Headlines • Federal Judges Push Back During Shutdown • New Blog Airs Law Schools' Laundry • Affirmative Action Under Scrutiny Again • Debt-Collection Lawyers Chafe At Consumer Bureau Oversight • DOJ Wins Subpoena Skirmish • Federal Government: Closed Until Further Notice • INADMISSIBLE: On the Hill, 'Mr. Social Security' Takes the Fifth • Making the Medicaid Bed and Lying in It • High Fashion or Religious Fervor? Headwear Laws Fraught With Trouble • Columbia Said No? Try Brigham Young Frustrated by the budget stalemate in Congress, many judges across the country declared all employees essential in the face of a shutdown—a bold but necessary move, the judges said, to ensure basic court operations past the judiciary's funding date of October 17. Read More » A trio of deans this month launched the first group blog written specifically by law school deans, with the intention of driving the national conversation about legal education. Read More » After dodging a bullet last term, supporters of affirmative action face another test at the U.S. Supreme Court on October 15 in a case that could launch a new state-by-state effort to eliminate programs that boost minority access to public universities and government contracts. Read More » When scores of debt-collection lawyers descend on Washington this week for a trade association meeting, they'll find one agency open that many may wish was closed: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Read More » The owner of the website "Socialsecurity.com" must comply with a federal government subpoena for information about the site's ownership and views from the public, a federal trial judge ruled. Read More » For the first time since 1996, the U.S. government has ground to a halt. The House of Representatives and the Senate are at odds over funding and all signs point to a continuing bitter fight. The National Law Journal and its sister publications at ALM will provide coverage throughout the shutdown. Read More » Eric Conn, "Mr. Social Security" in his advertisements as a disability payments attorney in Kentucky, doesn't bill himself as a quiet man. But when he was subpoenaed to testify at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Oct. 7, he didn't have much to say. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » Many states have refused billions in Medicaid money. Others, like Ohio, struggle with a decision. Read More » The distinction between faith-based garb and trendy styles isn't always clear. Read More » Another sign that law isn't quite the select destination it once was: Columbia Law School reports that applications have dropped by 27 percent since 2008, and by 12 percent since last year. Read More » | 
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