Headlines • Bellwether Toyota Trial Centers on Missing Brake Override • Boston Bombing Suspect's Pals Indicted in Cover-up Bid • For Civil Rights Advocates, a New Fight Over Voting • Little Shop of Lawyers Joins Verrill Dana • The Windy City's Litigation Rainmakers • Amid The Debate, J.D.'s True Value Gets Lost • 'DaimlerChrysler' Revisits Personal Jurisdiction • The Midwest Report: Surveying the Heartland • Lawsuit Dismissed Against Black Farmers Class Action Lawyers • King & Wood Mallesons's New Merger Faces Tougher Market Jurors in Los Angeles heard opening statements Thursday in the first bellwether trial against Toyota Motor Corp. over acceleration defects. The plaintiffs in the case are asking for $20 million in damage. Read More » Two college friends of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev who allegedly disposed of evidence were indicted on Thursday. A third, accused of lying to the FBI, asked to waive a hearing pending plea negotiations. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Law Librarian M.S.: St. John's Flexible, affordable, St. John's University's M.S. and Advanced Certificate programs in Library and Information Science combine top faculty with the resources of New York's best law libraries. Students receive well-equipped laptops.
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| This week, we train our sights on litigation shops in Chicago—the city that brought us the skyscraper, Muddy Waters, Playboy and Ebony, and McDonald’s. Oh, and a heck of a lot of legal talent. Read More » It's not easy, but landing a rewarding job — and paying the bills — can be done in today's job market. Read More » At issue is when U.S. courts can hear human rights and other claims against non-U.S. parent companies. Read More » Across the nation's midsection, the terrain is distinctly uneven. Detroit's recent bankruptcy underscores the legal industry's difficulties there, especially since local law firms expect big outside firms to grab most of the legal work. Chicago, on the other hand, demonstrates strong signs of an improving economy. We've tracked those markets and others in this analysis of the successes and struggles throughout the Midwest. Read More » Lawyers involved in the high-profile black farmers discrimination litigation defeated a lawsuit brought by an advocate for the farmers who claimed he was promised fees but never paid. The National Black Farmers Association and its president, John Boyd Jr., sued... Read More » Changed economic conditions mean the firm now seems to be bringing together three slowing markets instead of two booming ones. Read More » | 
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