Boies Schiller Partner Poised for Confirmation as Federal Judge

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Boies Schiller Partner Poised for Confirmation as Federal Judge • New GC Moves in at National Assoc. of Realtors • Senate Confirms Four District Court Judges • Continuing to Downsize, Patton Boggs Shutters New Jersey Office • Monitoring of Firm Puts The Rule of Law at Risk • Hearing Set on Fraud Claims in Deepwater Horizon Settlement Boies Schiller Partner Poised for Confirmation as Federal Judge The Senate Judiciary Committee today had no tough questions for Boies, Schiller & Flexner partner Tanya Chutkan during her confirmation hearing for a spot on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Read More » New GC Moves in at National Assoc. of Realtors For the first time in nearly three decades, the National Association of Realtors has a new top lawyer, the Chicago-based trade group that represents 1 million real estate agents announced Monday. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Attend the Largest Conference for Legal Career Professionals Seattle sets the stage for NALP's 2014 Annual Education Conference & Resource Center Exhibition as attendees shop for ideas in an eye-opening 'Marketplace of Ideas' April 9 - 12, 2014. NALP's Annual Education Conference offers almost 100 sessions on topics such as diversity and inclusion, lateral recruiting and hiring, and lawyer professional development. This year's plenary speakers are Brad Smith, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Microsoft, and Steven J. Harper, author of The Lawyer Bubble. Register before the early bird deadline ends on March 7. Senate Confirms Four District Court Judges Senate Democrats jumped over Republican hurdles this week to confirm four district court nominees, including Shearman & Sterling litigation partner James Donato and county judge Beth Freeman for the Northern District of California. Read More » Continuing to Downsize, Patton Boggs Shutters New Jersey Office Patton Boggs will close its Newark office after the firm lost almost $12 million there last year after insurance work arising from the Sept. 11 attacks dried up, according to Edward Newberry, Patton Boggs' managing partner. Read More » Monitoring of Firm Puts The Rule of Law at Risk Surveillance of attorney-client communications threatens foundations of liberty and democracy. Read More » Hearing Set on Fraud Claims in Deepwater Horizon Settlement A federal judge in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation is set to hear arguments about whether distribution of a $2.3 billion settlement should go forward given BP's claims of fraud against plaintiffs attorney Mikal Watts. Read More »

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