Richard Binder

October 19, 2017 | Law.com

The rapper has won his copyright breach suit against New Zealand's conservative National Party who used a version of his song in one of their campaign ads

By Richard Binder

3 minute read

September 29, 2017 | National Law Journal

That weekend in August, Charlottesville, Virginia, where I live, became unsafe for me and my family because of our race.

By A. Benjamin Spencer

4 minute read

September 28, 2017 | Texas Lawyer

At her confirmation hearing Wednesday, Ann Marie Buerkle, the Trump administration's pick to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, was pressed on her vote last year opposing a proposal to limit emissions on portable power generators, which have been cited in carbon monoxide poisoning deaths.

By C. Ryan Barber

4 minute read

September 25, 2017 | National Law Journal

Not long after launching in 2011, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau turned its gaze to the fine print of companies' contracts with customers…

By C. Ryan Barber

7 minute read

August 28, 2017 | National Law Journal

In this slideshow, check out some of the oddest case names in legal history. Some of them are self-explanatory, some are deceptive, and others are just plain nuts.

By Richard Binder and Thomas Phillips

9 minute read

June 27, 2017 | National Law Journal

A newbie, a jump in the ranks, and the biggest head count gains and losses

By Scott Flaherty, Roy Strom and Rebecca Cohen

5 minute read

June 26, 2017 | National Law Journal

Welcome to the 2017 NLJ 500, our annual report ranking the nation's largest 500 U.S.-centric firms, with breakdowns of total lawyers, partners, yearly comparisons and largest offices, among other data.

By Beth Frerking

3 minute read

June 26, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Welcome to the 2017 NLJ 500, an annual survey that debuted nearly 40 years ago with 200 firms. In this year's report, the number of lawyers working at the nation's 500 largest U.S.-centric law firms in 2016 grew by about 2 percent from the previous year, to 163,700. The average lawyer count per firm bumped up slightly, to 327.

By ALM Staff

4 minute read

June 08, 2017 | National Law Journal

Anti-union groups are making another major push in the U.S. Supreme Court to eliminate mandatory union dues, so-called “fair share” fees, for millions of public sector workers. This time, a full bench—if it takes the case—could end the deadlock that frustrated their efforts last year.

By Marcia Coyle and Erin Mulvaney

8 minute read

June 05, 2017 | National Law Journal

​The employee retirement plans of religious-affiliated nonprofits are exempt from the protections and requirements of the federal pension law, a…

By Marcia Coyle

4 minute read