Headlines • 'Sue & Settle' Cases Under Fire • Nominee Muscled Aside • California Grumbling at U.S. News • 'Sweetheart Deal' for Figure in Campaign Corruption Case • High Court No Stranger To Hijinks • Chicago's In-House Legal Departments of the Year • Lawyer Depression Begins in School • INADMISSIBLE: Judiciary Hiring Public Defenders Again • D.C. Moves • Movers When the Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Forest Service in Colorado in 2012 for violating the Endangered Species Act, government lawyers didn't put up a fight. Read More » The Senate had just voted to block the nomination of veteran voting-rights lawyer Debo Adegbile to lead the nation's federal civil rights enforcement when the president of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police wrote a thank-you note to the group's members. Read More » Only three of California's 19 law schools accredited by the American Bar Association improved on the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings this year, and the long view looks even worse. Read More » Jeffrey Thompson, a Washington businessman who pleaded guilty on March 10 to funneling millions of dollars in illegal campaign contributions, got a "sweetheart deal" from prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers said. 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. | When a protester disrupted a U.S. Supreme Court session recently — and a collaborator secretly filmed and posted the episode on YouTube — it caused a sensation inside the nation's highest and shyest court. But it was far from the first time hijinks have broken out in the nation's highest court. Read More » The in-house legal teams who are setting the standard in corporate compliance, deal work, diversity and more. Read More » Are state bar admissions standards for character and fitness unintentionally putting lawyers at risk of suicide? Read More » Federal defender offices, which lost approximately 400 employees because of last year's mandatory budget cuts known as sequestration, have enough money in this year's budget to begin backfilling most of those positions, court officials said on March 11. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » Legal industry job changes in our nation's capital. Read More » Pamela Fulmer joins Arent Fox's intellectual property and complex litigation practices as partner in the San Francisco office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. Read More » | 
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