• November 9, 2006 | National Law Journal

    Mixed progress

    Saddam Hussein's Nov. 5 guilty verdict and death sentence have provoked polarized responses. Human rights organizations and many in the international press have sharply attacked the outc

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  • August 8, 2005 | Legal Times

    Giving Peace a Legal Chance

    Attorneys volunteering with the Public International Law & Policy Group not only practice public international law in countries worldwide, but they also shape the course of history b

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  • February 27, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Partner Promotions a 'Mixed Bag' for Women

    Most law firms have made their partner promotions for 2009, and the results are a "mixed bag" for women, according to the Project for Attorney Retention. A PAR study of new partne

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  • July 11, 2002 | Legal Times

    Inside the D.C. Top 20 Firms

    Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & FeldBalance, in good times and in bad, has been R. Bruce McLean's mantra for the past few years. And given Akin Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld's

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  • August 2, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 20

    Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft partner MICHAEL HOROWITZ has been nominated to become the inspector general of the U.S. D

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  • February 3, 2004 | Legal Times

    Making the Grade

    Slow and steady -- that was the course for D.C. firms when it came to making new partners this year.Local firms showed little or no change from the previous year in the number of new p

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  • July 12, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

    Jackson Lewis has expanded its workplace safety and health practice by hiring seven new partners in Washington, D.C., and Denver. Six of the new partners come from Patton Boggs

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  • January 24, 2011 | National Law Journal

    CIVIL ACTIONS

    The following cases were recently filed in Washington-area district courts. This information is provided by the courts' official online bulletins. U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTR

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  • May 2, 2005 | National Law Journal

    Text messaging and trials can be a volatile mix

    Wireless technology, such as cellular phones and BlackBerrys, has raised a new concern in the legal system: Is text messaging being used to tamper with trials? That fear surfaced

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  • October 22, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • Davis Polk & Wardwell has added Brian Lichter as a partner in the firm's real estate practice. He was a partner at span

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