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RICHMOND, VA — A Virginia Beach lawyer faces state bar charges that he tried to entice a jailed client to join him and his girlfriend in a three-way sexual liaison. The action comes as the Virginia State Bar considers recommending ...

It has been five months since COVID-19 tightened its grip on America’s economy and the repercussions weigh most heavily on small business owners, and disproportionately on female business owners across the nation by several measures. As of the start of ...

For Americans who make careers out of military service, obtaining approval to handle classified information makes a big difference in terms of advancement and pay. Unfortunately, that coveted security clearance could become another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic. The economic ...

BOSTON, MA — It has been called the “most important political film of 2020.” And two of its stars are intellectual property lawyers. The documentary “Feels Good Man” chronicles artist Matt Furie’s quest to wrest control of his cartoon creation, ...

Educate PA, a database that gives subscribers the ability to view all public-school teaching, administrative and support jobs in the state on one online location, has expanded its services to Maryland, the Wyomissing-based company announced. A similar database now will ...

The average annual salary increase rate for all in-house counsel across industries remained constant at 4.4%, with the energy sector experiencing the highest increase rate of 5.4% for the second year in a row, according to a national online survey. ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James is leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general and one governor in a fight to recognize the Equal Rights Amendment as the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. An amendment requires three-quarters of states ...

There were seven law firm combinations announced in the United States in the second quarter of 2020, a sluggish pace that is likely caused by the pandemic-driven economic slowdown, according to an online service that tracks law firm mergers and acquisitions. All ...

Milwaukee, Wis. — A Mequon lawyer was arrested twice over the weekend for first spitting in a teenage protester’s face and then kneeing a police officer in the groin when he tried to put her in handcuffs. Stephanie Rapkin, a 64-year-old ...

CHARLOTTE, NC — While women are increasingly negotiating for wages at rates similar to men, gender discrimination and related biases continue to put them at a disadvantage and negatively impact their success at the bargaining table, according to a new ...