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Jones Day has opened a new office in Miami, its first in Florida, in a move that is expected to expand its Latin American practice. Bankruptcy partner Pedro A. Jimenez, who is a native of the city. will head the office, which the the 16th in the U.S. and the…

Elie Mystal, editor at Above the Law, tells Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia that his blog's new law school rankings sought to list the top 50 American law schools by relying on an "outcome-based" methodology. Mystal says that focusing on the costs and rewards of…

A new law signed by the Washington state governor Tuesday is intended to make it easier for motorists stopped for traffic offenses to provide proof of insurance by allowing them to pull up the information on their cellphones. However, those who do so assume the risk of any damage to…

A 17-year-old goalie from Utah has been charged with third-degree felony homicide by assault after he was accused of punching a volunteer soccer referee who later died. Salt Lake County prosecutors are seeking to move the case into adult court, report the New York Times and…

The state of Arkansas wants the return of Lester Stiggers, convicted of murder at the age of 15. The 63-year-old Stiggers, who fled to Michigan while on a furlough in 1970, was surprised when an Associated Press reporter informed him of the extradition request. Stiggers no longer…

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling will get his 24-year sentence reduced by as much as 10 years in exchange for an agreement to halt legal challenges to his conviction. The deal announced on Wednesday allows $40 million seized by the government to be distributed to those harmed by Enron’s failure,…

Bible-themed banners displayed by high-school cheerleaders do not violate the establishment clause, a Texas state judge has ruled. Judge Steven Thomas ruled on behalf of the Kountze High School cheerleaders on Wednesday, report the Associated Press, Reuters, the Houston Chronicle and a…

A lawyer who helped form Wiley Rein 30 years ago isn’t sure he would do the same thing today. The reason? Today’s economic climate. Wiley Rein now has about 275 lawyers, but it was formed 30 years ago with only 37 lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis and two from the…

The standard advice applies for those who are being fired: Don’t burn your bridges, because a former employer may still be able to help you land a new job. The Careerist has that admonition along with other steps that should be taken by those getting fired. The first…

If you are a tenured law professor, the University of California at Hastings may be a good place to teach. UC Hastings paid its tenured law profs the highest reported median salary among 68 schools responding to a survey by the Society of American Law Teachers. UC Hastings paid a…

Updated: The owner of a Cleveland home where authorities say they found three women missing for a decade alive earlier this week has been charged with kidnapping and rape, and is being held with an $8 million bond, according to Reuters. Ariel Castro, 52, was charged with three…

After a highly publicized murder trial that lasted four months, but involved only 15 hours of deliberation, a verdict has been reached by a Maricopa County, Ariz., jury. They have found Jodi Arias, 32, guilty of first-degree murder in the June 2008 slaying of her onetime boyfriend, Travis Alexander, the…

Released on bond as he awaits trial in a federal wire-fraud case related to his alleged theft of $4.5 million in client funds, former Indianapolis lawyer William F. Conour is now accused of having violated bond conditions by disposing of personal assets without court approval. A new inventory ordered last…

Updated: A lawyer is reportedly among 33 suspects, aged 30 to 50, arrested in three countries within the past day or so over their alleged conduct related to a daring 3-minute raid at a Belgian airport earlier this year. Diamonds worth some $50 million were stolen. Eight suspects were detained…

In a new ruling in a hot area of employment law, the National Labor Relations Board has backed a tour bus driver fired for making comments critical of his employer in Facebook and email comments that also suggested fellow workers should unionize. The NLRB agreed with an administrative judge that…

It's a situation familiar to many: Once you've sampled the baked goods brought in by a co-worker, jumped into a conversation with some other co-workers, sorted through dozens of worthless emails and perhaps (bless your heart) taken your first look of the day through ABAJournal.com, you look at the clock…

Lawyers for James Holmes, who is accused of killing 12 people and injuring 70 others in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting spree last summer, is seeking court permission to change his not guilty plea. In a Tuesday filing (PDF), lawyers for Holmes say they intend to "tender…

A federal appeals court has struck down a rule requiring employers to post a notice advising workers of their rights, including the right to form or join a union. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the rule in an opinion (PDF)…

A married couple bound and gagged in February by rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner stands to earn $800,000 for calling 911 and describing the former Los Angeles police department employee to authorities. "Had Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds failed promptly to escape their restraints and contact law enforcement, it is likely Dorner…

Last month, a Nevada jury awarded a record $524 million to three individuals over a Hepatitis C outbreak that allegedly was caused by extreme cost-cutting measures at a medical provider's endoscopy clinics. Although the civil verdict is being appealed by the defendant health management…