Employees of privately held contractors or subcontractors of public companies are not eligible for whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a split panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a case of first impression. In a vehement dissent, Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson criticized the majority for barring "a significant class of potential securities-fraud whistleblowers from any legal protection."

Pepper Hamilton has made a rare move for am Am Law 100 or 200 firm by hiring a nonlawyer chief executive officer to take over management of the firm.

The expansion of U.S. law firms is giving some Hong Kong associates the chance to nearly double their salaries. Is a pay war about to set a new standard in the market? Or will darkening economic clouds intervene?

D.C. District Judge John Facciola speaks with LTN magazine's editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about how e-discovery training is at a crossroads, constrained by limited financial resources at the governmental level. He proposes several solutions to address these challenges, particularly when individuals are unable to meet face to face.

Jerone English, director of e-discovery for Intel, speaks to LTN magazine's editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about how rank-and-file lawyers can get up to speed on the latest electronic data discovery policies and procedures.