Headlines • Bulger's Attorneys Clam Up During Sentencing Hearing • Senators Talk Shutdown, Regulation • 'Years of Settled Practice' at Stake in Union Case • Fallen Attorneys Argue to Have Their Sentences Reduced • Government Contractors Prepare For Rough Regulatory Roads • Trial Opens in Retaliation Claim Against Ropes & Gray • New Valparaiso Dean has Practical Roots • Caution Urged on Patent Reform • Deja Vu at Jones Day: Firm Hires Six More Supreme Court Clerks • Kind Words for 'No Admit' Securities Settlements During a morning of emotional and angry victim statements, a lawyer for accused mobster James "Whitey" Bulger announced that his client had directed his attorneys to hold their tongues during his "sham" sentencing for racketeering and conspiracy, including 11 murders. Read More » For all the partisan gridlock on Capitol Hill, U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and two former senators said they weren't expecting another government shutdown as Congress prepares to grapple with new budget issues in the coming months. With the approach... Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: DePaul 2014 Clifford Symposium The 20th annual Clifford Symposium will explore Judge Jack Weinstein's impact on a range of topics in civil justice, from torts and the law of evidence, to broader notions about what it means to be a judge and to seek justice in America's courts. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will deliver a special address. April 24-25 at DePaul University, Chicago. law.depaul.edu/clifford2014 | Lawyers for a union and the Obama Administration on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hold that neutrality agreements between employers and unions seeking to organize their workforces are legal under federal labor laws. Read More » Two disbarred attorneys are attempting to reduce their prison terms, arguing that federal prosecutors breached their plea agreements in failing to recommend the low end of the sentencing guidelines to judges in their cases. Read More » By Alex Zank Douglas Manya, vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., today predicted a less rosy landscape for government contractors. "The last 10 years were rather flush for contractors, [but] those times aren't going to come back very soon,"... Read More » Former Ropes & Gray associate John Ray III's lawyer characterized him as "a man in a hurry" to fit into Ropes' white-shoe world as trial got underway Tuesday on Ray's claims that the firm lashed out at him for filing a discrimination claim. Read More » Valparaiso University has tapped Andrea Lyon as the next dean of its School of Law. Now associate dean for clinical programs at DePaul University College of Law, Lyon represents somewhat of an unconventional choice. Read More » While the America Invents Act has transformed patent law in major ways, Congress is already writing legislation that could further reform the system. Read More » New Jones Day associates (left to right): Ryan Watson, Ian Samuel, Charlotte Taylor, Emily Kennedy, Kenton Skarin, David Morrell. For the second year in a row, Jones Day has hired six law clerks who worked for Supreme Court justices in... Read More » The former head of enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today defended settlements that allow financial institutions to forego admissions of wrongdoing, saying they permit quicker resolution of cases and put money back in investors pockets. Robert Khuzami,... Read More » | 
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