Headlines • Gun Owners Urge Circuit to Block Large Magazine Ban • Ex-Dewey Leaders Charged With Fraud, Theft • Pointers for Legal Profession on Disruptive Innovation • Touro Law School Becomes Latest to Offer Two-Year J.D. • Call for Nominations: America's Outstanding General Counsel • Plaintiffs' Hot List • Dad on the Hook For Half Daughter's Cornell Law Tuition • Litigation Fraud Ruling Leaves Patton 'Under the Cloud' • D.C. Moves • Motley Rice Gun owners backed by the National Rifle Association of America have sought an emergency order from a federal appeals court that would halt enforcement of a California city's ban on large-capacity magazines for firearms. 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, were accused Thursday of "concocting and overseeing a massive effort to cook the books" at the firm. Read More » The legal industry has struggled to adapt to a globalized economy, advances in technology and the blurring lines between traditionally separate areas such as law and business. That was the central idea behind a daylong conference at Harvard Law School dubbed "Disruptive Innovation in the Market for Legal Services." Read More » The Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center at Touro College is the most recent school to offer future lawyers a chance to earn a J.D. in two years instead of the traditional three. Read More » The National Law Journal is seeking nominations for America’s Outstanding General Counsel. We will recognize legal department leaders who have demonstrated the power to guide corporate law, shape public policy and get important things done. Read More » The firms on this year's list landed groundbreaking verdicts, negotiated big settlements and, in many cases, paved the way for the resolution of other disputes. Read More » A father who'd agreed to shoulder half the cost of his daughter's legal education—before she got into Cornell Law School, which costs $225,000 to attend—found no relief from a New Jersey court late last month. Read More » In a lengthy ruling for Chevron Corp. in a long and hard-fought battle over the blame for pollution in the Amazon, Washington law firm Patton Boggs came in for plenty of attention—17 mentions in the main text of the ruling, to be exact. Read More » Legal industry job changes in our nation's capital. Read More » Motley Rice has made it to the top by helping underdogs. The firm played a key role in a monumental California state court ruling in January that three companies must pay $1.15 billion in lead-paint abatement. Read More » | 
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