National Law Journal: SCOTUS: Ohio Voter purges legal?

Two Surprise Supreme Court Orders Show Why Recusals Matter Two U.S. Supreme Court orders on Monday—one involving Justice Anthony Kennedy and the other Chief Justice John Roberts... Read More

Ben Crump Champions the Wrongfully Convicted in New TV Show The civil rights lawyer is know nationally for representing families of unarmed black people killed by police, like... Read More

Two Surprise U.S Supreme Court Orders Show Why Recusals Matter Two U.S. Supreme Court orders on Monday—one involving Justice Anthony Kennedy and the other Chief Justice John Roberts... Read More

SCOTUS Unanimously Bars 'Stacked' Class Actions “We hold that American Pipe does not permit a plaintiff who waits out the statute of limitations to piggyback on an... Read More

High Court Likes Minnesota's Life Beneficiary Designation Law The justices ruled 8-1 that Minnesota's law has only a minimal impact on insurance contracts. Read More

Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court Bars 'Stacked' Class Actions “We hold that American Pipe does not permit a plaintiff who waits out the statute of limitations to piggyback on an... Read More

Justices, Sharply Divided, Say Ohio's Voter Registration Purges Are Lawful "The dissents have a policy disagreement, not just with Ohio, but with Congress. But this case presents a question of... Read More

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Where the Justices Found Middle Ground in Gay Wedding Cake Case Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joined Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority ruling. Kagan opened her concurring... Read More

Goodbye Boozefests, Hello Spinning Classes: Summer Associates After #MeToo Orrick and Goodwin Procter are among big firms to modify their summer associate programs this year, including by reducing... Read More

Now Showing: Summer Movie Watch List for Your Legal Indulgence It's summer! Catch up on the best legal films and documentaries from the past nine months that you were too busy to... Read More

Milbank Boosts Associate Salaries With $190K Starting Pay “If we didn’t do this at some point,” another law firm would have done it first, said Milbank chairman Scott Edelman. Read More

Drugmakers, in Bid to Extinguish Opioid Suits, Say There's No Viable Legal Theory Drug companies defending opioid lawsuits have fired back in the federal court handling the sprawling litigation, insisting... Read More

Deloitte Will Acquire Part of US Law Firm in New Legal Venture The Big Four are continuing their march into the legal services realm. In addition to an alliance with Berry Appleman... Read More