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Monday, August 28, 2017

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Seeking equal pay? Here are some strategies (podcast)

August 28, 2017, 9:46 am CDT

ACLU sues over Trump ban on transgender individuals joining the military

August 28, 2017, 8:57 am CDT

Courthouse 'severely damaged' by Harvey; local officials opposed governor on evacuation advice

August 28, 2017, 8:25 am CDT

BigLaw associate suspended for inflating billable hours after return from honeymoon

August 28, 2017, 8:00 am CDT

Posner rejects pattern jury instruction while sitting as trial judge and gets reversed

August 28, 2017, 7:00 am CDT

Trump pardons former sheriff Arpaio less than a month after his contempt conviction

August 25, 2017, 8:42 pm CDT

Courts close as Hurricane Harvey threatens Texas coast; judge counters rumor

August 25, 2017, 5:23 pm CDT

Sentencing reform and criminal defense groups launch state-level clemency project

August 25, 2017, 3:00 pm CDT

Whatever happened to these younger-than-the-norm law grads?

August 25, 2017, 2:15 pm CDT

Ex-partner who sued Holland & Knight ordered to pay firm $772K

August 25, 2017, 1:44 pm CDT

Is diversity all talk? (podcast)

August 25, 2017, 12:26 pm CDT

Judge tosses suits over '100 percent grated parmesan cheese' label, sees ambiguity

August 25, 2017, 10:39 am CDT

Is president's pardon power unlimited? Arpaio pardon raises unusual issue

August 25, 2017, 9:52 am CDT

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From the August 2017 Issue

Clemency Calling

Lawyers volunteered for what may have been the largest pro bono project ever

Problem Clients

A Utah lawyer has quietly studied violence against attorneys for two decades


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Legal Futures

Posts cover alternative business structures in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, "new market entrants, regulatory change and innovation in all its forms."


Question of the Week

Tell us about a client who truly helped with his or her case

Taylor Swift's "blunt, powerful testimony" in her recent trial grabbed headlines and ultimately contributed to a favorable jury verdict. A Denver DJ had alleged that Swift fabricated an allegation that the DJ groped her and that cost him his job. He sought $3 million in damages.

Swift's lawyer, Venable partner J. Douglas Baldridge, told Law.com that Taylor is not only a "principled person" but a great client. "She listens, she's a very quick study. ... She contributed to the defense."

Baldridge says he encouraged Swift to share what she was honestly feeling, and her "unflinching, even antagonistic testimony" came from that "to brutally brilliant effect," Law.com said.

This week, we'd like you to tell us about a client who truly helped with his or her case. How did you work together to get a favorable result? How is this client an example for all witnesses to follow?

Answer in the comments.

Read the answers to last week's question: How have you dealt with job-related stress?

Featured answer:

Posted by IPMama: "In my 40s and suffering under an abusive, sexist, alcoholic senior partner, who went so far as to listen in on my phone conversations, I took took up taekwondo. It helped tremendously to imagine his face on every paddle I kicked and punched. The bonus was an incredible workout and training in self-defense. I finished with a first-degree black belt and a job change."

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