Two Cooley Profs Nominated Best in the Business
In a recent book entitled “What the Best Law Teachers Do,” based on a four-year study of extraordinary law professors,…
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County Clerks Have Become Key Targets in Advancing Gay Marriage
Like melting a block of ice, progress is made by getting hot water down little fissures. And so proponents of…
Drug Sentence Reduction to Apply Even to Pending Cases Says Attorney General Eric Holder
Perhaps associating especially addictive behavior with long, expensive prison sentences would inevitably lead to prison overcrowding, and among developed nations,…
Law Student Writes Philippic Against Her Classmates for Chowing Chips During Class
With the return of law students to school this 2013-2014 year, some are a bit surly, it seems, to return…
Chicago Shooting Leaves 13 Wounded
A shooting in Chicago’s South Side, late Thursday, left 13 shot, including three minors, ages 15, 17, and 3. The…
UNLV Boyd Picks Up Optimistic Dean
UNLV Boyd School of Law's new dean is keeping an eager face and the pitch and feel of a salesman…
Two Former Strippers Sue Three Manhattan Clubs for $10 Million
Two former strippers are foisting a $10 million dollar lawsuit at three Manhattan strip clubs. The class-action suit, filed Tuesday…
Chicago Big Law: In a Cold Market, Some Shrinkage is to be Expected
Big law has some some slight shrinkage in head count this last year, with Chicago’s 25 biggest firms contracting by…
John Boehner Presses Bill: Either Obamacare is Shut Down, or the Federal Government
The government is deciding this October on the nation’s debt limit, and this is leading some Republicans to make a…
Ms. Perelman Picks Up a Suit Against Her Uncle For Millions in Family Feud
In a lawsuit that could be dubbed, "rich person's problems," Samantha Perelman, a 23-year-old Columbia University student, will follow her…
D.C. Navy Yard Shooting Leaves 13 Dead, and Lots of Questions
Yesterday’s shooting in Washington D.C. seems to be the work of one man, Aaron Alexis, 34, and though there is…
Sidley Austin LLP Welcomes Exodus of Weil Gotshall Lawyers
Sidley Austin LLP is orchestrating an exodus of eight lawyers from Weil, Gotshal & Manges into their own Dallas office,…