Headlines • Legislation Would Restore Voting Rights Act • Roger Williams Law Announces 18 Percent Tuition Cut • Class Actions Mount Over Damages From Bridge Lane Closure Gridlock • City Settles Lawsuits in RNC Arrests for $18 Million • NLJ Billing Survey: $1,000 Per Hour Isn't Rare Anymore • So, You've Screwed Up. Now What? • The Juror Flinched • European Law Schools Gaining the Advantage • New Chairman at Steptoe Eyes the Future • Court Sidesteps 'Novel' Defense Involving Armed IRS Agents A bipartisan group of lawmakers proposed legislation on Thursday to repair and expand the Voting Rights Act of 1965, in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision last year that gutted one of the nation's most powerful tools to fight voter discrimination. Read More » Administrators announced on Wednesday that they would drop annual tuition next year by about 18 percent, from $41,400 to $32,792, effective for all students for the next three years. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: AUWCL Semester Abroad Law Programs AU Washington College of Law provides students with unique educational opportunities through legal semester exchange programs in 22 countries across 6 continents. Gain focus in different areas of law such as Arbitration, Business, Intellectual Property, Human Rights, International Trade, European Union, Environment, and Maritime. Apply by March 1 to enrich your academic experience and expand your global network. Visit wcl.american.edu/summer/abroad today! | The scandal over the closure of local Fort Lee access lanes to the George Washington Bridge last September orchestrated by Gov. Chris Christie's aides and appointees has spilled into the courts, as class-action suits are being lodged by people and businesses claiming they were damaged by the gridlock. Read More » Activists and civil rights attorneys hailed the settlement, which includes $7.6 million for plaintiffs lawyers' fees, as a vindication of their claim that police had no right to arrest some 1,800 protestors, bystanders, legal observers and journalists without individualized probable cause. Read More » As recently as five years ago, law partners charging $1,000 an hour were outliers. Today, four-figure hourly rates for in-demand partners at the most prestigious firms don't raise eyebrows — and a few top earners are closing in on $2,000 an hour. Read More » For lawyers worried they have committed malpractice, competing duties with colleagues, clients arise. Read More » The juror was a father of two who initially declared that he could fairly decide the fate of a man charged with viewing child pornography, despite strong reservations. Hours later, he left a telephone message with a courtroom deputy: "There is just no way I'm going to be able to view these pictures or video." Read More » U.S. legal education promotes isolated thinking. Europe uses collaboration to foster innovation. Read More » With just over 400 lawyers, Steptoe & Johnson LLP is neither large nor small, not wildly profitable or struggling to get by. For new executive committee chairman Philip West, who took the helm Jan. 1, the question now is whether being in the middle is enough. Read More » A federal appeals court has rejected a tax protester's claim that evidence seized during a search of his property must be tossed out because the IRS agents enforcing a warrant carried guns without statutory authority. Read More » | 
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