Headlines • At Center of Gay Rights Movement, a Justice Rises • Securities Enforcers • Key New Hires at the SEC • First Federal Claim Over Transvaginal Mesh Going to Trial • U.S. Drops Bomb in Lease Fight • High Court Funnies • INADMISSIBLE: Firms Pick Up Patton Partners • Treaty Awards Compliance Iffy • Former Orrick Asia Head Joins Jones Day • Korea's Foreign Legion Long saddled with the label of "swing vote," U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has a new moniker that will travel with him into history: the court's strongest champion of gay rights. Read More » Appointed by chairman Mary Jo White to co-direct the SEC Enforcement Division, long-time friends George Canellos and Andrew Ceresney have a formidable to-do list. They talk to NLJ about their plans for the division. Read More » A who's-who of Mary Jo White's appointments at the SEC. Read More » In addition to the federal docket, thousands more cases are pending in state courts across the country, two of which have resulted in jury verdicts during the past year. Read More » At the start of the summer, the federal government found itself on the brink of losing more than 176,000 square feet of office space in downtown Washington, just blocks from the White House. Less than a week after the U.S. Justice Department filed suit in Washington federal district court to seize the building's leasehold interest, the lease dispute ended. Read More » With the end of the U.S. Supreme Court term, summer officially begins for court watchers, so enough of this serious stuff! To borrow a line from The Lettermen classic, "We will have these moments to remember." Read More » The departure of more than a dozen Patton Boggs partners last week created opportunities for firms looking to round out practices and establish new offices. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » NLJ affiliate The American Lawyer has reviewed the largest awards in the history of its Arbitration Scorecard survey and investigated their enforcement. We were left with two strong conclusions about investment treaty arbitration. Read More » Michelle Taylor will be a partner in the firm's Hong Kong office. Read More » As foreign competitors crowd into Seoul, Korean firms have a secret weapon: their own ranks of foreign-qualified lawyers, mainly from the United States. Read More » |
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