“The work is very important, of course, but so is meaningful participation in networking and social events, working on firm or bar association committees, and participating in pro bono workshops and opportunities. All these things have added joy to my career and, in my view, are valuable tools for career planning and navigating inside a […]

Electronics giant Samsung is challenging a lower court order that it pay more than $4 million in arbitration initiation fees.        

“Applying the statute here, the Commission may review the wages the Department of Corrections paid to Walker following her ankle injury, and ‘may make an award ending, diminishing or increasing [this] compensation previously awarded’ because those wages are a statutory award of compensation,” the court concluded, holding that the commission erred in finding Walker’s claim […]

“With respect to the constitutional public trust doctrine, on review, this Court should not reverse a substantive decision of DEQ on its merits unless it can be shown that the decision was arbitrary or that DEQ clearly gave insufficient weight to environmental protection in balancing the costs and benefits of the proposed action,” Judge Jewel […]

“Defendants agreed with OPEC to constrain production of crude oil worldwide, with the purpose and effect of fixing, raising, and maintaining the price of crude oil in and throughout the United States of America and worldwide,” the complaint said. “Defendants are not sovereign nations, and they are not immune to U.S. antitrust law.”        

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Arnold & Porter, Crowell & Moring, McCarter & English, and Miles & Stockbridge also picked up D.C. partners in their key practices this past week.        

According to court papers, Yale University and Emory University have agreed to pay $18.5 million apiece, Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million, and Columbia University and Duke University both agreed to pay $24 million to settle claims they colluded to limit the amount of need-based financial aid provided to undergraduates.        

An Oregon jury awarded $62.3 million on Tuesday to victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020. Based on a prior jury’s findings, the award could balloon to about $85 million.