Headlines • District Attorneys Get Religion • Who's Minding the Prosecutors? • Five Cooks in Volcker Kitchen • Outside the Supreme Court, a History of Protests — and Press • Executives Grilled in Data Thefts • Former Justice Conflicted, But Ultimately Camera-Shy • Don't Look for Absolution in Law • INADMISSIBLE: Liberals Question Big Law Judicial Picks • Movers • Movers Increased scrutiny by police and prosecutors of old case files for wrongful convictions has been trending upward, with a record 87 exonerations during the year 2013. Read More » Federal prosecutors who subpoena lawyers to testify before grand juries no longer will face the threat of disciplinary action in New Mexico. Read More » As five federal agencies begin implementing the massive — and massively complex — Volcker Rule, financial institutions have one overriding question: Who will they answer to? Read More » The media stakeout on the U.S. Supreme Court plaza is garnering attention itself, in connection with litigation over the constitutionality of a federal law that bans protests on the same marble plaza where the press conferences take place. Read More » A top official at Target Corp. told federal lawmakers last week he would support a national standard for notifying customers of data breaches, pledging to work with Congress to strengthen consumer protections. Read More » During an American Bar Association conference on communications law, Stevens was asked if the justices will ever allow televised oral arguments. Although Stevens had in the past been in favor, he said there is more merit in opposing them. Read More » How much penance does an established liar have to perform before he can be admitted into the sacred halls of law practice? Read More » President Barack Obama has pushed to bring racial and gender diversity to the federal bench. But when it comes to employment diversity — the professional backgrounds of the president's picks — Democrats and liberal interest groups have a gripe. Read More » Patricia Hennessy joins Conrad O'Brien as co-chairwoman of the education law group in the West Chester, Pa., office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. Read More » Andrea Barach joins Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz's business department as partner in the Nashville office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. Read More » | 
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