Headlines • Judge: Massive Toyota Settlement Needs to Cook Longer • Program Will Prep Hispanic Youths For Careers in the Law • Fastest Law Firm Growth Was Fueled by Energy Markets • Justices Strike Down Arizona Voter Law • Justices OK 'Pay-for-Delay' Generic Pharmaceutical Deals • Iowa Political-Reporting Rules for Nonprofits Struck Down • NLJ 350 Regional Report: The Hot Markets, and the Cold • Ranking the States: Where Do Big Firm Lawyers Work? • Controversial Pick for Detroit Retirement System GC • Sotomayor's Beloved $3 Million World Concerns about the allocation of possible excess cash appear to have held up for now the proposed $1.6 billion settlement between Toyota and consumers asserting economic damages tied to sudden acceleration defects. Read More » Will a week of law classes, mock trials and law-themed field trips inspire high school students to pursue legal careers? The Hispanic National Bar Association's Legal Education Fund hopes so. For the first time, the organization is sending a group of 22 Hispanic high school students from around the country to Los Angeles for a weeklong crash course in the law. Read More » Oil-rich cities topped the list of areas in which the nation's 350 largest law firms added the most lawyers during 2012. Denver, Houston and Dallas showed the biggest gains, with Pittsburgh's Marcellus shale work fueling growth there. Read More » The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law that required residents to provide proof of citizenship when using federal forms to register to vote. Read More » The Supreme Court gave something to both sides in a closely watched dispute over so-called "pay to delay" agreements between brand-name and generic drug manufacturers that put off the production of generics in return payments by brand-name patent holders. Read More » A federal appeals court has rejected as unconstitutional Iowa laws that subjected not-for-profit organizations to political action committee-style reporting rules when they make political expenditures. Read More » Our Regional Report takes the headcount numbers from our NLJ 350 survey and dices up the data, region by region. • See the complete 2013 NLJ 350 survey results. Read More » A state-by-state breakdown of attorney headcount at NLJ 350 firms. Read More » The Detroit Police and Fire Retirement System has hired an interim general counsel, but its choice of a lawyer caught up in a bribery scandal—though not charged—is causing some to question the decision. Read More » 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 » |
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