows that Big Law continued to shed lawyers at a brisk clip in 2010. Nearly 2,900 fewer lawyers worked for the 250 top firms last year. That's in addition to the approximately 6,600 attorneys who departed in 2009. In the 34 years the NLJ has been surveying large firms to gather headcount numbers, there have never been multiyear declines of this magnitude.
For firm, a battle over gay rights	Top
King & Spalding is entering territory where few other corporate law firms have gone for years: litigation over same-sex marriage, on the side of the opponents.
In Shabazz saga, a $2,500 coda	Top
Malik Zulu Shabazz, chairman of the New Black Panther Party, is continuing his push for attorney fees over a subpoena issued during an investigation into accusations of voter intimidation during the 2008 election.
Stunning turnabout in Bratz doll litigation	Top
A federal jury rejected Mattel Inc.'s claims that MGA Entertainment Inc. stole the idea for the wildly profitable Bratz dolls, and instead awarded $88.5 million to MGA for trade secrets theft by Mattel.
BP deadline prompts bucketloads of claims	Top
More than 70,000 lawsuits had been filed as of the anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
D.C. judge: Scanlon must pay firm $17.7M	Top
A former Jack Abramoff business partner cannot challenge Greenberg Traurig's demand that he pay nearly $17.7 million in restitution for money the firm doled out to victims in a fraud scheme, a federal judge in Washington said on April 20.
Lips sealed in Wone case	Top
The three men acquitted last summer on charges of covering up the murder of Washington lawyer Robert Wone are keeping silent in a related civil wrongful death suit, saying they fear future prosecution stemming from the unsolved homicide.
THE PRACTICE: 4th Circuit addresses removal games in Barbour	Top
At issue is how to apply the 30-day removal limitation when there are multiple defendants served at different times.
OPINION: Head in the sand over prosecutorial misconduct	Top
The Supreme Court has sent a disturbing message that it just doesn't realize there is a serious problem infecting our criminal justice system.
OPINION: A pioneering woman lawyer	Top
In a career full of firsts, Clara Foltz founded the movement for a public defender and worked for women's equal rights.
THE CONNECTED LAWYER: How to reach an audience	Top
In the world of social media, you realize very quickly that if you don't share good content, you are quickly ignored. Here are six common mistakes that destroy a speaker's credibility.

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