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AM Roundup: High Court Concentrates on Consensus
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news.

Hacker-for-Hire Market is Booming, Says New Report
Intelligence analysts found that business is booming in underground markets for Russian and other hackers, according to a new report released Tuesday by security firm Dell SecureWorks Inc.

California Supreme Court Rules on When Employers Must Offer Seats to Workers
California’s highest court has made it easier for retail and banking employees to bring class-action claims against their employers for not providing them seats while they work, according to a plaintiffs’ lawyer spearheading the litigation.

Justices, All of Eight of Them, Uphold ‘One Person, One Vote’ Standard
States can continue to divide legislative seats according to total population, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday.

Law Firm at the Center of ‘Panama Papers’ Leak
A Panama-based law firm is at the center of reports into the offshore financial activities of dozens of global leaders, businessmen and celebrities.

AM Roundup: Senate GOP Holds Fast Against Garland
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news.

Uber Antitrust Lawsuit Clears Court Hurdle in New York
In the big class-action case against Uber Technologies Inc. in California, the question is: Who are Uber’s drivers? Are they employees or contractors? An unusual antitrust case on the other side of the coast in federal court in Manhattan poses a more basic inquiry: What is Uber?

Google and Oracle Agree Not to Research Jurors Online Ahead of Major Trial
The social media life and Internet activity of jurors can be a valuable resource for litigators, who routinely mine the world wide web for insights into the minds of the men and women they need to persuade. But two tech giants are swearing off the practice as they prepare to face off in a major copyright trial.

Bar Exam Scores Slip Even Further
The vexing trend of declining bar exam performance is showing no signs of letting up. Average scores on the standardized portion of the bar exam administered in February sank to the lowest level in more than three decades, according to the developers of the widely used test.

AM Roundup: Encryption Fight Flares Overseas
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news.

George Mason University Renames Law School After Justice Antonin Scalia
George Mason University School of Law is renaming itself after the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Business Groups Sue Labor Department to Block ‘Persuader Rule’
A new Labor Department rule that will give unions more knowledge of the discussions employers have with advisers who help counter collective-bargaining and union-organizing campaigns has triggered its first lawsuit. The National Association of […]

AM Roundup: Terror Rules Drive Money Underground
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news.

The Rust Belt Law School Crisis
The past year has been marked with some positive signs for law schools. Casting a shadow on the glint of good news — at least for one region of the country —is a new paper by a law professor forecasting what’s in store for schools in the Great Lakes and Midwest area.

A ‘Systemically Important’ Judge
U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer may not be a household name, but there’s a good chance you’ve read her opinions.

When Do Law Firms Have to Disclose a Data Breach?
Cyber attacks against some of the country’s top law firms are reigniting concerns about the legal industry’s handling of data breaches.

AM Roundup: Hackers Breach Law Firms
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news: Law firm hack: Hackers broke into the computer networks at some of the country’s most […]

Recent Law Grads Don’t Think Degree Was Worth the Cost: Survey
A new Gallup survey finds differences in opinion in the value of a law degree between recent grads and those who went to school decades ago.

Illinois High Court Strikes Down Chicago Plan to Shore Up City Pension Funds
The highest court in Illinois on Thursday delivered a victory to public-sector unions challenging Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to keep the city’s troubled pension funds from going broke.

Declarations Take Center Stage in FTC’s Case Against Staples, Office Depot Tie-Up
Who knew that pretrial legal declarations would be the source of drama during the government’s case against the merger of office-supply rivals Staples Inc. and Office Depot Inc.?

Jury Rules Against Struggling Law Graduate Who Claimed She Was Duped by Law School
Thomas Jefferson School of Law is the latest law school to prevail in a deceptive marketing lawsuit claiming the school posted misleading post-graduation employment statistics.

Not All Habitual Drunkards Are Bad People, Appeals Court Rules
An immigration case decided by a federal appeals court Thursday turned into an inquiry on the morality of drunkards.

AM Roundup: Ghomeshi Acquitted of Criminal Charges
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news.

Judge Convicts Woman Who Spent Years Posing as a Licensed Lawyer
A 46-year-old Pennsylvania woman accused of posing as a lawyer was convicted of forgery, unauthorized practice of law and felony records tampering.

Court Orders Company to Make Website Accessible to the Blind
A California blind man has won a disabled-rights case against a Colorado-based luggage retailer accused of failing to make its commercial website accessible to the visually impaired.

‘Jackie’ from Debunked Rolling Stone Rape Story in Tussle Over Deposition Demands
The young woman who was the central figure in Rolling Stone’s discredited story about a fraternity party gang rape is locked in a heated standoff with a University of Virginia dean seeking to depose her for a defamation suit against the magazine.

AM Roundup: ‘Google Dorking’ Aided Dam Hacker
Law Blog rounds up the morning’s legal news.

Law School Grads Can Cancel Bar-Exam Loan Debt, Bankruptcy Judge Rules
Law school graduates who file for bankruptcy protection can cancel debt they racked up preparing for the bar exam, a federal judge has ruled.