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A State Bar court Monday rejected bar prosecutors' attempts to have high-profile Los Angeles attorney Louis R. "Skip" Miller ...

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A multimillionaire real estate investor did not breach a contract with SunAmerica Inc. by failing to inform it about possible ...

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FORUM The Supreme Court should hold that a student-led prayer at a high school football game violates the Establishment Clause...

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-------------- by Kelly E. Lee The American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution will present a three-day conference ...

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