Headlines • Justices Block Utah Same-Sex Marriages, at Least For Now • Law Professors Give ABA an Earful on Tenure's Future • Chief Justice Rejects Injunction in Healthcare-Related Challenge • Accused Lawyers Denounce BP Claims Fraud Allegations • Boston University Settles Bulk of Diode Patent Claims • Pro Bono Hot List • Despite Tragedy, Duty Is to the Living • VOIR DIRE: Cattle Called • Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again • Paul Clement Takes on Health Care Law Again The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted gay marriages in Utah, but the constitutional question of whether a state can ban those unions is racing to the high court faster than many of the justices might have expected just six months ago. 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 » 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 | Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. on Monday rejected an effort by a group of physicians and surgeons to block a registration requirement under the new healthcare insurance law because, the group argued, the law itself was unconstitutional. The request in... Read More » Attorneys accused of fraud in the dispersal of BP PLC's $9.6 billion Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement have attacked a special master's investigative report as completely untrue and have asked a federal judge to vacate his order adopting the findings. Read More » A lawyer for Boston University has informed two federal judges that it is in the process of settling cases with some two-dozen corporate defendants over a patent on light-emitting diodes. 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 » 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 » Ward Farnsworth, dean of the University of Texas School of Law, recalled it as a "wonderful gift" when John Massey, president of the UT Law School Foundation, invited him to his ranch, showed him a longhorn and said, "This is Dean Farnsworth. I'm naming him after you." (Of course, the school's mascot, Bevo, is a longhorn.) Read More » NALP's latest report shows a stubborn decline for women in the legal profession. Read More » Paul Clement of Bancroft listens to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) speak about the lawmaker's new lawsuit on Capitol Hill today. Credit: Diego Radzinschi Republicans have turned again to Paul Clement of Bancroft for a high-profile challenge to President Barack Obama's... Read More » | 
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