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LAW FIRM HIRING | NEWS Another Boggs Leaves Manatt, Taking Corporate Practice to DLA Piper By Ryan Lovelace Douglas Boggs' move, four years after he left Squire Patton Boggs, takes him another step removed from the firm that... Read More

CAREER DEVELOPMENT | PODCAST From Big-Law Practice to TV Justice: Tanya Acker's Path By Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum A 1995 Yale Law School graduate, Acker was a litigator at a number of major law firms, but these days she's a judge... Read More

Obscenities Shall Not Be Used | FOIA Focus on SCOTUS Noms | Thomas Takes on 'Times v. Sullivan' | Supreme Court Brief | National Law Journal Today we spotlight a curious footnote in the 'FUCT' trademark case soon being argued at the US Supreme Court. Plus:... Read More

Kittyhawk v. Kitty Hawk? High-Flying Tech Companies Collide Over Historic Name | The Recorder The Recorder San Francisco-based startup Kittyhawk.io Inc., which sells software to program and control drone flight, has filed a... Read More

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CIVIL RIGHTS | NEWS Attorney Reflects on Martin Luther King Jr.'s Influence, Civil Rights Victories By Dan Clark Longtime civil rights attorney Fred Gray in a conversation in the Philadelphia offices of Duane Morris on the 51st anniversary... Read More

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Business of law reporter Ryan Lovelace has the latest in DC moves in this week's Washington Wrap, including Douglas Boggs' move to DLA Piper’s corporate practice as a partner. Next, in case you missed it, Democratic-led House of Representatives sued the Trump administration on Friday over the president’s plan to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, Ellis Kim reports. Check out these reports and others below. – Sarah Tincher, Managing Editor, The National Law Journal

LAW FIRM HIRING | NEWS Another Boggs Leaves Manatt, Taking Corporate Practice to DLA Piper By Ryan Lovelace Douglas Boggs' move, four years after he left Squire Patton Boggs, takes him another step removed from the firm that... Read More

GOVERNMENT | NEWS House of Representatives Sues Trump Administration Over Border Wall By Ellis Kim The lawsuit came a day after the House's Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group authorized the legislative body to take legal... Read More

Barr Eyes Ex-White House Lawyer for Top Justice Department Post Claire Murray jumped from the White House to Attorney General William Barr's front office. She's eyed now for principal... Read More

EMPLOYMENT LAW | NEWS En Banc 9th Circuit Will Rehear Major Equal Pay Challenge After Reinhardt's Death By Marcia Coyle The case was remanded by the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the Ninth Circuit incorrectly counted Judge Stephen Reinhardt's... Read More

GOVERNMENT | NEWS Third Federal Judge Strikes Down Citizenship Question on US Census By Nate Robson Similar rulings have come out of New York and California. Read More

JUDGES | NEWS Judges Have No Inherent Power to Disclose Grand Jury Records: DC Circuit By Mike Scarcella | Nate Robson The decision is a win for Justice Department lawyers who told the D.C. Circuit that "district courts have no authority... Read More

LAW FIRMS - LARGE Willkie Cuts Ties as Gordon Caplan Plans Guilty Plea in College Cheating Case By Jack Newsham "The remorse and shame that I feel is more than I can convey," Caplan said in a statement. Willkie Farr & Gallagher... Read More

CLASS ACTIONS | NEWS Judge Reinstates Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as Defendant in Class Action Over Flint Water By Amanda Bronstad Snyder "should pay" for the water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, says Michael Pitt, co-lead counsel in the... Read More

Seasoned Law Deans Bidding Adieu | Law.com While the departures mean the loss of entrenched deans who understand the dynamics of their faculty, the turnover also... Read More Recent Decisions Affecting Discovery | New York Law Journal New York Law Journal In their Medical Malpractice column, Thomas A. Moore and Matthew Gaier discuss several appellate decisions from the... Read More Death-Penalty Drama in the Supreme Court | New York Law Journal New York Law Journal In his Civil Rights and Civil Liberties column, Christopher Dunn discusses dramatic developments in the Supreme Court... Read More

Ex-Big Law Associate Kevin McAleenan Leads DHS After Nielsen Resignation Kevin McAleenan was an early associate at the Silicon Valley firm Gunderson Dettmer, and then later at Sheppard Mullin... Read More

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR Blue Water Navy Vietnam veterans await a decision from the U.S. Solicitor General’s office on whether it will challenge a Federal Circuit ruling that opened a door to Agent Orange-related benefits for the veterans. As Marcia Coyle reports, a decision to appeal the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court could put the Trump administration at odds with Vietnam veterans. Read more in her story. Next, U.S. District Judge Judith Levy of the Eastern District of Michigan this week reversed her Aug. 1 order dismissing former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as a defendant in a class action over the Flint water crisis. Levy concluded that Snyder was indifferent to the harm in Flint because he denied knowledge of the issue, while privately discussing how to resolve it. Amanda Bronstad reports. Check out these stories and others below. – Lisa Helem, Editor-in-Chief, The National Law Journal

CIVIL APPEALS Justice Dept. Faces Pressure to Resist Appealing Vietnam Vets' Landmark Victory By Marcia Coyle The U.S. Justice Department solicitor general's office is weighing a challenge to a Federal Circuit ruling that opened... Read More

CLASS ACTIONS | NEWS Judge Reinstates Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder as Defendant in Class Action Over Flint Water By Amanda Bronstad Snyder "should pay" for the water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, says Michael Pitt, co-lead counsel in the... Read More

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Clarence Thomas Underscores He Has No Plans to Retire By Tony Mauro "I'm not retiring!” Thomas said emphatically in recent remarks at Pepperdine Law, where he was in conversation... Read More

JUDGES | NEWS Two More Ninth Circuit Nominees Advance to US Senate Vote By Ross Todd The Munger Tolles and Jenner & Block partners, if confirmed, would mark President Trump's fifth and sixth judge for... Read More

CAREER DEVELOPMENT Barr Eyes Ex-White House Lawyer for Top Justice Department Post By C. Ryan Barber Claire Murray jumped from the White House to Attorney General William Barr's front office. She's eyed now for principal... Read More

GLOBAL LAW FIRMS | NEWS Chicago Mayor-Elect Lori Lightfoot Eyes Tax on Past Employer: Big Law By Roy Strom The former Mayer Brown partner and federal prosecutor said recently that imposing a new tax on "high-end" law and accounting... Read More

LAW FIRM COMPETITION | NEWS Miles & Stockbridge Took a Hit in 2018 But Sees Promise in DC By Ryan Lovelace CEO Joe Hovermill says the Baltimore-based firm has aggressive growth goals in a tough lateral market. Read More

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