NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS Trump Fave Amul Thapar Broadens SCOTUS Ruling Against Worker Class Actions By Erin Mulvaney Leading a federal appeals panel, Thapar said the Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't "displace" the requirement that judges... Read More CLASS ACTIONS | NEWS Federal Judge Greenlights Securities Fraud Class Action Against Exxon, Rex Tillerson By Greg Land Judge Ed Kinkeade wrote that the plaintiffs sufficiently supported their allegations that Exxon Mobil and then-CEO Rex... Read More CIVIL PROCEDURE | NEWS Omarosa's Lawyer Takes to Twitter in Feud With Trump Campaign By Max Mitchell While some attorneys said the report could lead to a wave of new cases, other lawyers were skeptical and said there... Read More CONTRACTS | NEWS JPMorgan Asked to Freeze Gender-Bias Case After SCOTUS Ruling By Erin Mulvaney Administrative law judges and federal appeals judges are now grappling with the scope of the Supreme Court's ruling... Read More

Prosecutors Detail Financial Motive in Shooting of Mayer Brown Partner A dispute over family money allegedly led Stephen Shapiro's brother-in-law, John Gately III, to kill, prosecutors said. Read More

LAW FIRM CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS | NEWS As Sexual Abuse Scandals Mount, DC Cardinal Turns to Jones Day By Ryan Lovelace Cardinal Donald Wuerl, leader of the Catholic Church in Washington and former Pittsburgh bishop, looked to the law firm... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS Supreme Court Isn't on Trump's Side as He Bashes Media By Tony Mauro Here are some of the statements U.S. Supreme Court justices have made in landmark decisions about the importance of... Read More

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | NEWS PTAB Chief Judge Taking New Role at USPTO By Scott Graham David Ruschke will become a senior adviser, giving PTO Director Andrei Iancu the opportunity to name his own chief of... Read More

MASS TORTS | NEWS 35 AGs File Amicus Briefs Citing a State's 'Unique Role' in Fixing the Opioid Crisis By Amanda Bronstad Opioid manufacturers and one distributor say the complaint against them lacks specifics to back up deceptive trade practices... Read More

LEGAL EDUCATION | NEWS Vigil for Return of Kidnapped Georgetown 2L Regains Momentum By Karen Sloan The FBI has offered a $1 million reward for information about Austin Tice's whereabouts, and the Georgetown Law community... Read More

GLOBAL LAW FIRMS | NEWS Charges Filed in Killing of Mayer Brown's Stephen Shapiro By Roy Strom The death of Mayer Brown partner Stephen Shapiro has led to murder charges being filed against his brother-in-law, John... Read More