Headlines • Legal Jobs Picture: 'We're Not Going Back to 2006' • Bayer Moves to Eliminate Mirena IUD Claims • Sixth Circuit Slams EEOC in Kaplan Bias Case • William Mitchell Law School Offers Hybrid JD Program • Huge Punitive Damages Award in Actos Bellwether Trial • Regulation of Bitcoin Is Up for Grabs • Tax Proposal Harms Law Firms, ABA President Says • The Fracas Over Fracking • Judge Reinstates Claims Against Goldman Sachs • Movers The entry-level legal job market hasn’t recovered from the hit it took during the recession, and isn’t likely to return to the robust days of the mid-2000s in the foreseeable future. Read More » Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. has moved to dismiss some of about 450 lawsuits filed over its Mirena intrauterine contraceptive device on ground that the cases exceed the applicable statute of limitations. Read More » Not only did the EEOC base its case on flawed methodology, the court ruled, but the agency employs the same hiring practice that it claimed Kaplan was using to discriminate against minorities. Read More » The American Bar Association approves a variance allowing the Minnesota law school to offer online and on-campus program. Read More » A jury in Louisiana has awarded more than $9 billion in the first federal bellwether trial over claims that taking Actos increases the risk of getting bladder cancer. Read More » Following a series of multimillion-dollar thefts and losses, federal regulators want to step up their oversight of virtual currency bitcoin. But bitcoin — a nationless digital money that uses cryptography to control its creation and transactions — doesn't fit neatly in any regulatory box. Read More » American Bar Association President James Silkenat wants to convince members of Congress this week that the leading tax reform proposals on Capitol Hill would harm not only law firms and lawyers but also the businesses and other clients who hire them. Read More » As energy companies push to expand extraction of oil and natural gas through hydraulic fracturing, we consider some of the legal angles in this special section. Read More » After throwing out a putative class action against Goldman Sachs twice before, a federal judge has switched gears on the mortgage securities suit brought by Detroit police and fire retirees and allowed it to proceed. Read More » Erin Murphy joins Arnstein & Lehr's litigation practice group as special counsel to the Chicago office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column. Read More » | 
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