Headlines • InfiLaw System Poised to Buy Charleston School of Law • First Hip Replacement Trial Set to Begin • Law Scholars Debate Legality of Syria Attack • Former Kennedy Clerk Named Ohio State Solicitor • Europe Advancing Victims' Rights in Antitrust Actions • Peak Position • INADMISSIBLE: Secret Court Says Spying Crossed Line • The Broader Message of the Stop and Frisk Ruling • Four Ways to Close the Gender Pay Gap • The Most Diverse Law Firms Are... The Charleston School of Law will soon join the InfiLaw consortium of for-profit law schools. The owners of the law school announced Wednesday that they have reached a preliminary agreement to sell to The InfiLaw System, which is owned by a private equity firm and operates the Charlotte School of Law, Florida Coastal School of Law and Phoenix School of Law. Read More » The first federal trial over DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.'s metal-on-metal hip replacement device, which is the subject of about 10,000 lawsuits across the country, is scheduled to begin on September 9 in Cleveland. Read More » With the possibility of military action against Syria looming, constitutional scholars are debating whether the president must first get approval from Congress to legally launch an attack. Read More » Eric Murphy, a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has been appointed state solicitor of Ohio. Murphy is now an associate at Jones Day in Columbus, Ohio, where he specialized in trial and appellate litigation, including cases before the Supreme Court. Read More » The European Commission recognizes that it is not enough to have the right to an action for damages for competition law violations in the European Union. A victim must be able to exercise that right without obstacles and legal uncertainties. Read More » From key practice areas and diversity in the bar, to growth strategy and billing arrangements, Washington managing partners give their observations—from the top. Read More » The U.S. Department of Justice certainly wasn't eager to publicly share a 2011 opinion by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that found the government violated the Fourth Amendment in sweeping up tens of thousands of Americans' emails. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » Federal district court Judge Shira Scheindlin's stunning 195-page opinion on August 12 about stop-and-frisk in New York City should be mandatory reading for every police commissioner and police chief in the United States. Read More » Women still aren't getting a fair shake at the firm--here's what can be done about it. Read More » Vault.com has released its diversity rankings, and a single firm has taken the number one spot throughout. Read More » |