Headlines • November Trial Date Set in Boston Marathon Bombing • As Enrollment Slumps, Another Law School Cuts Tuition • Protests Greet BP's Demand for Claims Report Documents • Attorney's Treatment by TSA Sparks Same-Sex Policy Change • U.K. Deferred Prosecution Agreement Has Arrived • From Oscar Parties to 'Inter Partes' • Panel Near Decision on Law Schools' Bar Exam Passage Rates • ABA Moves Toward Allowing Paid Student Externships • Movers • Wall Street Firm Bolsters High Court Practice Over vehement defense objections, a federal judge on Wednesday set a Nov. 3 trial date for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The government is seeking the death penalty in the case. Read More » A number of law schools have announced tuition reductions or other incentives to enrollees in a tough recruiting environment. The latest is the University of Toledo College of Law, now offering new students from Ohio and Michigan automatic scholarships reducing tuition from $20,578 to $17,900 per year. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Trade & the Global Environment  Through panel discussions with scholars and practitioners, this symposium on Feb. 18 addresses issues in int'l trade and the environment by facilitating dialogue on the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations, Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, enforcement, and future means of protecting the environment through int'l trade. LEARN MORE | BP PLC wants access to documents detailing flaws in the distribution of Deepwater Horizon oil-spill claims only to feed its public relations campaign against the $9.6 billion settlement, lawyers who filed objections to the move argued this week. Read More » Attorney Hunter Carter and his husband, César Zapata, ran into major turbulence on Jan. 18 when they tried to board an American Airlines flight to Miami at an airport in Medellín, Colombia. He talks to NLJ about his experience. Read More » For years many U.K. prosecutors in the United Kingdom wished they could use U.S.-style deferred prosecution agreements to prosecute corporate crime. That wish is now a reality Read More » We range widely in this look at the state of intellectual property law, beginning with the legal complications attorneys need to consider when negotiating endorsement deals with the stars. We also investigate the renewed respect being paid to the "indefiniteness" defense against business-method patents. Finally, "inter partes" review — an attempt to streamline patent disputes — may in some cases make the process more difficult. Read More » An American Bar Association panel is near a decision about whether to tighten the rules governing rates of bar-examination passage. Read More » An American Bar Association panel has recommended the organization drop its prohibition against law students receiving both academic credit and money for internships and externships. 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 » Jeffrey Wall is the latest lawyer to decamp the U.S. solicitor general's office to lead or co-lead a major law firm's appellate practice. But Wall traveled a slightly different path when he left last fall, signing on as special counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell, a Wall Street titan, rather than heading to a Washington or Chicago firm with deep experience at the high court. Read More » | 
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