Headlines • Alcoa to Pay $384M to Settle Foreign Bribery Charges • Redstone Gives Harvard $10M for Public Service Fellowships • Plaintiffs Seek to Consolidate Target Data Breach Suits • N.J. Gov. Fires Aide Involved in Bridge Scandal as U.S. Probe Begins • Law Professors Give ABA an Earful on Tenure's Future • Pro Bono Hot List • FTC's Winning Streak Provokes Questions About Process • Law Firms Wary of Tax Provision • Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again • Obama Taps Chris Lu as Dept. of Labor's No. 2 Aluminum giant Alcoa Inc. will pay $384 million to settle charges by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the company violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Read More » Harvard Law School has received a $10 million donation from media magnate and alumnus Sumner Redstone. The money will bolster the Sumner M. Redstone Fellowships for Public Service—a program created in 2010 with a $1 million gift from Redstone to support graduates who pursue public-interest law careers. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: WCL Summer Law Programs Abroad Study law in the most fascinating parts of the world and earn up to six credits this summer. Learn about different legal systems and create professional networks abroad. Site visits offer unparalleled access to people and organizations shaping law on a global level. Courses cover an array of practice areas from int'l business law to human rights law. Apply today: wcl.american.edu/summer/abroad | Attorneys who filed class actions against Target Corp. over its security breach last month have moved to coordinate the swelling tide of litigation, estimated at nearly 50 lawsuits. Read More » N.J. Gov. Chris Christie lets go a key adviser as a federal investigation looms over his administration's ordering of lane closures that crippled traffic on the George Washington Bridge last September, allegedly as an act of political retribution. Read More » The American Bar Association proposal to eliminate its tenure requirement for law schools drew a hostile reception during the Association of American Law School's annual meeting in New York over the weekend. Read More » Behind some of the biggest news stories of 2013 — same-sex marriage, the Boston Marathon bombing and New York's stop-and-frisk policy — you'll find top attorneys who donated hundreds of hours to people in need of legal services. In this year's pro bono report, you'll also see a continuing trend: corporate lawyers volunteering their time to nonprofit causes, a new array of practitioners ready to help those in need. Read More » For nearly two decades, the Federal Trade Commission has come out on top in every administrative lawsuit involving allegations of unfair methods of competition — a winning streak now being challenged by lawyers and members of Congress, who question whether the forum is fair. Read More » Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will start the new year with momentum on major tax reform proposals — including a provision that could pose a financial hardship for large law firms and hit partners with outsized tax bills. Read More » NALP's latest report shows a stubborn decline for women in the legal profession. Read More » Chris Lu, a former aide to President Barack Obama and onetime Sidley Austin lawyer, is the president's nominee for the No. 2 post at the U.S. Department of Labor, the White House announced Wednesday. Obama intends to nominate Lu as... Read More » | 
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