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• NALP Report: Law Grad Hiring Reaches Lowest Levels Since 1996
• Judge Upholds Ruling in Tobacco RICO Case
• Two more disability-bias suits attack the LSAT
• Republicans Keep Up Pressure on DOJ Civil Rights Office
• Honigman Miller, Vice Chairman Settle With Former Staffer
• DOJ Wants Reduced Sentences for More Drug Offenders
• Proof Called 'Devastating' at Conclusion of Trader Trial
• Hunton & Williams Accuses Cohen Milstein of Fabricating Allegations in Dynex Securities Case
• Civil Rights Action Based on Deputies' 'Indifference' Gets Green Light
• Teen's murder conviction tossed
• 8th Circuit to tackle NFL dispute
• Court Restricts Filings by Father to Spare Children 'Further Trauma'
• Law Firms Back to Business in Post-Quake Japan

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NALP Report: Law Grad Hiring Reaches Lowest Levels Since 1996	Top
The latest hiring numbers released by the National Association for Law Placement show that law graduates face a more challenging -- and tighter -- job market, especially at large law firms, where the longer-term effects of scaled-back summer programs can now be seen.
Judge Upholds Ruling in Tobacco RICO Case	Top
Federal Judge Gladys Kessler on Tuesday refused to vacate a 2006 ruling and injunction that said a group of tobacco industry companies conspired to dupe consumers about the health risks of smoking.
Two more disability-bias suits attack the LSAT	Top
Barely a week after a blind man filed suit alleging that the American Bar Association essentially requires a discriminatory test, a would-be LSAT taker with attention deficit disorder has sued the Law School Admission Council, which administers the exam.
Republicans Keep Up Pressure on DOJ Civil Rights Office	Top
Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said Wednesday they don't plan to give up on allegations that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is improperly considering race when deciding how to handle cases.
Honigman Miller, Vice Chairman Settle With Former Staffer	Top
Honigman Miller and the firm's vice chairman have settled a discrimination lawsuit brought by a former executive assistant who had claimed a work-related back injury caused by high heels, which she claimed the firm required female employees to wear.
DOJ Wants Reduced Sentences for More Drug Offenders	Top
The Justice Department is pitching a proposal that would retroactively apply crack sentencing laws to thousands of offenders whose conduct occurred before new guidelines took effect reducing sentences for many inmates.
Proof Called 'Devastating' at Conclusion of Trader Trial	Top
Electronic surveillance, government cooperators' testimony and evidence of clandestine behavior proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Zvi Goffer led an insider trading ring that fed off information stolen by two former Ropes & Gray lawyers, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Hunton & Williams Accuses Cohen Milstein of Fabricating Allegations in Dynex Securities Case	Top
Lawyers at Hunton & Williams who are defending Dynex in a class action allege that lead plaintiffs counsel at Cohen Milstein fabricated allegations attributed to six confidential witnesses. Cohen Milstein calls the claims "scandalous" and threatens to seek sanctions.
Civil Rights Action Based on Deputies' 'Indifference' Gets Green Light	Top
A jury must decide whether two deputy sheriffs showed "deliberate indifference" when they allegedly turned up the music in a transport van to drown out the complaints of an inmate who said he was freezing and was later found unconscious and suffering frostbite.
Teen's murder conviction tossed	Top
A unanimous Georgia Supreme Court has tossed the murder conviction of a teenage girl, saying that evidence of what prosecutors called a "gothic lifestyle" was irrelevant to whether the girl shot her mother in the head in 2005.
8th Circuit to tackle NFL dispute	Top
All-Pro quarterbacks Tom Brady, Drew Brees and Peyton Manning will play defense in St. Louis on Friday as they face National Football League owners in a legal challenge that could decide the fate of the 2011 season.
Court Restricts Filings by Father to Spare Children 'Further Trauma'	Top
A father has so traumatized and alienated his children through repeated attempts to gain visitation rights that he must be enjoined from filing further petitions unless he first gets the court's permission, a New York judge has ruled.
Law Firms Back to Business in Post-Quake Japan	Top
A few months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan, life in international law firms' Tokyo offices has more or less returned to normal. Expatriates who had fled the country en masse in March are now mostly back at work. Subways and trains are running normally again. And businesses are, well, back to business.Visit International News

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