A lawyer's life cut short

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TODAY'S NEWS A life cut short A reporter remembers a classmate who became another victim of violence against lawyers. New life for old anti-fraud law For more than two years, a team of federal prosecutors had their eyes trained on the largest credit rating agency in the world: Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC. A prosperous diagnosis While health care has been a steady practice at D.C. firms, the Affordable Care Act created more work on the regulatory, transactional and enforcement fronts. Attorneys expect a flood of business on the topic in 2013 — work that may stick around for some time. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Are you and your firm facing unprecedented change? Register today to view The Lawyer Personality: Four Strategies to Gain a Competitive Advantage. In this Webinar, Dr. Larry Richard, a leading expert on the lawyer personality, explains the most potent strategies that law firm leaders can employ now. Law firms that apply these strategies can gain a competitive advantage and learn how to apply change to their own practice. Click here to watch the Webinar On-Demand today! Clement's surprising swing Justices of the Supreme Court may do a double-take on February 27 when they see who is arguing before them on which side in the arbitration case American Express Co. v. Italian Colors Restaurant. INADMISSIBLE Women occupy top jobs at PTO; FISA court gets Walton; FEC bundling rules loosen; Cooley attorneys go to Proskauer; Allred to D.C. Bar; a Seoul-ful win; and art isn't easy but this auction was in this week's column. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Need to transfer files from paper to mobile devices? Register today to learn more about Bridging the Mobile/Paper Gap to Increase Productivity . This informational webinar will review the trends, risks and challenges faced by law firms and corporate legal departments at the interface between mobile devices and paper. Then it will investigate the solutions designed by Canon U.S.A. to help mitigate those risks and challenges. Click here to register VOIR DIRE Watch out, you might get what you're after; let my possum go; a small victory in Vicco; and an eye-popping testimony in this week's column. MOVERS Margarita Oliva Sainz de Aja joins Chadbourne & Parke's Latin America group as international partner. Plus more law firm moves in this week's column. IN BRIEF A weekly roundup of Web-only stories from NLJ.com and other ALM publications. THIS WEEK'S ISSUE THE PRACTICE Pre-emption jurisprudence yields few answers Case law may vary by product, agency, state law cause of action or the particular judge ruling in the lawsuit. OPINION A legacy of censorship 'Hazelwood' damages the school learning environment and discourages students from engaging in civic life. MOST POPULAR STORIES Raise the cost of gun violence New stab at defining patentability Avoiding law school in droves To lure students, public law school drops out-of-state tuition Future law school applicants are wealthier, more self-confident The law clerk hiring plan is dead, and good riddance Ruling allows council to 'flag' disabled Law School Admission Test takers Law school sues over California's bar-passage mandate Attorney's blogging prompts ethics complaint Feds preparing to sue Standard & Poor's over pre-crash ratings		IN FOCUS Litigation Boutiques Hot List They may be small, but they command attention. The 10 law firms on our Litigation Boutiques Hot List, each fielding no more than 50 lawyers, demonstrate that when it comes to high-stakes cases it's all about skill, not size. Go to In Focus   THE BLT | The Blog of the Legal Times After NLRB Decision, a Waiting Game for Employers, Workers Lawyers Debate Meaning of 'Abstract' in Federal Circuit Patent Case Cruz Digs for Judicial Nominees? Views THE CAREERIST | a lawjobs.com blog You've Come a Long Way, Baby—NOT! Law School News—Optimistic and Smug Cheating and Suing to Get What You Want LAW.COM NEWSWIRE Contractor for U.S.-Based Company Sentenced for Murder of Colombian Labor Leaders Paul Hastings Sees Four Partners Exit Herbert Smith Freehills Boosts Singapore Team With Allens Hire Somali Court Sentences Rape Victim, Reporter to Prison Terms La. High Court's First Black Chief Justice Sworn In If you have Twitter account, you can now follow NLJ Editor in Chief David L. Brown at twitter.com/davidlbrownjr. Follow him for links to key stories and updates from the NLJ newsroom. You can also track news on Twitter from the NLJ's Washington bureau at twitter.com/legal_times. Avoiding the Black Eye of Being Labeled a 'Trademark Bully' Tracking Antitrust Enforcement Trends Around the Globe Dave Prouty Comes Out of the Dugout to be GC of the MLBPA A 'Smarter' Business Development Model for the Legal Industry After NLRB Decision, a Waiting Game for Employers, Workers

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