By Zoe Tillman | August 6, 2012
Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey got an email about a young family in trouble. The couple, both lawyers in New Orleans, were on vacation when their 19-month-old daughter fell
By Marcia Coyle | November 2, 2010
Torture, maiming, decapitating and urinating on human beings are rare topics in Supreme Court arguments. But the justices on Tuesday heard all of them as they entered the world of video g
By Sheri Qualters | August 1, 2012
The jury instructions in the trial of a man sentenced to three years in prison for training a laser on a police helicopter while it ushered a natural gas tanker through Boston Harbor were up
By Roy A. Schotland / Special to the National Law Journal | March 16, 2009
At oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court, we give great weight to counsel's responses to the justices' questions and to what signals the questions may give about a justice's later vote
By Carrie Levine | November 17, 2009
Former Sen. Tom Daschle is leaving Alston & Bird to join DLA Piper in a deal that was finalized late Tuesday, both Daschle and DLA Piper officials confirmed. Daschl
By Robert Lennon | December 29, 2003
Reading news accounts about the travails of Faith Fippinger, John Gurley knew immediately that she would need counsel."Whenever you hear someone saying, 'I'm not going to pay,' y
By James H. Johnston | May 16, 2005
The legal profession embraces free market rules for others, but it tends to be less troubled by its own anti-competitive practices. A glaring example is the policy followed by 15
January 23, 2006
The following selected cases were recently filed in .S. District Court for the District of Columbia; .S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt division; and
By Daniel Ostrovsky and Nathan Carlile | March 5, 2007
D.C. defense lawyer David Geneson is suing Hunton & Williams, claiming the firm violated the terms of its partnership agreement by refusing to give him back his capital contribution and
By James G. Leipold/Special to The National Law Journal | May 1, 2006
The rise and fall of recruiting levels at U.S. law firms continues to be one of the markers that the industry looks at to gauge the relative strength of the economy. With increased
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