'We're Not Going to be Everything to Everyone,' Dickstein Chairman Says

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • 'We're Not Going to be Everything to Everyone,' Dickstein Chairman Says • House Lawyers Defend 'Speech or Debate' Protections • Court Orders Identity of 'Company Doe' Revealed • White House Lawyer to Join Latham's White-Collar Team • Federal Judge Overturns Massachusetts' Ban on Painkiller • Harvard, Northwestern Announce Endowed Professorships 'We're Not Going to be Everything to Everyone,' Dickstein Chairman Says Dickstein Shapiro faced its worst year in more than a decade after contingency cases didn't pull in income and the firm restructured, the firm's chairman, James Kelly, said in an interview this week. Kelly called 2013 an "investment year." Read More » House Lawyers Defend 'Speech or Debate' Protections A bipartisan group of congressional leaders filed court papers Tuesday defending the constitutional shield that protects members of Congress and their staff from being forced to provide information about legislative activities. Read More » Court Orders Identity of 'Company Doe' Revealed The sealing of the identity of a company that fought to block public access to a consumer safety report was improper, a federal appeals court said Wednesday in ordering the disclosure of its name and publication of case documents. Read More » White House Lawyer to Join Latham's White-Collar Team Former White House special counsel Jonathan Su will join Latham & Watkins as a white-collar defense litigator after a two-year stint in the Obama administration. Read More » Federal Judge Overturns Massachusetts' Ban on Painkiller A Boston federal judge on Tuesday struck down a Massachusetts ban on the painkiller Zohydro ER because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the drug trumped the state's authority. Read More » Harvard, Northwestern Announce Endowed Professorships Two top law schools are creating endowed professorships, thanks to hefty donations. Read More »

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