Headlines • 'Very Modest' Jobs Growth Seen For Law School Graduates • Court: Newspaper Must Reveal Commenters' Identities • Court Weighs Whether Deportation Fits Crime • Judge Socks Labor Department With Costs of Failed Lawsuit • Microsoft GC Complains of Legal Training Shortfall • The Fracas Over Fracking • INADMISSIBLE: Clarity Elusive in Software Patents Case • General Counsel Struggle to Define 'Due Diligence' • Judge Reinstates Claims Against Goldman Sachs • Organic Milk Plaintiffs Oppose Efforts to Exclude Their Expert The law school class of 2013 didn't have much better luck than their predecessors in finding jobs, as entry-level employment data released Wednesday by the American Bar Association revealed that very little changed in the hiring market. Read More » The Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans cannot shield private identifying information about two people who posted anonymous comments on its website about a corruption probe, a federal appeals court has ruled. Read More » A federal appellate court heard oral arguments Wednesday about whether immigration judges must consider whether deportation amounts to disproportional punishment for a legal permanent resident following a criminal conviction. Read More » The U.S. Department of Labor must pay more than $565,000 in attorney fees to an oilfield services company it accused of wage-and-hour violations totaling more than $6 million, a federal judge has ruled. Read More » Microsoft Corp. General Counsel Brad Smith has some advice for young lawyers: Look for jobs that offer good training opportunities right off the bat, as those first years are so formative in one's career. 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 » Clarity and consensus seemed beyond the U.S. Supreme Court's reach on March 31 as justices struggled to decide whether software and computer-dependent inventions are eligible for patents. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » The U.S. Department of Justice has recommended that companies do "reasonable due diligence" of third parties to avoid any risk of corruption — but the U.S. Department of Justice hasn't explained what constitutes reasonable due diligence actually. 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 » The plaintiffs' nutritional expert in litigation over the marketing of Horizon Organic Milk should be allowed to testify because he has personally researched how the brain is affected by nutrition and has concluded that the representation that this brand of milk helps brain health is untrue, the plaintiffs argued in a recent court filing. Read More » | 
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