The measure faces almost certain defeat in the Democrat controlled Senate and even if it were to pass through both chambers the President has firmly stated his opposition to de-funding public radio.

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New applications for law school are down 11.5% this year, to just under 67,000 – the lowest number since 2001.  But it may not be entirely attributable to a depressed legal job market.  As the economy improves, there are more jobs available for college graduates without advanced degrees making the prospect of joining the work force now more appealing, rather than racking up another hundred thousand dollars or so in student loans.

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Baker Botts

Included in the group is Sean Boland, former vice-chair of Howrey, and two former assistant US attorneys general who will both serve as senior counselors at their new firm.  Boland led Howrey’s negotiation discussions with Winston & Strawn and said that one of the reasons the deal fell through is that client conflicts would have split up his anti-trust group.

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The biggest gainer was the job offer rates for summer interns, which shot up 18% to 87.4%.  A large improvement to be sure, but still below 2008’s 89.9%.  And even though the percent of summer interns being offered a job is increasing, the overall number of interns is still down, with a national average of 9 interns compared to the highwater mark of 15 set in 2007.  The good news is that this is still an improvement over the 7 interns per firm in 2009.

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First the ACLU protested his treatment and now the Department of Justice has taken on the case by bringing a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and Governor Jerry Brown under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. According to the DOJ, the prison’s grooming policy “…substantially burdens the rights of an inmate to practice his Sikh faith.”

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Nothing changed in the top five compared to last year’s rankings.  Yale, Harvard and Stanford still lead off the list.  Within the top 10, Michigan and Berkeley swapped spots, taking the 7th and 9th slots respectively, and the University of Virginia moved from 10th to a tie for 9th.

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The largest group went to Arnold & Porter who snagged a 13 lawyer IP litigation team, split between Washington, DC and LA.  The team is made up of five partners and one of counsel, all of whom will join Arnold & Porter as of counsel, along with seven associates.

The partnership vote, which happened last week on the 9th, requires partners who were still at the firm as of that day to remain until the dissolution on the 15th.  Any moves happening between the 9th and the 15th will not become official until Wednesday at the earliest.

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One things for certain: wherever they end up, they’re likely to find old friends.  In the last year, over 140 partners have left Howrey for other firms, not to mention large numbers of associates and staff.  As they say at Dodger Stadium, you can’t know the players without a scorecard, and The American Lawyer has prepared a handy chart for those interested in tracking the former Howrey partners.

Even a major law firm needs lawyers when it shuts its doors, and Howrey is no exception.  The firm will be advised during the final days by counsel from Latham & Watkins.

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The new law strips public employee unions of the right collectively bargain for anything other than wages, while capping raises at the rate of inflation.  It also requires them to cover a larger percentage of their pension accounts and health care premiums, and it prohibits unions from having mandatory membership with dues deducted from paychecks.

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