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US Labor Judge Warns Lawyers About 'Tone' in Oracle Discrimination Case "I remind the government particularly that, 'counsel for the government has an interest only in the law being observed,... Read More

LAW FIRM CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS | NEWS Huawei Taps Jones Day, Morgan Lewis in Challenge to US Defense Law By Dan Packel In challenging a section of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the Chinese telecom giant has turned to two... Read More

LAW FIRM COMPETITION | NEWS FTC Official Leaves Competition Bureau for Akin Gump By Ryan Lovelace Haidee Schwartz spent three years at the Federal Trade Commission, most recently at acting deputy director of the Bureau... Read More

JUDGES | NEWS DOJ's Chad Readler, Ex-Jones Day Partner, Confirmed to 6th Circuit By Nate Robson Readler, who worked in Jones Day's offices in Columbus, Ohio, was confirmed 52-47. Read More

EMPLOYMENT LAW New Jersey Leads Challenge to DOL's Rollback of Workplace Injury Reporting By Charles Toutant The lawsuit by New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York says the Department of Labor acted... Read More

JUDGES | NEWS Manafort Faces First Sentencing Judge: 3 Things to Watch By Ellis Kim Paul Manafort will learn his fate Thursday afternoon, when a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentences the former... Read More

$50M Gift to Scalia Law School Will Fund 13 New Faculty Members The gift is a bequest from the estate of the late Judge Allison M. Rouse in California and his wife Dorothy B. Rouse. Read More

Another Jones Day Alum Snags Sixth Circuit Seat The U.S. Senate confirmed Eric E. Murphy for the Sixth Circuit bench, voting 52-46 Thursday. Read More

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort today will learn his punishment for financial fraud convictions in Alexandria, Virginia, federal district court. Manafort was convicted on eight counts of tax and bank fraud last year following a lengthy trial in the Eastern District of Virginia. He is already staring down the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison, but could face additional time from a separate criminal case in Washington, D.C. Ahead of the hearing, reporter Ellis Kim puts a spotlight on the top three things we're watching out for today. Check out this report and others below. – Sarah Tincher, Managing Editor, The National Law Journal

JUDGES | NEWS Manafort Faces First Sentencing Judge: 3 Things to Watch By Ellis Kim Paul Manafort will learn his fate Thursday afternoon, when a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, sentences the former... Read More

CAREER DEVELOPMENT Jessie Liu's Women Lawyers' Group Opposed Alito—and 5 Other Things to Know By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber Jessie Liu, a former partner at Morrison & Foerster and Jenner & Block, is the Trump administration's pick for associate... Read More

JUDGES | NEWS Judges, Clerks Warned to Avoid Partisan Training Programs By Ellis Kim The Judicial Conference of the United States' Committee on Codes of Conduct published an advisory opinion after senators... Read More

Judge's Pay-Data Ruling, a Trump Rebuke, Puts New Squeeze on Employers By Erin Mulvaney "I imagine there are a lot of questions being posted and everyone is trying to figure out what this means,” one... Read More

EMPLOYMENT LAW New Jersey Leads Challenge to DOL's Rollback of Workplace Injury Reporting By Charles Toutant The lawsuit by New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New York says the Department of Labor acted... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS Appellate Judges Have a Thing About Citing 'My Cousin Vinny': Merrick Garland Edition By Nate Robson | Mike Scarcella A ruling from D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Merrick Garland is the latest entry in the category "appeals judges who have... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS Supreme Court's Last 'Crier' Has Stories to Tell About Long-Gone Justices By Tony Mauro Unlike many court traditions, the crier no longer exists. Meet George Hutchinson, the last crier of the court, who served... Read More

CIVIL APPEALS | NEWS The IRS Keeps Winning Marijuana Cases in US Appeals Courts By Cheryl Miller The Tenth Circuit ruling was the latest blow for marijuana-related businesses seeking to take the full range of tax... Read More

DOJ's Chad Readler, Ex-Jones Day Partner, Confirmed to 6th Circuit Readler, who worked in Jones Day's offices in Columbus, Ohio, was confirmed 52-47. Read More

CLASS ACTIONS | NEWS Women Attorneys Secure Record Number of Lead Counsel Appointments in MDLs in 2018 By Amanda Bronstad According to Law.com data based on federal court records, women took 31 percent of the top MDL positions, both executive... Read More JUDGES | NEWS Judges, Clerks Warned to Avoid Partisan Training Programs By Ellis Kim The Judicial Conference of the United States' Committee on Codes of Conduct published an advisory opinion after senators... Read More LAW FIRM HIRING | NEWS Drinker Biddle Takes 17 Litigators, Led by Jorden, From Carlton Fields By Lizzy McLellan Five years after the merger that created Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, Washington-based James Jorden and Frank Burt are... Read More CAREER DEVELOPMENT Jessie Liu's Women Lawyers' Group Opposed Alito—and 5 Other Things to Know By Mike Scarcella | C. Ryan Barber Jessie Liu, a former partner at Morrison & Foerster and Jenner & Block, is the Trump administration's pick for associate... Read More Chai Feldblum Reflects on What's Next for Harassment, LGBT Rights By Erin Mulvaney "After the #MeToo movement began, suddenly, employers started to focus. The media started to focus. The average person... Read More LAW FIRM HIRING | NEWS Pierce Bainbridge Grows Again With Partners in DC, New York By Meghan Tribe New additions from Baker McKenzie and Ropes & Gray bring the firm's partner total to 31 and give it a nascent D.C. office. Read More Foreign-Owned Company Warns Justices of Potential 'Havoc' Amid Subpoena Spat By C. Ryan Barber White-collar lawyers tracking the Mueller-related feud say lower court rulings give prosecutors more power in challenging... Read More Judge's Pay-Data Ruling, a Trump Rebuke, Puts New Squeeze on Employers By Erin Mulvaney "I imagine there are a lot of questions being posted and everyone is trying to figure out what this means,” one... Read More

Judges, Clerks Warned to Avoid Partisan Training Programs The Judicial Conference of the United States' Committee on Codes of Conduct published an advisory opinion after senators... Read More

Jessie Liu's Women Lawyers' Group Opposed Alito—And 5 Other Things to Know Jessie Liu, a former partner at Morrison & Foerster and Jenner & Block, is the Trump administration's pick for associate... Read More