Headlines • Conviction Tossed; Juror Couldn't Look at Child Porn Evidence • Professor Alleges Law School Violated ADA • Payout Resolves Objections to $1.6B Toyota Settlement • D.C. Circuit Panel Hammers Conflict Mineral Rule • No Need to Fear Profile Updates • Life Without Parole: A Sentence That's Cruel but Not Unusual • Despite Tragedy, Duty Is to the Living • Pro Bono Hot List • Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again • Health Care, Dodd-Frank Top US Chamber's 2014 Agenda A federal appeals court threw out a 14-year prison sentence and ordered a new trial in a child pornography case because a judge didn't remove a juror who couldn't vow to give the defendant a fair trial. Read More » A longtime professor at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago has filed suit, claiming administrators violated the Americans With Disabilities Act when they declined to accommodate his depression and Asperger's syndrome. 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 | Some of the most vocal objectors to the $1.6 billion settlement with Toyota Motor Corp. have agreed to drop their challenge in exchange for $1.5 million to research electronics systems used in cars. Read More » One of the most controversial—and costly—rules in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission history faced tough scrutiny Tuesday by panel of federal appellate judges, who questioned whether the requirement that publicly traded companies disclose the use of certain minerals from the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo violates the First Amendment. Read More » A new year has dawned. Open it with a bang by finally completing your LinkedIn profile. Read More » The American Civil Liberties Union recently released a report aptly titled "A Living Death." It deals with the phenomenon of life sentencing without possibility of parole. Known as "LWOP," it might as aptly be called "LWOH," for life without hope. Read More » Two tragic cases, marring the joy of this holiday season, underscore our legal system's difficulty in confronting that most basic of bioethical issues: When is death? 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 » NALP's latest report shows a stubborn decline for women in the legal profession. Read More » The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the broader U.S. legal system remain in the crosshairs of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 2014, Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer... Read More » | 
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