Headlines • Late Bar Exam Results May Crimp Law Schools' Jobs Numbers • Republicans Raising Hell — And Money — Over Eric Holder • Ninth Circuit Reinstates Employee Lawsuit Against Amgen • New England GCs Offer Pearls of Wisdom for Outside Counsel • THE 2013 APPELLATE HOT LIST • INADMISSIBLE: Federal Defenders Feel Budget Squeeze • Why Strong Shield Law Is Needed • Clarence Thomas and Affirmative Action • The U.S. Government is Here to Help...Fight Corruption? • Law School Applications Are Up (But Down) Are bar examiners who take their sweet time releasing test results hurting law schools' employment statistics? Some law school deans think so, and now the American Bar Association is considering whether to delay collecting jobs data for a month to allow straggling states to license new graduates before schools must pony up their numbers. Read More » Conservative politicians are piggybacking on Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.'s troubles to raise money or their profiles. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) went so far as to post a political attack ad-style fundraising pitch on his campaign website accusing the nation's top law enforcement officer of "wiretapping journalists." Read More » A federal appeals panel has reinstated a consolidated class action filed against Amgen Inc. on behalf of employees whose retirement plans lost value following the disclosure that the company promoted two anemia drugs for off-label uses. Read More » General counsel want to like the outside attorneys they hire and don't necessarily mind following lawyers who jump firms, judging by comments offered on Wednesday by top corporate legal officers from around New England. Read More » This year's U.S. Supreme Court term lacks the high-stakes drama of last year's row over the Affordable Care Act, which seemed to attract briefs from every appellate shop around. There's still plenty to get excited about, however, as demonstrated by the cases we highlight in our annual Appellate Hot List. Read More » Federal public defenders in Washington got some bad news in May when they learned that they'd have to take an additional week of unpaid leave on top of the 15 furlough days already mandated by federal budget cuts. Plus: a new circuit executive, Suleiman returns to Covington, Kavanaugh's blog knowledge, Obama's rumored simultaneous noms, and a defamation suit SLAPPed down in this week's column. Read More » We must protect reporters in the name of holding the government accountable to the people. Read More » As the Supreme Court justices deliberate on the Fisher case, they might consider the critical ways in which Justice Thomas offers an example of affirmative action working in the right way. Read More » When companies discuss U.S. government international anticorruption initiatives, they voice considerable suspicion. And while their skepticism is understandable, it may also be misplaced. Read More » Latest news about the law school market. Plus, a report on the report about law faculty diversity. Read More » | 
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