A tobacco lawyer claims in an appellate brief that a federal judge who ordered cigarette makers to stop using “light” descriptions for cigarettes copied government language in her 2006 opinion—including…
A federal judge has ruled that 17 Chinese Muslims at Guantanamo Bay who are no longer considered enemy combatants should be released into the United States by Friday.
The judge in the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens accused a lawyer for the government’s star witness of making secret signals to his client yesterday during cross-examination.
After picking up all of the approximately 20 lawyers in Thelen’s China office late last month, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman has signed on a partner and…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. Thursday refused to declare a mistrial in the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, despite a finding that prosecutors failed to turn over…
Updated: A federal judge heard arguments Thursday on whether to dismiss the indictment or declare a mistrial in the prosecution of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
Forget about associate pay raises. In this economy, the attorney infantry at BigLaw firms should be bracing for a potential increase on a different front: their expected billable hours.
Four associates at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in Washington, D.C., have racked up a string of victories as they fight for John McCain’s right to be president.
About a dozen lawyers are asking the Virginia State Bar to conduct an ethics investigation of former Justice Department lawyer Monica Goodling, accused in…
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