Viewpoint: BAR-ometer

2013-02-22 01:41:17 PM

Stephen Reinhardt

With a twinkle in his eye, the Ninth Circuit judge engaged defense counsel in a credit card class action to consider how far the Supreme Court's "remarkable" activism could go.

Joseph Sellers

The plaintiffs lawyer and his female clients still battling Wal-Mart are down, but not quite out, with another judge junking one of their mini gender bias suits.

Brown Eassa

After being courted by some Big Law suitors who didn't want the whole crew, the Oakland toxic tort boutique was able to keep its partners together and join Sedgwick en masse.

Wilson Sonsini

The firm tried to manage expectations by saying it expected growth to level off after a blockbuster 2011. Still, a dip in 2012 revenues and profits can't be warming partners' hearts.