Former K&L Gates Partner’s Dispute Ordered to Arbitration

NEwS FROM WASHINGTON • Former K&L Gates Partner's Dispute Ordered to Arbitration • Nina Pillard Nomination for D.C. Circuit Advances • SEC Pay Ratio Rule Draws Partisan Responses • U.S. Senate Committee Reviews FTC Nomination • Appeals Court Says Facebook 'Likes' Are Protected Speech • Starting Salaries for Young Associates Remain Flat Former K&L Gates Partner's Dispute Ordered to Arbitration A former K&L Gates partner who claims the firm wrongly terminated him must take his case to arbitration, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals said today, rejecting the attorney's position that a judge should hear the case. The court... Read More » Nina Pillard Nomination for D.C. Circuit Advances The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved President Barack Obama's second—and the most controversial—nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The committee voted 10-8 along party lines to send the nomination of Georgetown law professor Cornelia "Nina"... Read More » SEC Pay Ratio Rule Draws Partisan Responses The Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal Wednesday to force public companies to disclose the difference in pay between their chief executive officers and other employees drew both cheers and jeers, pitting labor unions against the U.S. business community. The AFL-CIO... Read More » U.S. Senate Committee Reviews FTC Nomination The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on Wednesday took up the nomination of Terrell McSweeny, an antitrust lawyer at the U.S. Justice Department, for a slot on the Federal Trade Commission. At her confirmation hearing, McSweeny, chief counsel... Read More » Appeals Court Says Facebook 'Likes' Are Protected Speech In the Internet arena, "liking" a Facebook page is protected speech that's equivalent to sticking a political campaign sign in your front yard, a federal appeals court in Virginia said Wednesday in a closely watched First Amendment retaliation case. Read More » Starting Salaries for Young Associates Remain Flat The median salary for new associates at firms of 700 or more attorneys in 2013 was $160,000—where it has been for nearly all of the past five years. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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