National Law Journal

Lawyers with Rap Sheets Say It's Time to Rethink the Character and Fitness Review Process A group of law students, professors and formerly incarcerated attorneys say it's time to rethink the character and fitness... Read More

Law School Touting New $90M Digs in 2011 Now Housed in Office Building Moving out of the school's custom-built campus after just seven years will reduce Thomas Jefferson School of Law's rent... Read More

At the End of His Life, Lawyer Who Labored in Obscurity Deserves Recognition | New York Law Journal New York Law Journal I needed to write this now so that Mike and his family have a chance to read it together. His doctors recently informed... Read More

$1.8K Suit Over Destroyed Mailbox Leads to Thousands in Attorney Fees for 'Vexatious' Conduct | The Legal Intelligencer The Legal Intelligencer The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld an award of $3000 in attorney fees to a homeowner involved in litigation... Read More

Excelsior: Fondly Remembering the Late Tom Ullmann | Connecticut Law Tribune The Legal Intelligencer The members of the editorial board were shocked and deeply saddened to hear that a beloved member Thomas J. Ullmann... Read More

Behind Sanofi's Response to Roseanne’s ‘Ambien Tweeting’ Excuse Chan Lee, the North America general counsel to drugmaker Sanofi, explains how the company's now-famous social media... Read More CIVIL APPEALS | ANALYSIS Quiet Time? Oral Arguments Disappear in Federal Appeals Courts By Ross Todd The number and percentage of cases argued at the federal appellate level is fading leaving firms to ask where their... Read More CRIMINAL LAW | COMMENTARY SCOTUS Should Enforce Protections for Children During Police Interrogations By Marsha Levick For decades, the Supreme Court has protected children from a variety of excesses and abuses in our justice system—but... Read More

Trump Lawyers at Jones Day Resist Discovery Demand in DNC Hack Suit “Discovery also threatens to prejudice individuals who have been or will be indicted, by potentially requiring them... Read More

New Petition at SCOTUS Confronts Scope of LGBT Workplace Protections The high court petition said the Second Circuit's decision—which aligned with a Seventh Circuit ruling last year—departed... Read More

CRIMINAL APPEALS | NEWS When Supreme Court Justices Turn to 'Mr. Bumble' to Make a Point: Alito Edition By Marcia Coyle Justice Samuel Alito Jr. shares with Justice Neil Gorsuch more than just a firm conservative bent. They both have a... Read More

Judge Wood Tells Avenatti He Would Have to Stop 'Publicity Tour' Shortly after the hearing, which saw a June 15 deadline for Cohen's team to finish its privilege review process, Avenatti... Read More

PROFILE General Lit. Dept of Year Winner: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher By Erin Mulvaney Over the past year, no crisis facing big business has seemed too much for Gibson Dunn. The firm successfully handled... Read More

PROFILE General Lit. Dept of Year Winner: Latham & Watkins By Kristen Rasmussen In 2017, Latham stayed trial-ready and delivered big results for clients in high-stakes matters, including defending... Read More