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Obama Administration Champions Pay Equity, But Some Allege Overreach
October 21, 2016
The EEOC is readying to collect pay data along gender lines from a large swath of companies, extending the legacy of an Obama Administration that made pay equity an early priority. But some say these efforts have gone too far and are hurting business.
Assault on Wage Gap Forcing Industry to Pay More Than Lip Service
October 21, 2016
A series of articles on gender pay equity The movement to bring gender pay equity to the American workforce has been around…
Note to Law Firm Bullies: Your Managing Partner is Afraid of You
October 21, 2016
A report found that bullying was rampant at big firms, and the highest earners were the main culprits. What can managing partners do to stop it?
Tighter Bar-Pass Rule Adopted by ABA Accrediting Body
October 21, 2016
The American Bar Association body that accredits law schools voted on Friday to tighten the bar exam-passage standard that schools must meet in order to get the organization's accreditation blessing.
Though Not the Diva, Justice Ginsburg Snags Juicy Part in Opera
October 21, 2016
Ruth Bader Ginsburg will have a speaking role as The Duchess of Krakenthorp in the Nov. 12 opening night of the opera, “The Daughter of the Regiment,” presented by the Washington National Opera
'Bush v. Gore' Lawyers Sound Off on Trump's Debate Comments
October 21, 2016
Trump drew widespread condemnation for his remarks at the final presidential debate that he would keep the country “in suspense” about whether he'd accept the results of the election and raising the specter of voter fraud.
U.K. Politicians Demand Knighthood Be Stripped From “Billionaire Spiv”
October 21, 2016
Continental Breakfast: your daily update on what's happening in Europe.One of the U.K.'s most successful businessmen found himself reduced…
Midsize Firm Leaders Fight Gender Pay Gap With Data
October 20, 2016
In a legal market still plagued by gender-based pay inequity, midsize and small firms have the ability, and some say responsibility, to carefully track…
US Agency Paid Two Firms Over $1 Billion in Battle With Banks
October 20, 2016
Kellogg Huber Hansen Todd Evans & Figel and Korein Tillery together earned more than $1 billion for helping the National Credit Union Administration…
Circuit Rebukes Judge for Awarding Fees in Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake Patent Case
October 20, 2016
Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake may be exceptional entertainers, but they did not properly prove that a patent infringement case filed against them is "exceptional" and worthy of $755,000 in attorney fees, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Thursday.

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