Headlines • 'Dream Team' Says Case Could End Gay Marriage Controversy • Hard Fight Seen for DOJ Against N.C. Voting Restrictions • Dentons, McKenna Long Confirm Merger Talks • Jury Soon to Decide Bellwether Case Against Toyota • Split First Circuit Upholds Excess Flood Insurance Rule • INSIDE WASHINGTON • Beyond the Ping-Pong Table: Lessons for Lawyers From Startup Companies • How Far is Too Far in Seeking Confidentiality? • My Asian Eyes • D.C. Courts Brace for Worst-Case Scenarios A lawsuit challenging Virginia's gay marriage and civil union bans may provide the vehicle for a final U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage—at least that is the hope of the suit's "dream team" of lawyers. Read More » The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday sued North Carolina over the state's new voting laws in an expansion of federal voter rights enforcement that elections attorneys predict will face even higher hurdles than a similar fight in Texas. Read More » Am Law 100 firms McKenna Long & Aldridge and Dentons confirmed to The Am Law Daily late Monday that they are discussing a potential tie-up that would create a firm with more than 3,100 lawyers around the world. A source at one of the firms told The Am Law Daily on the condition of anonymity that leaders on both sides of the talks are aiming to complete the deal by January 1, 2014. Read More » A verdict in the case could serve as a barometer for the rest of the California cases, and for hundreds of personal injury or wrongful death cases across the nation. Read More » A federal appeals court has upheld a requirement that homeowners insure their properties against floods in excess of the value of their mortgage balance, but critics drew comfort from the closeness of the outcome. Read More » Our annual report on law firms and lobbying shops in the nation's capital. Read More » The legal field has remained tone deaf to the lessons of America's startup culture. That's unfortunate, because startups can serve as a model for innovative, efficient and invigorating work environments. Read More » An administrative law judge in a matter recently applied, albeit reluctantly, the National Labor Relations Board's controversial rule prohibiting an employer from even asking employees making a complaint not to discuss the matter with their co-workers. 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 » The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, like federal courts nationwide, is preparing for the possibility of two worst-case scenarios on October 1: a government shutdown or the extension of mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration. Washington's local judiciary... Read More » | 
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