Headlines • D.C.'s Legal Departments of the Year • Justices Free FTC to Fight Pay-for-Delay • Large Firms in a Hiring Mood Again • When It's Legally Benign • Criminal Justice Reform and Risk-Taking • Progress Can Be Reversed, Too • The Conflicting Rulings on Employee Data Theft • INADMISSIBLE: Justice Ginsburg on Women and the Courts • MOVERS • VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS We went looking for excellence among the litigation bar in Washington — and found plenty. Here's our take on the best all-around litigation shop in D.C. and an array of top-flight firms in six subspecialities. Read More » The justices breathed new life last week into a long-running Federal Trade Commission campaign against "pay for delay" agreements between competing brand-name and generic drug manufacturers that put off the production of generics in return for cash. • Changing of the Guard at the FTC Read More » The country's largest law firms are wading deeper into the new associate hiring pool — a welcome development after years of recruiting declines. Read More » It is a tremendous relief to learn that a prosecutor's decision to decline to bring a case, in the eyes of the government, is viewed as legally benign. Unfortunately, such notice all too often is long delayed and, in some cases, never given at all. Read More » The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance commissioned the first-ever study to take an in-depth look at how criminal justice leaders think about innovation. Read More » Are women making it at large law fiirms? It's a mixed bag. Read More » The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act applies to former employees who steal data from the company computer, but in two federal circuits it does not apply when the theft occurs during employment. Read More » Justice Ruth Bader O'Connor? A lawyer would be ill-advised to refer to a U.S. Supreme Court justice, or any judge for that matter, by the wrong name. But each time Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined courts in which only one other woman was serving at the time — the Supreme Court in 1993 and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 1980 — that's exactly what happened. Plus: disharmony in unanimity, Google's First Amendment fight, and more in this week's column. Read More » Dominique Shelton joins Alston & Bird's litigation team as partner. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. Read More » | 
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