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Pittsburgh Firm's Office Manager, Partner's Son, Sentenced for Embezzlement | The Legal Intelligencer The Legal Intelligencer Anthony Calaiaro has been sentenced to jail time for taking money from his father's firm. Read More

COMMENTARY This One Psychological Term Could Be Responsible for a Lot of the Strife in Law and Life By James H. Dolan Lawyers would do well to grasp the process of splitting, because law practice is based on it. It is so thoroughly ingrained... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS Supreme Court Discharges Veteran Special Master in 'Florida v. Georgia' Water Dispute By Tony Mauro No matter what the reason for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, it will reduce future litigation costs for both Florida... Read More

Monsanto Hit With $289M Verdict Over Roundup Weed Killer Jurors awarded $39.2 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to plaintiff DeWayne “Lee”... Read More

Former ISIS Member Who Assisted U.S. Investigators Avoids Long Prison Stay | New York Law Journal New York Law Journal A federal judge has spared from a lengthy prison sentence a man who left his home in Brooklyn to join the Islamic State... Read More

A New Mother’s Guide to Pumping During a Jury Trial   | Daily Business Review Daily Business Review My first five-day jury trial was four weeks after I returned from maternity leave. I knew I had to allot time for pumping... Read More

LAW FIRM COMPETITION | NEWS After 34 Years, Storied DC Investigations Firm Has No Lenzner at the Helm By Ryan Lovelace It's a new era for Investigative Group International and its associated law firm, founded by Terry Lenzner and run for... Read More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT | NEWS Trump to Sign CFIUS Reform Law: What Dealmakers Need to Know By MP McQueen U.S. companies dealing with foreign investors will soon have a whole new reality to contend with when Trump signs it... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS Supreme Court Discharges Veteran Special Master in Florida v. Georgia Water Dispute By Tony Mauro No matter what the reason for the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, it will reduce future litigation costs for both Florida... Read More

ELECTION AND POLITICAL LAW Brett Kavanaugh's SCOTUS Confirmation Hearing Is Set for Sept. 4

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SCOTUS Asked to Ignore Circuit Split on Sexual Orientation Discrimination Freeman Mathis & Gary attorneys defending Clayton County, Georgia, in a discrimination fight over sexual orientation... Read More

ABA Holds Off on Removing LSAT Requirement for Law Schools A separate proposal to streamline the organization's law school accreditation procedures was adopted. Read More

'Turn That Plane Around' and Other Times Judge Emmet Sullivan Was Outraged Yes, like many judges, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in D.C. has been outraged before by U.S. government action.... Read More

EEOC Accuses United Airlines of Enabling Pilot's Sexual Harassment "Employers have an obligation to take steps to stop sexual harassment in the workplace when they learn it is occurring... Read More

Sotomayor's Barbed Dissent in Death Penalty Case Charges 'Rush to Execute' "If the law permits this execution to go forward in spite of the horrific final minutes that [Billy Ray] Irick may well... Read More

LITIGATION FUNDING | NEWS Ex-Morgan Stanley Lawyer Alleges Retaliation After Raising Corruption Concerns By C. Ryan Barber U.S. labor judge confronts "unsettled" litigation-funding issue in whistleblower Christopher Garvey's case against the... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS 2nd Circuit Blocks Allergan Whistleblower's Suit, Citing 'First-to-File' Violation By Mike Scarcella The U.S. Department of Justice had supported the former Allergan sales representative in the trial court but switched... Read More

IMMIGRATION LAW | COMMENTARY Perspective From the Ground: Many Immigrant Families Are Fleeing Violence, Not Pursuing Economic Opportunity By T. Clark Weymouth and Amy Roma To suggest that most migrants are coming to the United States for economic reasons is both uninformed and dangerous. Read More

JUDGES | NEWS RBG Action Figure Launched Through Copious Crowdfunding By Angela Morris The doll's features include the justice's signature jabot, righteous robe and a hardwood gavel "to bring order to your... Read More

BANKING AND FINANCE LAWS | NEWS Judge: Reinsurers Not Liable for $26M Judgment for Failed Loan Linked to Glacial Energy Collapse By Greg Land U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden said he had no jurisdiction to hold a group of foreign-based reinsurers liable for... Read More

MARIJUANA | NEWS Why Patent Lawyers Are Watching This Colorado Cannabis Case By Cheryl Miller "Nobody knows what a court is going to do, no one wants to be that test case. The risk is quite high. You could get... Read More

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | NEWS A Record Number of SCOTUS Clerks Are Likely This Term—Thanks to Kennedy By Tony Mauro What accounts for the larger number of Supreme Court clerks? The answer seems to be Anthony Kennedy's retirement on... Read More

LAW FIRM CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS Mary Jo White Adds OSU Football Coach Probe to Busy Schedule By Dan Packel The Debevoise partner, named last week to help lead CBS' probe into harassment allegations against Leslie Moonves, is... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS What Labor, Management Lawyers Say About Missouri's Right-to-Work Defeat By Erin Mulvaney “The win could certainly portend things to come. It shows when organized labor exercises its influence within... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS Ninth Circuit Allows Mexican Mother to Sue US Border Patrol Agent Over Cross-Border Killing By John Council The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ruled in a split decision that a U.S. Border Patrol agent can be... Read More

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Case Closed: Judge Ends Stoel Rives Age Bias Suit By Ryan Lovelace After some brief confusion over whether his case was even still alive, a judge formally dismissed Roger Rosendahl's... Read More Manafort Attorney to Continue Attacks on Rick Gates’ Credibility Kevin Downing’s questions and accusations are central to a defense strategy to dismantle Gates’ credibility. Read More

JUDGES | NEWS Quarrels Continue as Judge Pushes Prosecutors in Manafort Trial By Ellis Kim Judge T.S. Ellis III and prosecutor Greg Andrews again quarreled over the relevance of testimony and the trial's speed... Read More