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a seven-year term marked by widely praised transparency initiatives, a crippling government shutdown and, of course, an unsuccessful nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read full article » Judge Weinstein Steps Back From Bench After 53 Years U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, a nonagenarian who worked on the la

ased U.S. Department of Justice official to the one in Brooklyn. Read full article » BakerHostetler, Bradley Arant Partners On Track For Bench Two BigLaw partners and two other judicial nominees sailed through a perfunctory Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday with just four senators questioning

warnings and instructions. Read full article » COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS Mercedes-Benz Tells Texas Justices To Ax $115M Fraud Award Mercedes-Benz told the Texas Supreme Court in oral arguments Tuesday that a $115 million punitive damages award against it must be tossed because it's based not on the contract between it an

David Schwartz of Innovative Science Solutions and William Wilt of Assured Research. Read full article » LEGAL INDUSTRY Feature NewLaw Is Wooing BigLaw's Young Talent In search of new experiences and more flexibility, some young lawyers are pointing their career paths toward alternative legal servi

at the question of whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross violated the Administrative Procedure Act will take center stage during oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a case challenging his decision to include a question about citizenship status on the 2020 census. Read full article » Analysis S

sis BigLaw Forced Arbitration Expected To Survive Amid #MeToo Even though social media pressure spurred on by Harvard law students has led several BigLaw firms to change course on mandatory arbitration, experts say arbitration has gotten a bad rap and so-called coercive contracts, in some form, will

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ominees to be confirmed. Read full article » Ex-Jones Day Associates Hit Firm With $200M Bias Suit A group of former Jones Day associates hit the BigLaw powerhouse with a $200 million pregnancy and gender discrimination suit Wednesday, accusing the firm of systematically underpaying women, devaluing