Headlines • ABA to Tackle Tenure at Council Meeting • Court Affirms No Deductions for Legal Malpractice Costs • Senate Confirms CIA General Counsel • Judge Faults EEOC for Probe Into Discrimination Claim • Once Again, U.S. News Ranks Yale No. 1 Law School • Law Dean Resigns Under Fire at Case Western • U.S. Cuts Legal Tab in Half • 'Blatant Accounting Fraud' at Dewey • D.C. Moves • Judge Fines Ex-Goldman Trader Tourre but Nixes SEC Injunction Bid The always-controversial matter of law faculty tenure will be back in the spotlight on Friday and Saturday, when the American Bar Association's Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar is scheduled to consider the issue and several other hot-button topics at a meeting in San Diego. Read More » An attorney's estate cannot claim a $30 million deduction for the costs of a malpractice case filed against him by a former client, a federal appeals court has ruled. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Freedom of Information Day Attend the 7th Annual Freedom of Information Day Celebration on Mar. 18, presented by Washington College of Law's Collaboration on Government Secrecy. Leading experts will discuss matters of current importance to the openness-in-government community, including in a 'legislative outlook' session featuring key congressional staff from all corners of Capitol Hill. LEARN MORE | Despite lingering tension between the U.S. Senate and the Central Intelligence Agency, the Senate confirmed Caroline Krass as the agency's general counsel. Read More » A major gender discrimination claim involving some 44,000 women and the nation's largest speciality retail jeweler has been dismissed because the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to prove that it conducted a nationwide investigation before accusing Sterling Jewelers of violating its employees' rights. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Stop Shipping Profits Out The Door In 'Stop Shipping Profits Out the Door,' law firms will discover how leveraging innovative shipping solutions can improve their bottom line. This white paper explains how web-based tools prevent shipping mistakes, improve accountability, and inform decision-making, ultimately reducing labor costs and unallocatable expenses. Click here for more information. | Another year, another U.S. News & World Report ranking naming Yale Law School as the best in the land. Read More » Case Western Reserve University School of Law dean Lawrence Mitchell has resigned his leadership role after being sued by a faculty member for alleged retaliation. Read More » The federal government spent about half as much to resolve lawsuits as it did during 2012, doling out $1.7 billion from the Judgment Fund — an open-ended account that the Treasury Department uses to pay legal judgments and settlements. Read More » Following a nearly two-year investigation that began as Dewey & LeBoeuf spiraled toward death, its former chairman, Steven Davis; its former executive director, Stephen DiCarmine; and its ex-chief financial officer, Joel Sanders, stand accused of "concocting and overseeing a massive effort to cook the books" at the firm. Read More » Legal industry job changes in our nation's capital. Read More » Though mostly siding with the SEC, a federal judge refused to enjoin Fabrice Tourre from future securities violations, concluding that such "obey-the-law" injunctions are of dubious value and noting that the SEC has apparently never enforced one against an investment banker. Read More » | 
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