Headlines • Anadarko Agrees to Record $5B Environmental Settlement • The Post-'McCutcheon' World • Obstacles to U.S. Lawsuits in Malaysia Airlines Mystery • Alberto Gonzales Named Dean at Tennessee Law School • Deadly Fort Hood Shootings • LinkedIn GC Will Step Down in August • America's 50 Outstanding General Counsel • The Judge's Role As an Agent of Change • VOIR DIRE: All Whet • Movers In the U.S. Justice Department's largest environmental enforcement recovery ever, Kerr-McGee Corp. and its parent Anadarko Petroleum Corp. today agreed to pay $5.15 billion to settle charges that they fraudulently tried to duck responsibility to pay for environmental cleanup after decades of contamination. Read More » Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark April 2 ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, campaign reform advocates were coming to grips with the possibility that a constitutional amendment might be their only remaining option to limit the power of money in politics. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Expand Your Knowledge & Network  Experience intensive training that gives you a competitive edge and qualifies for CLE credit. Attend American University Washington College of Law's summer law programs in D.C. Learn the latest policies and network with experts in diverse fields of law including intellectual property, litigation, anti-corruption, hotel law, public policy, health law, arbitration, and more. For details, visit | The disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 is unlikely to lead to lawsuits in the United States because, unlike the Asiana Airlines crash last year, there’s no potential case against the American manufacturer, The Boeing Co., according to lawyers with aviation litigation expertise. Read More » Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been named dean of Belmont University College of Law, a private, Christian school that opened in Nashville in 2011. Gonzales, a faculty member since 2012, will replace founding dean Jeff Kinsler in June. Read More » In the aftermath of the fatal Fort Hood shootings, a lawyer for the 2009 Fort Hood shooter reflects on the Army's approach to PTSD. Read More » Erika Rottenberg, the company's first lawyer, steered it through its 2011 IPO. Read More » The National Law Journal recognizes lawyers who have what it takes to run exemplary in-house legal departments. Read More » They have the power to pull people together, solve problems and inspire — all within ethical bounds. Read More » The Home Shopping Network and companies associated with cooking stars Emeril Lagasse and Martha Stewart face a class action accusing them of marketing and selling counterfeit knives. Plus: A new book about Clarence Darrow in this week's column. Read More » Randy Aoyama joins Hinshaw & Culbertson as partner in the Phoenix office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. Read More » | 
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