Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Greenhouse Gas Rules

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Greenhouse Gas Rules • Virginia Seitz Leaves DOJ Office of Legal Counsel • U.S. Opposes Bid to Collect $14M in Sanctions Against Russia • Holder Joins Calls for Data Breach Notification Rules • The Go-To Law Schools • Lawyers Spar Over Discovery Rules Supreme Court Appears Divided Over Greenhouse Gas Rules A high-stakes dispute over the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate greenhouse gases from stationary sources divided the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday along classic liberal-conservative lines. Read More » Virginia Seitz Leaves DOJ Office of Legal Counsel Virginia Seitz, who served as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, has left the U.S. Department of Justice after more than two years at the post. 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. U.S. Opposes Bid to Collect $14M in Sanctions Against Russia The U.S. government is opposing efforts to enforce more than $14 million in sanctions against the Russian government in a dispute over the return of Jewish religious texts seized in the early 20th century. Read More » Holder Joins Calls for Data Breach Notification Rules U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has turned up the heat on Congress to pass legislation to create a national standard for notifying customers of data breaches, saying: "It is time." Read More » The Go-To Law Schools Our annual report on the law schools that supply the largest numbers of new associates to NLJ 250 law firms. Read More » Lawyers Spar Over Discovery Rules Another major front in the war between plaintiffs and corporate defendants over the high costs of litigation has opened up in an obscure corner of judicial bureaucracy: proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Read More » SUPREME COURT CASES

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