Headlines • For Eric Holder, the Pressure is Rising • Obama's Reported FBI Pick Willing to Ruffle Feathers • Government Agrees to Destroy Data Seized at Border • Do Our Ethics Rules Impair Access to Justice? • The Alien Tort Statute: Looking Beyond 'Kiobel' • Three Simple Ways to Connect • A Short-Term Solution to NLRB Impasse: A 4-Member Board • VOIR DIRE: A Place for Everything • 2013 Diversity Scorecard: Firms Regain Lost Ground • Top Law Firms for Diversity Top Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee have launched an investigation into whether Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. lied to Congress when he testified on May 15 about his role in the "potential prosecution" of members of the press for publishing classified material. Read More » Despite rave reviews from former colleagues, James Comey is certain to face a host of questions about his past legal workfrom national security decisions at the DOJ to his ties to Wall Street. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Anti-Corruption Law Training in D.C.Learn from prominent government, private sector, and academic experts about U.S. and international anti-corruption law in this intensive 5-day program June 24-28 at American University Washington College of Law. Topics cover foreign and domestic bribery laws and compliance programs, public sector integrity, transparency, and oversight mechanisms, and the United Nations Convention Against Corruption implementation and peer review. LEARN MORE. | Human rights activist and Bradley Manning Support Network founding member David House has settled his federal lawsuit against the government after it agreed to destroy all of the data it obtained from his laptop during a border search. Read More » A broad look at the interplay of ethics rules and the ever-worsening crisis in access to justice reveals that the current framework of ethics guidance for lawyers and judges often impinges upon important and innovative approaches to access to justice. Read More » The Supreme Court left open the question of when ATS claims 'touch and concern' U.S. territory 'with sufficient force.' Read More » LinkedIn has introduced some features that give users more opportunities to gain visibility and business. Read More » It is time for a long-overdue dialogue on how to construct a law that is relevant to today's workplace while having a mechanism for stability and predictability in its interpretation and enforcement. Read More » Plaintiffs attorney Max Berger can be ferocious in court, but you can see his sensitive side in his photography. Plus: Urban Dictionary in the courtroom, the real Slim Shady, and oratorious interruptus in this week's column. Read More » The percentage of minority lawyers at large firms isn't shrinking. But it's not growing, either. Read More » Our annual ranking of large U.S. law firms according to their percentage of minority attorneys and their percentage of minority partners. Read More » |
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