Government Surveillance Draws Lawsuit, Legislation

Headlines • Government Surveillance Draws Lawsuit, Legislation • Judge Unseals Watergate Records, Keeps Others Under Wraps • Report: Campaign Contributions Influence State Courts • First Circuit Rejects Retaliation Claim Over Web Notice • Belmont University College of Law Wins ABA Accreditation • 12 Things You Didn't Know About the 2013 NLJ 350 • Skadden Smaller Again in 2012 • Smaller Headcount Yields Higher Profits at Williams Mullen • Sotomayor's Beloved $3 Million World • Law School Applications Are Up (But Down) Government Surveillance Draws Lawsuit, Legislation Civil liberties advocates and a bipartisan group in Congress stepped up pressure on Tuesday against the Obama administration's secret domestic surveillance programs via a lawsuit and legislation that could shed light on the scope and legality of the government's snooping. Read More » Judge Unseals Watergate Records, Keeps Others Under Wraps A Washington federal judge today ordered the disclosure of certain previously sealed information related to the Watergate scandal, but denied a request to unseal all of the records at issue—including the substance of an illegally obtained wiretap. A historian of... Read More » Report: Campaign Contributions Influence State Courts A study released on Tuesday by the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy identified a "statistically significant" relationship between ballooning campaign contributions by business interest to state supreme court candidates and pro-business decisions by those courts. Read More » First Circuit Rejects Retaliation Claim Over Web Notice A federal appeals court disposed of a hedge fund principal's lawsuit accusing Massachusetts' secretary of state of retaliating against him for criticizing securities industry regulations. Read More » Belmont University College of Law Wins ABA Accreditation The Nashville law school's smooth path to ABA approval stands in contrast to Tennessee's other newcomer, the Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law in Knoxville. Read More » 12 Things You Didn't Know About the 2013 NLJ 350 Law firms are big, hiring is low and many practices are pinched. But what other details has the NLJ 350, The National Law Journal's annual survey of the nation's largest law firms, uncovered? Take a look at some facts that might surprise (or amuse) you. Read More » Skadden Smaller Again in 2012 Firm has decreased in size by 23 percent since 2008 and has scaled back to its 2004 headcount. Read More » Smaller Headcount Yields Higher Profits at Williams Mullen Williams Mullen's net decline totaled 36 lawyers in 2012 — part of a business strategy, its leader said. Read More » Sotomayor's Beloved $3 Million World News and gossip edition: Are white Supreme Court justices too bland? Is Wachtell spawning super-bloggers? Who wants their kids to be lawyers? And more. Read More » Law School Applications Are Up (But Down) Latest news about the law school market. Plus, a report on the report about law faculty diversity. Read More »

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