Headlines • Boston School of Law Launches Paris Exchange Program • Tax Reforms Could Bring Changes to Big Law • Chamber of Commerce IDs Stinker Lawsuits of the Year • Judge Rejects Causation Test for BP Spill Pact • Forget Intent, Affirmative Action Ban Should Fall • Uncowed, Companies Fight FTC's Power Play Over Cybersecurity • H.R. Knows Who's Naughty and Nice • A Weapon Against Hackers on the Home Front • Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again • Wiley Rein Defends Fee Request in Voting Rights Case Boston University School of Law is launching an exchange program that will send 3Ls to the City of Light for a semester to learn how to be leaders in a global economy. Read More » A tax reform proposal in Congress could mean big changes for the inner workings of the largest law firms, and business experts said it would spell financial hardship for the firms and hit partners with outsized tax bills. Draft legislation... Read More » A pro se federal lawsuit by a group of prisoners blaming eight brewers for their life of crime was the most ridiculous lawsuit of 2013, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform. Read More » New Orleans U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier is standing firm in his interpretation of BP's Deepwater Horizon settlement agreement. Late Tuesday, the judge reiterated that the class action deal does not require claimants to prove that their losses were caused by that 2010 disaster. BP will appeal. Read More » The constitutionality of Michigan's policy is not a question of what the Framers had in mind. Read More » Agency is overstepping its bounds, and two businesses are primed for a court battle. Read More » Here's my annual refresher on how to throw a perfectly blah, humbug holiday fete. Read More » Although headlines have focused on foreign cyberattacks, plenty are U.S.-based — and can be remedied. Read More » NALP's latest report shows a stubborn decline for women in the legal profession. Read More » Wiley Rein is defending its request for $2 million in legal fees from the federal government after winning a constitutional challenge to the federal Voting Rights Act. The U.S. Department of Justice has opposed the fee request, arguing Wiley Rein's... Read More » |
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