Headlines • Government Misconduct Means Retrial for New Orleans Cops • Labor Dept. OKs Firms' Use of Unpaid Interns for Pro Bono Work • Ruling Deepens Circuit Split on Contraceptive Coverage • Public Defenders Plot Strategy to Restore Budget Cuts • Ninth Circuit Culls Gang Member's Claims Against TV Show • L.A. Law • You Read It Here: Blogs Never Sleep • Solitary Confinement's High Costs More Than Monetary • My Asian Eyes • Morgan Lewis Litigator Nominated to DOJ Criminal Division Gross prosecutorial misconduct by federal prosecutors will mean a new trial for five former New Orleans police officers convicted for their roles in the Danziger Bridge shootings following Hurricane Katrina. Read More » The U.S. Department of Labor has clarified that the Fair Labor Standards Act does not prohibit law students from performing unpaid pro bono work at law firms, subject to certain restrictions. That clarification was issued on September 12, three months after former American Bar Association president Laurel Bellows requested a clearer interpretation of the law. Read More » A federal appeals court has deepened a circuit split over religious challenges to the Affordable Care Act's requirement that companies provide contraceptive and related coverage. Read More » With Congress poised for a budget fight in the next two weeks, lawyers working in the federal public defender system came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to make their case for restoring nearly $51 million cut from the system this year. Read More » The producers of the documentary television series Gangland have invoked California's anti-SLAPP law to trim claims from a lawsuit brought by a former prison gang member turned police informant who alleges they reneged on an agreement to shield his identity. Read More » In this report, The National Law Journal recognizes top legal departments and their general counsel at companies in the Southern California region. Read More » Law blogs are booming more now than ever, and the data back that up. Read More » Widespread practice of isolating prisoners creates far more problems than it solves. Read More » TV anchorperson Julie Chen had cosmetic surgery to make herself more appealing (less Asian) to viewers. Would you go that far for your career? Read More » Updated at 5:00 p.m. Leslie Caldwell, a New York-based partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and veteran white-collar defense lawyer, was nominated today to serve as assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division in the U.S. Department of Justice. Caldwell... Read More » |
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