Headlines • Once Again, U.S. News Ranks Yale No. 1 Law School • Up and Down the 'U.S. News' Rankings • S&P's Retaliation Claim Against Government Gets Hearing • Ruling Could Drive Stake Through Heart of Rails-to-Trails • Arguments Set in Virginia Same-Sex Marriage Challenge • For Companies With Women Execs, US Ranks Near Bottom • Sprint Taps Perkins Coie to Fight DOJ Overbilling Charges • Health Care: A Special Report • D.C. Moves • Movers Another year, another U.S. News & World Report ranking naming Yale Law School as the best in the land. Read More » U.S. News & World Report has released in new law school rankings. Here are the 10 law schools that saw the biggest increase in their rank, and the 10 that saw their rank fall the most compared to last year. 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 | A federal judge in California will hear arguments on Tuesday about whether to grant discovery involving evidence allegedly indicating the U.S. Department of Justice filed its $5 billion lawsuit against Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC in retaliation for its downgraded credit rating of the United States. Read More » In a potentially costly setback to the federal government's rails-to-trails program, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that under an 1875 law, abandoned railroad rights of way belong, not to the government, but to the private parties that acquired the underlying lands. 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. | Virginia's same-sex marriage litigation is now on a fast track at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Read More » According to a new report, less than a quarter of senior business and management roles in the U.S. are held by women. Read More » The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act remains the big news for health care practitioners, and we explore two aspects of the law in this special report — how it could expand access to mental health care and how employers can take advantage of a reprieve from the legal mandate to provide health insurance. We also examine the long struggle to ensure equal access to medical trials for women and minority groups. Read More » Legal industry job changes in our nation's capital. Read More » Jennifer Weiss joins Goulston & Storrs' tax practice as partner in the Boston office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. Read More » | 
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