Law schools on the whole have not done a great job of providing comprehensive job placement data for the class of 2010, the Law School Transparency group has concluded, after reviewing the websites of 197 ABA-accredited schools and determining that 54 of the schools offered no meaningful information. Of those, 22 offered no information at all, and the remaining 32 used what the nonprofit organization called “consumer-disorienting behavior.” See related information: Winter 2012 Transparency Index Report

Members of Congress are in the midst of negotiations over fiscal 2012 spending legislation that likely will lead to another cut in funding for the Legal Services Corp. Congress has decreased the nonprofit agency’s budget by more than $20 million since fiscal 2010.

A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit brought by environmental engineering and design professionals accusing the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council, which owns a widely recognized system of certifying buildings as environmentally friendly, of interfering with their business.

In a case that often reads like a spy movie, the first phase of discovery is moving forward in a racketeering lawsuit filed by environmental advocacy group Greenpeace against two major chemical corporations accused of overseeing secret espionage campaigns against the nonprofit.

Andrew Ardinger, a deferred associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, is finishing up his one-year internship at the Public Interest Law Project, and will be starting work soon at the firm. He discusses some of the benefits he has received by working at the nonprofit organization.