News

Trump Foundation Attorneys Say They'll Seek Discovery on Political Bias in NY AG's Lawsuit

Dan M. Clark | October 17, 2018

Alan Futerfas argued that the investigation leading to the lawsuit was mostly led by former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who was outspoken against Trump during and after the 2016 presidential election.

News

V&E Targeting New York, DC, London for Expansion

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 17, 2018

The Houston-based firm is beefing up offices in financial centers with transactional and finance partners.

News

Qualcomm Asks 9th Circuit to Intervene in $5B Class Action

Scott Graham | October 17, 2018

The chip giant says Judge Lucy Koh erred in "process, reasoning and result" in certifying a class of some 250 million cellphone purchasers.

News

Suspended West Virginia Justice Convicted in Criminal Fraud Trial

Scott Flaherty | October 17, 2018

As one West Virginia Supreme Court justice escaped a possible impeachment, another met a less favorable fate: guilty verdicts in a federal criminal trial.

News

Survey: Corporate Execs Optimistic About M&A Market in 2019

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 17, 2018

While optimistic about the M&A market, survey respondents said most deals will be valued at $100 million or less.

Commentary

Uncharted Waters: Navigating Recent US Tariffs and Future Trade Actions

Frank Samolis and David Stewart| October 17, 2018

With November mid-term elections quickly approaching and the results of the Trump Administration’s ongoing Section 232 investigation into auto imports expected in the coming months, 2019 is likely to be another year of significant changes for trade.

News

Williams & Connolly Partner, Up for 4th Circ., Discloses $650,000 Income

Ellis Kim | October 16, 2018

Allison Jones Rushing would be one of President Donald Trump’s youngest judges if confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

News

Donald Trump Is the Punisher of the Press, According to PEN American Lawsuit

Robert Storace | October 16, 2018

PEN American Center has sued President Donald Trump in his capacity as president for his alleged threats and retaliatory actions against the news media.

Q&A

'Dawn of the Code War': Real-Life Lessons for GCs About Cybersecurity and Ongoing Threats

MP McQueen | October 16, 2018

Former assistant attorney general for national security and current Morrison & Foerster partner John P. Carlin has written a new book about the growing cybersecurity threats against global companies, organizations and governments. He talks about why law firms and in-house counsel need to step up their defenses and those of their clients.

News

Covington Lobbyist, Up for Federal Claims Judge, Reveals Firm Pay

C. Ryan Barber | October 16, 2018

In disclosures filed with the Senate Judiciary Committee, Richard Hertling, of counsel at Covington & Burling, reported earning about $286,000 in 2017 and $276,000 the previous year.

Commentary

Why Are Women Lousy Negotiators? Hint: They Don't Lie Enough

Vivia Chen | October 16, 2018

Men are outgunning women at the negotiation game. And that negative repercussion carries over to what women earn, contributing to that gender gap in pay.

News

Term Limits, 11 Justices, Balancing & More: Reshaping SCOTUS Is in Vogue

Marcia Coyle | October 16, 2018

Court balancing. Term limits. And more. What follows is a quick look at four proposals—from progressives—to change the U.S. Supreme Court.

News

Flurry of IP Legislation Crosses President's Desk

Scott Graham | October 16, 2018

In one week, the president signed into law the Music Modernization Act and is now weighing a bill to extend the PTO's fee-setting authority and address the under-representation of women and minorities on patents.

News

Susan Harthill Leaves US Labor Solicitor's Office for Morgan Lewis

Erin Mulvaney | October 16, 2018

As the Labor Department's deputy solicitor for national operations, Harthill managed the provision of legal services across department's programs.

Jones Day Again Tops Trump Campaign's Legal Billing, New FEC Filings Show

C. Ryan Barber | October 15, 2018

After Jones Day, the highest-paid firm identified in Monday’s filing was one that had not previously appeared in Trump's campaign finance reports: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo.

News

Jeff Sessions Inveighs Against Federal Judges in Heritage Foundation Speech

Marcia Coyle | October 15, 2018

"Executive branch officers do not work for the judiciary. We work for the president of the United States. Respect runs both ways," Jeff Sessions said in remarks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Monday night.

News

V&E Picks Up Former Head of DOJ Environmental Division as Partner in DC

Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | October 15, 2018

Ronald Tenpas, who comes from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, joined Vinson & Elkins as a partner. He spent 12 years at the DOJ and worked on President Trump's transition team.

News

West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Can't Be Impeached, Panel Rules

Michael Booth | October 15, 2018

Acting Chief Justice James A. Matish and two other acting justices ruled that the Senate overstepped its authority when it moved to impeach Chief Justice Margaret Workman, who was accused of causing senior judges to be overpaid.

News

Meet the Former Kirkland Partner Under Consideration to Be the Next White House Counsel

Ryan Lovelace | October 15, 2018

Pat Cipollone is a litigator at Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner and a former partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington.

News

Watching the 'Bandwagon Effect' for Mandatory Sexual Harassment Training

Erin Mulvaney | October 15, 2018

“Other states and jurisdictions will see the lead that California and New York have taken. There is sometimes a bandwagon effect," one labor and employment partner in New York says.

Expert Opinion

Pawternity Leave: Are Employers Barking Up the Wrong Tree With Pet-Based Leave?

Danielle Krauthamer| October 15, 2018

While pawternity leave might have some wondering if employee benefits have gone too far, many employers are embracing the newest trend in employee leave. And this trend may have more legs than initially thought: four to be exact.

News

DC Judge Tees Up Proof Questions in Mueller's Russian Troll Farm Case

C. Ryan Barber | October 15, 2018

“I’ll give you, Mr. Dubelier, that this is an unprecedented case,” U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in Washington said Monday, addressing the Reed Smith partner representing Concord Management and Consulting in a Mueller case.

News

Justices Turn Away Corporate Complaints in California Lead-Paint 'Nuisance' Case

Tony Mauro | October 15, 2018

Michael Carvin of Jones Day, counsel for Sherwin-Williams, said the cases highlighted runaway tort liability claims by states against companies.

News

DOJ's New Compliance Monitor Guidance Accounts for 'Burdens' on Companies

C. Ryan Barber | October 12, 2018

“Where a corporation’s compliance program and controls are demonstrated to be effective and appropriately resourced at the time of resolution, a monitor will likely not be necessary,” according to Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski’s new guidance.

News

High-Powered Legal Factions Gear Up for Harvard Admissions Trial

Raychel Lean | October 12, 2018

The legal showdown between nonprofit group Students for Fair Admissions Inc. and the president and fellows of Harvard College begins Monday, and it's teeming with prominent lawyers.

News

Split Virginia Supreme Court Finds Duty of Care for Asbestos Exposure to Nonemployees

Michael Booth | October 12, 2018

In a 4-3 ruling, the majority said it was clear that if the employer knows or should have known that employees' clothing dusted with asbestos could be handled by others, there is a clear duty of care.

News

Will Washington's Merger Mood Shift in 2018?

Ryan Lovelace | October 12, 2018

In this week's Washington Wrap: Scanning the horizon for law firm mergers, and other D.C. legal industry news and moves.

Podcast

One Big Law Attorney’s Journey with Depression, One Firm’s Response to the Profession’s Problem

Leigh Jones | Vanessa Blum | October 12, 2018

A Baker Hostetler lawyer discusses her depression, and Latham & Watkins' COO talks about what her firm is doing to dispel the stigma of mental health challenges.

News

Meet Donald Trump's Latest Batch of Judges

Ellis Kim | October 12, 2018

Three appeals court picks—David Porter, Ryan Nelson and Richard Sullivan—were among the 15 names the U.S. Senate confirmed to federal judgeships Thursday, after Senate Republicans and Democrats agreed to vote on a batch of judicial nominees as part of a compromise.

News

DOJ Antitrust Attorney Claims Time Warner Lawyer Issued Threats in Merger Meeting

Zach Schlein | October 12, 2018

The threat claim leveled by the DOJ attorneys was contradicted, however, in a declaration from William Barr, a Time Warner board member who served in the 1990s as U.S. attorney general.

News

Ethics Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh Face Hurdles

Marcia Coyle | October 11, 2018

Judicial ethics scholars disagree over procedurally how the complaints against the now-Supreme Court justice will be resolved.

UBS, Pointing to SCOTUS Ruling, Asks Court to Block Class Action

C. Ryan Barber | October 11, 2018

“The allegations in this case are false, and the Supreme Court decision earlier this year makes clear that this case does not belong in court at all,” a UBS spokesman said.

News

Death of Stanford Law Student, Wachtell Associate Ruled an Accident

Meghan Tribe | October 11, 2018

Leon Cain, a 3L at Stanford Law School who had recently signed on to begin his career at Wachtell, died last month from what a medical examiner described Thursday as "multiple blunt force injuries."

News

Insurance Litigation Balloons in Insurer-Friendly Federal Courts, Report Finds

Greg Land | October 11, 2018

A new report found major increases in homeowner, automobile and most other types of insurance disputes filed in federal court, where insurers are significantly more likely to prevail over claimants.

News

Johnson & Johnson Wins Verdict in New Jersey Talcum Powder Trial

Amanda Bronstad | October 11, 2018

After two mistrials in similar cases that had juries in Los Angeles deliberating for days, a New Jersey jury took just half an hour to decide that Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder did not cause a woman to get mesothelioma.

News

Baker Donelson Swaps Leaders After Extended Growth Spurt

Ryan Lovelace | October 11, 2018

Birmingham-based Timothy Lupinacci will take over from Ben Adams as chairman and CEO of the firm, which ballooned to 750 lawyers and 22 offices during Adams' tenure.

News

Unlike Gorsuch, Kavanaugh Jumps Into SCOTUS Cert Pool

Tony Mauro | October 11, 2018

Two justices—Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito Jr.—have stayed out of the pool, which means that their clerks give them independent assessments of petitions.

News

Counsel Scramble to Prep for New CFIUS Foreign Investment Rules Taking Effect Next Month

Phillip Bantz | October 11, 2018

“This is a time where proactivity is in the best interest of entities that are looking at foreign investors,” said one adviser.

News

Trump Names 13 More Nominees for the Federal Bench

Ellis Kim | October 10, 2018

The picks include a number of current judges and Big Law partners.

News

Labaton Agrees to Pay $4.8M to Settle Special Master's Overbilling Inquiry

Amanda Bronstad | October 10, 2018

Labaton acknowledged it should have disclosed a $4.1 million referral payment and agreed to make several internal changes.

Expert Opinion

An Inside Job: Business Development for Associates

Jay Harrington| October 10, 2018

Instead of focusing on solving the problems of someone outside of the firm, find opportunities to serve someone within the firm and impress an influential partner.

Ex-US Attorney Joins Firm Advising Cannabis Industry

Ryan Lovelace | October 10, 2018

Former Kansas U.S. attorney and Polsinelli partner Barry Grissom said he found cannabis prohibition to be "anti-law enforcement.”

News

Kavanaugh and Alito Question ACLU's Challenge to Immigration Policy

Marcia Coyle | October 10, 2018

Kavanaugh, appearing for his second day of arguments as a justice, asked whether the Supreme Court "should be superimposing a time limit into the statute when Congress, at least as I read it, did not itself do so.”

News

Circuit Court Nominee Chad Readler Quizzed on DOJ's Defense of Trump Policies

Ellis Kim | October 10, 2018

Democratic senators zeroed in on Chad Readler’s role in the DOJ’s decision to drop its defense of the Affordable Care Act’s pre-existing conditions provision.

Commentary

Will You Report Sexual Harassment or Bullying? Be Honest.

Vivia Chen | October 10, 2018

A notable percentage of female lawyers experience harassment and bullying, yet the vast majority of them never report it, a recent study finds.

News

Federal Circuit Judge Wants to Rethink 'Natural Phenomena' Case Law

Scott Graham | October 10, 2018

Judge Kathleen O'Malley says the court has been too broadly applying the Supreme Court's Myriad decision for the last four years.

News

In Arpaio Case, Deeply Divided Ninth Circuit Stands By Decision to Appoint Special Prosecutor

Ross Todd | October 10, 2018

In dissent, Judge Consuelo Callahan wrote, "The majority’s we-see-no-reason-why-not approach does not justify its admittedly unprecedented—and unauthorized—intrusion of executive power."

News

Ex-Big Law Associate Launches International Boutique in DC

Ryan Lovelace | October 10, 2018

After stints at Paul Hastings, Freshfields and Allen & Overy, Diogo Pereira is teaming up with a Brazilian colleague to launch his own cross-border shop.

News

Trump-Appointed Judge Sentences Man in Mueller Case to 6 Months in Prison

C. Ryan Barber | October 10, 2018

U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich credited the defendant, Richard Pinedo, for promptly accepting responsibility and agreeing to assist the special counsel. "I commend you for that," Friedrich said in court.

News

Marcia Coyle: Kavanaugh's Partisanship Doesn't Just Vanish Now

ALM Staff| October 10, 2018

"The Senate confirmation process was contentious and emotional. That process is over," Kavanaugh said at the White House on Monday. "My focus now is to be the best justice I can be. I take this office with gratitude and no bitterness."

News

Business Groups Urge NLRB to Restrict Employee Email Use on Company Systems

Erin Mulvaney | October 09, 2018

"The increasing pace of technological development and workplace innovation argues against the reactionary creation of new substantive rights," business advocates contend in new briefing at the National Labor Relations Board.

Commentary

Pity the DOJ Lawyers (For Now) in Transgender Military Ban Showdown

Jenna Greene | October 09, 2018

Asking for an expedited argument to allow the Supreme Court "to consider these issues next term" is probably not a request you’d make if you felt confident you were going to win this round.

News

Ex-Big Law Partner to Be Sentenced Wednesday in $7.8M Law Firm Fraud Scheme

Charles Toutant | Christine Simmons | October 09, 2018

Lawyers for Keila Ravelo, a former Hunton & Williams and Willkie Farr & Gallagher partner who pleaded guilty last year to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, said she is "a true shell of her former self."

News

In the Wake of Facebook Breach Suit, Familiar Plaintiffs Tandem Takes Aim at Google+

Ross Todd | October 09, 2018

For the second time in less than a month, lawyers at Morgan & Morgan and Arnold Law Firm have taken aim at an internet giant with breach claims.

News

Women-Owned Law Firms Surge Amid Gender Disparity in the Profession

Angela Morris| October 09, 2018

By founding their own firms, women are crafting new game rules that provide for fair compensation, equal promotions, full inclusion and better career development opportunities.

News

As Justice, Like Circuit Judge, Kavanaugh Shows Active Style on Bench

Marcia Coyle | October 09, 2018

Sitting at the far right corner of the bench, Kavanaugh chatted and laughed with his seatmate, Obama appointee Justice Elena Kagan, before arguments began. Inside the courtroom, there were no signs of his bitter confirmation proceeding.

News

With Kavanaugh Now Sitting, Several Big Petitions Await Action

Tony Mauro | October 09, 2018

At least three high-profile cases were available to be acted on but were not, likely because they were reviewed by only eight justices.

News

Kavanaugh’s Night at the White House: The Lawyers Inside the East Room

Ellis Kim | October 09, 2018

Top names in Washington’s legal community, including Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Arnold & Porter’s Lisa Blatt, crowded into the East Room as retired Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered the ceremonial swearing-in.

News

Embattled Kavanaugh, Now Justice, Takes Bench With 'No Bitterness'

Marcia Coyle | October 08, 2018

Introducing Brett Kavanaugh, now justice, President Donald Trump slammed the sexual misconduct claims that roiled the nominee's confirmation proceedings. Kavanaugh said Monday at the White House: "That process is over. My focus now is to be the best justice I can be."

News

DC Circuit Vacancy Buzz Ramps Up After Kavanaugh's Elevation

C. Ryan Barber | Ellis Kim | October 08, 2018

Washington’s appellate bar was abuzz about who might be nominated to fill the newly vacant seat on the D.C. Circuit days after Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed the U.S. Supreme Court.

News

Dykema, Lewis Brisbois Expand Out West

Meghan Tribe | October 08, 2018

The two Am Law 200 firms have absorbed the bulk of smaller outfits in Minneapolis and Las Vegas, including one that once advised the inventor of the Tilt-A-Whirl theme park ride.

News

Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Clerk Hires in Perspective

Tony Mauro | October 08, 2018

Kavanaugh told us that increasing diversity among clerks requires outreach. “A big part of it is demystifying the process, having a conversation about how it works, and encouraging the students to apply,” he said last year.

News

After Kavanaugh's Confirmation, Feinstein Chief Counsel Jumps to Wiley Rein

Ryan Lovelace | October 08, 2018

Peter Hyun, a former Sidley Austin associate who spent more than three years as California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's top lawyer, is headed back to private practice.

News

Business Groups Press Supreme Court to Reverse Gender-Pay Ruling

Erin Mulvaney | October 08, 2018

"Employers large and small, in every region of the United States, have historically used prior salary as a metric to assess a range of matters," the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups said in an amicus brief at the Supreme Court.

Commentary

Well, That Was Awful

Jenna Greene | October 08, 2018

The fight over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court was stomach-churning and angry and sad, and it’s left the high court further politicized.

Meet Justice Kavanaugh's Four Female SCOTUS Law Clerks

Marcia Coyle | October 07, 2018

"I’ll be the first justice in the history of the Supreme Court to have a group of all women law clerks. That is who I am. That is who I was," Brett Kavanaugh said on Sept. 27, testifying after the emergence of sexual misconduct allegations.

News

Justice Kavanaugh May Find Rough Start With New Colleagues

Tony Mauro | October 07, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh will arrive at the U.S. Supreme Court this week following a contentious confirmation, where his credibility and neutrality were questioned. How will the justices receive their newest associate? We look back at the reception of Justice Clarence Thomas.

News

Roberts, Kennedy to Deliver Oaths to Kavanaugh

Tony Mauro | October 06, 2018

Brett Kavanaugh could be sitting Tuesday when the court resumes oral arguments in the second week of the new term.

News

Brett Kavanaugh, Neutrality Questioned, Ascends to Supreme Court

Marcia Coyle | October 06, 2018

Trump's second U.S. Supreme Court appointment, confirmed Saturday in razor-thin 50-48 vote, secures a solid conservative majority. But questions of partisanship and credibility will follow Kavanaugh as he takes the bench.

News

Ethics Complaints Against Kavanaugh Forwarded to SCOTUS: Report

Tony Mauro | October 06, 2018

On Saturday, Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a statement that seemed to foreclose any action by the D.C. Circuit on misconduct complaints. The Washington Post said Henderson forwarded complaints to the Supreme Court, which could refer them to another circuit.

News

Time Warner: Keep Prior Verdicts Out of Patent Damages

Scott Graham | October 05, 2018

The cable giant blames Sprint's $140 million verdict on admission of an award from a previous case. But Sprint says prior verdicts are a natural part of any hypothetical negotiation.

News

Lisa Blatt's Kavanaugh Endorsement Earns a Susan Collins Shoutout in 'Yes' Vote

Marcia Coyle | October 05, 2018

The Maine Republican, a crucial vote on Brett Kavanaugh's path to the Supreme Court, name-dropped the Big Law appellate star, whose support for the nominee has drawn criticism from progressives.

News

Brett Who? Here's What You Missed During the Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight

Ryan Lovelace | October 05, 2018

From a clique of elite firms banding together to improve legal technology, to fresh tales of law firm success and failure, the Washington Wrap presents the week's other legal news.

News

Medical Diagnostics Case Faces Familiar Section 101 Hurdle

Scott Graham | October 05, 2018

Federal Circuit judges suggested that a method of diagnosing the neuromuscular condition myasthenia gravis fails the Section 101 test.

News

Razor-Thin Confirmation Votes Could Be New Normal for SCOTUS

Tony Mauro | October 05, 2018

The expected narrowness of the Kavanaugh vote “reflects the modern polarization of the Congress, and so may be the future of all nominees,” said Tonja Jacobi, a Supreme Court scholar at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

Commentary

Addressing #MeToo Transgressions Begins By Admitting We Have a Problem—A Problem That Implicates All of Us

Jim Dolan| October 05, 2018

"We" are the men who are not #MeToo transgressors, but who still refuse to the see the problem. We try to absolve our responsibility by saying things like "boys will be boys." We minimize complaints. We avert our gaze.

Kavanaugh Breaks Ground for Future Campaigning by Supreme Court Nominees

Marcia Coyle | October 05, 2018

"We're living in a world where you increasingly have to run for the Supreme Court," said Yale Law School's Akhil Amar, who testified in favor of Kavanaugh's confirmation. "I think we should expect to see more of that."

News

Kavanaugh Didn't Help Dispel Image of Justices as 'Junior Varsity Politicians'

Marcia Coyle | October 05, 2018

His conspiratorial tirade last week drew rebukes from the left and the right, undermining the effort of the justices to promote themselves as nonpartisan. Kavanaugh took to the WSJ to promise to be fair and independent.

News

Brett Kavanaugh Walks Back His Angry Senate Testimony

Tony Mauro | October 04, 2018

"I might have been too emotional at times. I know that my tone was sharp, and I said a few things I should not have said," the U.S. Supreme Court nominee said in an op-ed published Thursday night at The Wall Street Journal.

News

Clarence Thomas Accuser Urges Alaska's Murkowski to Vote Against Kavanaugh

C. Ryan Barber | October 04, 2018

“My main reaction to this has been a feeling that they only get one chance to get this correct. There’s no revote,” Moira Smith, a lawyer in Alaska, says.

News

Appellate Lawyers Who Backed Kavanaugh Say He's Still Their Man

Ellis Kim | October 04, 2018

With a final vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination looming, several appellate lawyers say they’re still backing the U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

Q&A

Partner Suing Ogletree for Gender Bias Tells Her Story

Scott Flaherty | October 04, 2018

Dawn Knepper, a former nonequity shareholder at Ogletree Deakins, opened up about her gender bias lawsuit against her prior firm.

News

MGM Loses Bid to Coordinate Las Vegas Shooting Lawsuits

Amanda Bronstad | October 04, 2018

The cases include nine lawsuits MGM filed against 2,000 victims of the shooting.

As Partners Come Forward, Law Firms Walk Fine Line in Kavanaugh Controversy

Christine Simmons | October 04, 2018

An effort by an Akin Gump practice leader to provide information to the FBI highlights how major law firms are navigating the unusually controversial confirmation fight.

Commentary

Can Your Political Campaign Call Me? The TCPA and Political Robocalls

Debra Bernard| October 04, 2018

Time will tell whether autodialed political calls to cellphones, including text messages, will be allowed without prior express consent.

Pro Tip from FTC Privacy Enforcer: Don't Make Life Hard for Us

C. Ryan Barber | October 03, 2018

Some lawyers, FTC privacy attorney Jamie Hine says, “just don’t make life easy.” He continues: “That’s just a strategy. It’s not worth it, I have to be honest."

News

New Injunction Sought by Georgia Voters to Improve Ballot Security by Midterm Election

R. Robin McDonald | October 03, 2018

The motion for a preliminary injunction comes two weeks after the federal judge refused to issue an injunction forcing the state to junk its computer voting machines that have been in use since 2002 in favor of paper ballots.

News

Another Mistrial Declared in J&J Talcum Powder Case

Amanda Bronstad | October 03, 2018

Another jury in Los Angeles deadlocked on whether Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused mesothelioma.

News

The Justices Have Three Chances This Term to Bolster Arbitration

Marcia Coyle | October 03, 2018

The three cases follow on the heels of last term’s blockbuster Epic Systems v. Lewis, which said employment agreements can lawfully restrict class actions.

News

3 Former Kavanaugh Clerks Want Thorough FBI Investigation

Ellis Kim | October 03, 2018

Three former Brett Kavanaugh clerks, who previously backed their former boss’ nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, told Senate Judiciary committee lawmakers Monday they’re “deeply troubled” by the accusations against Kavanaugh.

News

900+ Law Profs Say Kavanaugh Lacks 'Judicial Temperament,' in Letter to Senate

Karen Sloan | October 03, 2018

The nominee's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week demonstrates that he can't be impartial on the U.S. Supreme Court, hundreds of law professors assert.

News

Ted Olson Is Fired Up Over ABA's Kavanaugh Letter, Drops Membership

Tony Mauro | Ellis Kim | October 03, 2018

ABA executive director Jack Rives said in response: “I’ve got the greatest respect for Ted Olson, who has been a longtime friend and supporter of the ABA." He added: “I would hope that people wouldn’t let one issue affect their membership.”

News

US Justice Dept. Warns of Age Bias ‘Loophole’ in SCOTUS Case

Erin Mulvaney | October 02, 2018

The justices were asked to resolve whether a small government agency should be exempt from age discrimination laws.

News

Tyco and 3M Ask for MDL Treatment in Dozens of Firefighting Foam Lawsuits

Amanda Bronstad | October 02, 2018

The lawsuits come on the heels of a $670.7 million settlement with DuPont and Chemours Co. last year involving an MDL over a related chemical that has been linked to cancer and hypertension in pregnant women and other illnesses.

News

Law Firm Partner, a Kavanaugh Classmate, Questions Yale Accuser's Claim

C. Ryan Barber | October 02, 2018

As Brett Kavanaugh's years at Yale have come under greater scrutiny, a Bartlit Beck lawyer in Denver and former classmate of the nominee reached out to the Senate Judiciary Committee to raise his doubts about an accuser's claims of sexual misconduct.

News

Kavanaugh May Face Recusal Dilemmas If He's Confirmed

Tony Mauro | October 02, 2018

Entities that Brett Kavanaugh has attacked. Organizations that opposed Kavanaugh’s nomination. Issues Kavanaugh has expressed opinions about. There are a host of areas that could pose recusal problems if the nominee is confirmed.

Q&A

If Confirmed, Will Kavanaugh Take the Supreme Court ‘Express Train’ to the Right?

Tony Mauro | October 02, 2018

In a conversation after the Senate hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Kate Shaw, a professor at Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law offered her insights with The National Law Journal about the court’s future.

Ex-Novak Druce Associate Sues Polsinelli in Standoff Over Fees

Ryan Lovelace | October 02, 2018

Dueling lawsuits in Washington and Texas pit former associate Jose Antonio Arochi against a quartet of Polsinelli partners, including former name partners at Novak Druce.

News

Kavanaugh Won't Teach at Harvard, After Students Protest

Karen Sloan | October 01, 2018

Embattled U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh told the school on Monday that he won't teach his two-week course, The Supreme Court Since 2005, in January as scheduled.

Analysis

Labor Department Filing Reveals Big Sidley Payday in Basketball Dispute

Brian Baxter | October 01, 2018

The firm received $3.43 million from the National Basketball Players Association last year after representing its former executive director in a settlement with the high-profile labor union.