Friday, March 29, 2013

Law grads' jobs rate flat

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Law Graduates' Jobs Rate—and Unemployment Rate—Increase Only Slightly

The good news: The law school class of 2012 grads fared no worse than its predecessors did in the legal job market. The bad news: It didn't fare much better, either.

Budget Cuts Start to Hurt Courts

The effects of this month's steep federal budget cuts are becoming clearer in court districts across the country, with judges, clerks and legal agencies from California to New York announcing courthouse closings and furloughs.

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D.C. Circuit Revives Suit over DOJ Hiring Misconduct

A federal appeals court today revived a privacy suit rooted in a "dark chapter" at the U.S. Justice Department in which top officials assessed politics and ideology to screen applicants vying for entry-level slots in the prestigious Honors Program.

Williams & Connolly Sues Bank Regulator Over Foreclosure Review Information

In a bid for more information about how consultants landed lucrative contracts to review bank foreclosures, Williams & Connolly filed a Freedom of Information Act suit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on behalf of an unnamed client.

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D.C. Legal Services Groups Awarded $3.17 Million in Grants

More than a dozen civil legal services organizations in the District of Columbia will receive grants totaling $3.17 million, the D.C. Bar Foundation announced yesterday.

 

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Study: One in 10 federal judges took trips on other people's dime

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Study: One in 10 federal judges took trips on other people's dime

The Center for Public Integrity dug through disclosure forms judges filed during the past 4 1/2 years and found that 185 federal district and appeals court judges — 11 percent of federal judges — reported attending at least one seminar at which foundations or corporations paid for air fare, hotel stays and meals.



Alums' bellwether fraud suit against New York Law School fails on appeal

New York state's court of last resort has refused to revive a lawsuit by disgruntled New York Law School graduates who alleged their alma mater enticed them to enroll through fraud. As the first of 15 similar lawsuits to reach a courtroom, the case had been seen as a bellwether.



Judge who was videotaped screaming at litigants is ousted

A West Virginia judge caught on video screaming furiously at litigants has been removed from the bench for the duration of his term.




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Life prisoner's bid for sex change becomes cause célèbre

Political and religious groups at both ends of the political spectrum have jumped into the appellate battle over a Boston federal judge's order that prison officials provide sex reassignment surgery for a convicted murderer.



Boston founder's defamation claims thrown out of court

A Massachusetts trial judge threw out Boston rock band founder Donald Scholz's defamation case against the Boston Herald and two columnists over articles that allegedly linked him to former band mate Brad Delp's suicide.



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