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Manafort Trial Judge Has Had it With Attorneys’ Eye Rolling, Facial Gestures Judge T.S. Ellis III admonished both sides on the second day of the former Trump campaign chairman’s tax and bank fraud... Read More

Women Exit Ogletree Deakins in Wake of Gender Bias Allegations “A lot of my good friends had left. I looked around and said, ‘Why am I still here?’” said a former nonequity partner... Read More

Paul Manafort Misplaced Trust in Rick Gates, Defense Attorneys Say Opening statements likely foreshadow a defense strategy that will focus on discrediting Rick Gates, who’s expected to... Read More

ABA to Overhaul Law School Accreditation Process With Major Reorganization The ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar plans to dissolve its accreditation and standards review... Read More The 2018 Legal Departments of the Year: Washington Gas Team Handles $6.4B Merger This year, the legal team's big focus was on WGL Holdings’ $6.4 billion merger with Canadian energy infrastructure provider... Read More CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS Verrilli Tops Clement as DC Circuit Rejects Christmas Ads on City Buses By Marcia Coyle Judge Brett Kavanaugh heard arguments but did not participate in the ruling. The case, featuring two former U.S. solicitors... Read More JUDGES | NEWS Paul Manafort's Jury Seated, Opening Statements Set for This Afternoon By Ellis Kim The court is expected to return to session later Tuesday for jury instructions and opening statements. Read More The Nominee: A Peek Into Kavanaugh's Rulings and Feedback From the Industry By Tony Mauro | Marcia Coyle Brett Kavanaugh's past rulings, and insight from other lawyers may offer a glimpse into what kind of justice he might... Read More FLEXIBLE WORKING | ANALYSIS Lessons from Estée Lauder's Parental Leave Settlement With EEOC By Erin Mulvaney “I don't think lawyers or government lawyers are thinking about parental leave in different legal framework. I... Read More ATTORNEY WORK LIFE BALANCE | NEWS Why You Should Take a Vacation From Your Phone. And Why You Probably Won't. By Angela Morris There's a wider recognition within the legal profession that true downtime for lawyers is crucial. The trick is to actually... Read More Paul Manafort's Jury Seated, Opening Statements Set for This Afternoon The court is expected to return to session later Tuesday for jury instructions and opening statements. Read More DC Circuit Rejects Manafort's Bid for Freedom Pending Trial "It was also not lost on the district court that appellant had been warned about 'skating close to the line' with respect... Read More This Legal Scholar Put Brett Kavanaugh on President Trump's Radar in 2016 The Heritage Foundation, where John Malcolm is a senior legal fellow and director of the Meese Center for Legal & Judicial... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS US Supreme Court Won't Halt Novel Climate-Change Case By Marcia Coyle The U.S. Supreme Court said the government's request to block the Oct. 29 trial or to suspend discovery was "premature."... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS Turns Out Honey Badger Gives a Sh*t (About Trademarks) By Ross Todd The Ninth Circuit has revived a trademark suit the maker of the viral “Honey Badger video filed against greeting... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS Who's Leading AG Jeff Sessions' New 'Religious Liberty Task Force'? By Marcia Coyle The two attorneys—Jesse Panuccio, the acting associate attorney general and a former Foley & Lardner partner,... Read More

CLASS ACTIONS | NEWS US Companies Resist Potential Class of Millions of Facebook Users in Labor Case By Erin Mulvaney Lawyers for Amazon, T-Mobile and Cox contend a proposed class action targeting advertising practices on Facebook is... Read More

NEWS Trump Watch: Can a Trial Judge Gag Order Trump? And More Moves at the White House Counsel Office By Ellis Kim Deputy White House counsel Stefan Passantino is the latest attorney to leave the office. Read More

Kavanaugh Has Something to Say About Ellipses... | Plus: A High Court Veteran Goes Solo | Supreme Court Brief | National Law Journal Here's a snapshot of Brett Kavanaugh's advice for appellate lawyers and we have the story of former Stris & Maher appellate... Read More

Labor of Law: Takeaways from Nike's Salary Deep-Dive | 'Dynamex' Fallout | Around the Water Cooler & More | Law.com Takeaways from Nike's salary deep-dive—continuing the trend of company introspection. Plus: courts and companies are... Read More

The Law Firm Disrupted: Summer Associates and a Bid to Redesign Law Firm Recruiting | Law.com Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe might have found a way to streamline the on-campus interview process. Read More