Headlines • 'To Put it Simply, Polygamy is Now Lawful in Utah' • Fourth Circuit Green-Lights Suit Over Occupy Arrests • Discovery Opening in Coordinated Asiana Crash Litigation • New Law Dean Hired at Indiana's Bloomington Campus • General Counsel Gear Up to Follow Volcker Rule • INADMISSIBLE: Budget Agreement Might Help Judiciary • Appellate Judge Discovers Brave New World • You Reap What You Sow Online • Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again • Should Firms Look at Economic Diversity in Hiring? The National Law Journal speaks with Jonathan Turley about the legal victory of the Browns, the polygamist family at the center of TLC's reality show "Sister Wives," and what it means for similar families. Read More » A federal appellate court kept alive South Carolina-based Occupy Columbia's federal lawsuit against a raft of state officials following protesters' arrest in November 2011 for violating a curfew outside the state capitol building. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Law Librarian M.S.: St. John'sFlexible, affordable, St. John's University's M.S. and Advanced Certificate programs in Library and Information Science combine top faculty with the resources of New York's best law libraries. Students receive well-equipped laptops. Contact Jeffery Olson, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Provost and Director of Library and Information Science: (718) 990-6200; dlis@stjohns.edu. Visit www.stjohns.edu/lawlibrarian | Discovery is set to begin in nearly 50 lawsuits over last summer's Asiana Airlines Inc. crash after a judicial panel coordinated them for pretrial purposes before a federal judge in San Francisco. Read More » Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington has named Austen Parrish as its next dean, effective on Jan. 1. Parrish is a professor at Southwestern Law School and until October had served as interim dean and chief executive officer there for more than a year. Read More » General counsel at U.S. financial institutions last week began the arduous task of figuring out how to comply with the Volcker Rule — a complex, 978-page rule that imposes new regulatory tasks on companies. Read More » Last week, lawmakers on Capitol Hill announced a breakthrough in budget negotiations that could eventually soften the pain of steep cuts to federal judiciary funding. But the word from the budget staff at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: It's too early to tell. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » Laptops, smartphones, tablets and other gadgets have forever changed the rules of engagement. Read More » Social media and LinkedIn aren't the panacea or the silver bullet to your marketing woes, but they are tools with real power if used correctly. Read More » NALP's latest report shows a stubborn decline for women in the legal profession. Read More » Guest blogger Robin Sparkman argues that it's time to take a broader definition of diversity in hiring associates. Read More » |
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