Headlines • The 'Skilling' Anticlimax • Reflections from a Chief Judge • Late Bloomer Rein Scored in His First Supreme Court Arguments • Credentials Aren't the Controversy • Health Care Dissenters Run to Earth • Two Important Supreme Court Wins for Employers • Battling Military Sexual Assault • Ten Tips For Landing J.D. Jobs for Law Students and Graduates • Obama Picks Miami Lawyer for Singapore Ambassador • Vinson & Elkins to Close Shanghai Office Jeffrey Skilling's long appeals finally ended last month, when the courts shaved a decade off the prison sentence he received for his role in the Enron Corp. debacle. But the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bears his name has done little to convince appellate courts to reverse jury verdicts involving the honest-services fraud statute, under which Skilling had been convicted. Read More » On July 16 — his 70th birthday — Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia will pass the gavel to a successor. He talks to NLJ about his tenure on D.C.'s federal trial bench. Read More » After significant wins in the affirmative action and Voting Rights Act cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court last term, Bert Rein says he's ready for another season in the majors. Read More » The Senate feud over key White House nominations boiled over on Capitol Hill last week as Republican leaders vowed to oppose the president's picks for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, administration posts and national regulatory boards. Read More » A U.S. Supreme Court mystery drew them together: the Harvard 3L, the engineer, the Jenner & Block associate, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and a team of MIT doctoral students. The mystery: Who actually wrote the joint dissent in last year's health care blockbuster? Read More » Two employment law decisions handed down in the last week of the 2012-2013 term have quite significant implications for employment discrimination law — consequences that are favorable to employers. 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 » Kirk Wagar, a top fundraiser for the Obama campaign, specializes in disability claims. Read More » The Texas firm, a leader in outbound energy deals for Chinese oil companies, says it will consolidate its China practice in Beijing and Hong Kong. Read More » | 
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