Headlines • Law Review Articles Need A Makeover, Study Finds • Maine Challenged Over Termination of State Medical Assistance • Former Black Flag Members Allowed to Keep Performing • Court Ponders Restrictions on Adult Entertainment • Federal Government: Closed Until Further Notice • Sex Trafficking Court Holds Hope For The Oft-Blamed • Ethics Guardians Are Falling Behind • MOVERS • Spotlight Stymies Law Firms From Making Necessary Business Moves • Op-ed: Congress, Look to the Supreme Court Judges, law professors, practicing attorneys and student editors alike believe that the current law review model needs reform, according to a new article based on an extensive survey of how those in the legal community view legal journals. Read More » As the federal health care reform law continues to be a flashpoint during the government shutdown, a federal appeals court in Boston is grappling with whether a state can push legal non-citizen residents out of its low-income medical assistance program. Read More » Former members of the 1970s hardcore punk band Black Flag, who faced shutting down their reunion tour after a founding member sued over trademark infringement, can play on. Read More » A Massachusetts town and an adult entertainment company made their cases in the first known fight over a municipal law that restricts the dimensions of buildings where adult businesses operate. 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 » The New York State Judiciary announced a groundbreaking Human Trafficking Intervention Initiative last month to address the state's festering problem of sex trafficking. The effort's linchpin is simple: Treat trafficking victims like victims — even if arrested for prostitution. Read More » Legal ethics boards are trying to micromanage the use of the Internet by lawyers, rather than target actual deceptive practices that are obvious on their face. Read More » Carla DewBerry joins K&L Gates' health care practice as partner in the Seattle office, plus more law firm movers in this week's column. Read More » To paraphrase Justice Louis Brandeis, sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants. But the scrutiny, not all of which is well informed, is also leading to perverse consequences for some law firms. Read More » The front door of the Supreme Court faces the Capitol building. Across the top of the building's face, the Court's motto quietly declares "Equal Justice Under Law." On the First Monday of October, it seemed more like a shout. Read More » |
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