Democratic members of a Senate committee examining the Deepwater Horizon oil spill said today that they want the Department of Justice to throw the book at the companies responsible.

A little more than a month after a former real estate associate at DLA Piper accused the firm of firing her in November 2008 because she was three months pregnant, a British employment tribunal has ruled in favor of the firm by unanimously dismissing the sexual discrimination claims. Sarah Sweeney told the Liverpool Echo that she has no plans to appeal the tribunal’s decision.

Right now, in a Big Law office somewhere in America, a first-year associate with nothing else to do is looking busy at the office by planning the social event of his or her life — a Big Law wedding! But The Snark reminds us that, as with all Big Law events, a Big Law wedding comes with unspoken rules of decorum and social expectations, now made a little more complicated by economic realities. For those planning a Big Law wedding, The Snark discusses some things to keep in mind about locations and guest lists.