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In Memoriam: Influential Lawyers We Lost in 2018
Meghan Tribe | December 21, 2018
Here are some of the prominent faces in the legal industry whose impact helped shape the profession.
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The National Law Journal |News
Up Next at SCOTUS: My Executive Branch Can Beat Up Your Executive Branch
Scott Graham | December 21, 2018
One case in question could open the door for executive branch agencies to appear on opposing sides of IP fights.
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Roberts Aligns With Liberal Wing in Ruling Against Trump's Asylum Ban
Nate Robson | Mike Scarcella | December 21, 2018
The high court, 5-4, refused to stay a nationwide injunction. Several former government lawyers—including Carter Phillips and Peter Keisler of Sidley Austin, and John Bellinger of Arnold & Porter—were amicus parties at the Supreme Court in a brief against the Trump administration.
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Google Settles Suit Alleging Age Bias in Hiring Practices
Erin Mulvaney | December 21, 2018
Google deems only 20.5 percent of onsite job candidates to be qualified for an employment offer, according to court filings in the case.
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The National Law Journal |News
Federal Courts Could Remain Open for Weeks During Shutdown
Ross Todd | December 21, 2018
A spokesperson for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts said operating in a shutdown "would not be business as usual," but that fees and appropriations balances could fund the courts for about three weeks.
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Number of Whistleblower Complaints in UK Significantly Higher Since GDPR
Kristen Rasmussen | December 21, 2018
According to data that British law firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain received from the U.K.'s ICO, the number of whistleblower complaints filed in the three-month period from June to August 2018 more than doubled compared to the past year.
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Children's Health Care Systems Hires Chief Legal Officer
Dan Clark | December 21, 2018
Arkansas Children's, Arkansas's only health care system exclusively for children, announced the hiring of an experienced health care attorney to be its chief legal officer.
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How I Made Partner: Gibson Dunn's Anita Girdhari
ALM Staff| December 21, 2018
"It is never too early to start thinking about business development. Some of my best contacts are people I was in the 'trenches' with when I was a junior associate," says the project finance lawyer.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized for Lung Surgery
Tony Mauro | December 21, 2018
The US Supreme Court said two "nodules removed during surgery were found to be malignant on initial pathology evaluation." The court said no further treatment is planned.
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Skilled in the Art: Tinder Patents Get to First Base + Could the U.S. Government Could Sue Itself Over Patents?
Scott Graham | December 21, 2018
It looks as if the Match Group and Bumble Trading are going to be in a long-term, committed relationship—in federal court





























