Headlines • Congress Gingerly Takes Up Voting Rights Legislation • Judges Refuse to Let Law Grads Discharge Student Debt • NLRB Recess Appointments Ruled Unconstitutional—Again • Judge OKs S&P Fraud Suit, Nixing 'Puffery' Defense • Battling Military Sexual Assault • Ten Tips For Landing J.D. Jobs for Law Students and Graduates • VOIR DIRE: iDivorce • INADMISSIBLE: Fees Awarded in Black Farmers Case • Foreign Firms Stumble Going Local in Japan • V&E Shanghai Partner Moving to Sidley in Singapore Congress kicked off an effort to restore the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with a series of Capitol Hill hearings this week, less than a month after the U.S. Supreme Court severely weakened the law by striking down a key anti-discrimination provision. Read More » Some judges within the past year seemed to take a softer stance toward struggling law school graduates carrying tens of thousands of dollars in loans. But during this month alone, federal judges in two states slapped down attempts by law graduates to discharge their student loans through bankruptcy. Read More » Another federal appeals court has held that President Barack Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board were unconstitutional because the Senate was not in recess. Read More » A federal judge in California allowed the government's potentially groundbreaking case to move forward, rejecting arguments by Cahill Gordon & Reindel and Keker & Van Nest that the DOJ can't hang its complaint against S&P on corporate statements about the integrity of the company's rating process. Read More » Two bills in Congress would help combat head-in-the-sand mentality by limiting command control over such cases. Read More » Here are ten specific practices for maximizing one's professional credentials, networks and career opportunities. Read More » Breaking up is no longer that hard to do — at least in New Jersey. Plus the Seventh Circuit waxes philosophical in this week's column. Read More » A $90.8 million payday has come for the plaintiffs lawyers involved in the high-profile black farmers' discrimination litigation. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » Lawyers in the Japanese market say cultural differences and an inability to attract the best local talent has hurt many international firms' efforts to build bengoshi practices and compete with the top local firms. Read More » The announced departure of Tju Liang Chua comes less than a week after Vinson & Elkins said it was closing its Shanghai office. Read More » | 
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