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Morning News Roundup for Saturday

Good morning! Here are the top stories: London’s Hammonds LLP is set to cut about 10% of its partnership. The…

California Supreme Court Grants Whistleblower Protection

The California Supreme Court granted whistle-blowers in state government protection on Thursday in a case where a low-level employee reported…

Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Ruling in Klan Cop Case

On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld a ruling allowing the firing of a State Patrol trooper who is connected…

Texas Supreme Court To Hear Public Information Case

On Friday, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to consider whether state employees’ birth dates are public information or are protected…

Manhattan DA Retires After 35 Years Of Service

Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau has decided not to run for re-election, thus ending a long era for the prosecutor. …

The Pro Bono Project Announces Free Legal Services Day

The Pro Bono Project and Legal Aid of West Virginia has announced Free Legal Services Day on Saturday, March 21…

Illinois AG Sees No Constitutional Problem Calling A Special Election

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan told the state’s legislature that she sees no constitutional problem with the Illinois General Assembly…

Attorney In Keller Case Wants To Take Less, But Says He Can’t

Sharon Keller, the presiding judge of Texas’ highest criminal courts, is in a legal battle fighting charges that she violated…

Dundas and Wilson To Cut 50 Jobs

Dundas and Wilson, Scotland’s biggest law firm, plans to cut 50 jobs from all three of its offices, citing a…

Honolulu Law Firm Says Aloha (As In Goodbye)

Honolulu law firm Lynch Ichida Thompson & Hirota has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and saw all but one…

Sonnenschein Shutters Charlotte Offiche

(The misspelling in the title is intentional -- read it aloud.) Partners at Chicago's Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal voted today…

240 Ex-Thelen Associates & Staff Could Sue Under WARN Act

Thelen has identified 240 former associates and staff who could assert claims alleging the firm violated the federal Worker Adjustment…