Energy lawyers are in demand in Washington these days, with top-ranked lawyers jumping from firm to firm as the practice area heats up. The most recent move came last week, when McDermott Will & Emery announced it picked up go-to natural gas regulatory partner Karol Lyn Newman from Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views

Available: October 2011 The primary objective of the GAAS Practice Manual is to provide a complete, quick and valuable reference source for the practitioner of the currently effective pronouncements of Statements on Auditing Standards, Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements, Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services, and the new PCAOB Auditing Standards–and the interpretations of those standards. Although the Sections in this book follow the sequence of sections presented in the AICPA’s Professional Standards, the material is presented and analyzed in a different format. Each Section is divided into three major parts: What Every Practitioner Should Know–which discusses the specific standard, its basic requirement and the practitioner’s essential responsibilities.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia usually keeps cameras from recording his remarks and events. But extending the rule to the highly public celebration marking the centennial of Duquesne University School of Law and the justice’s own 25 years on the Court seems to take the practice to a new level.

Corporate Counsel’s annual look at the law firms retained by America’s biggest companies shows that the practice of law remains a uniquely human enterprise and that personal relationships still count for a lot — as shown by the evolution of four successful relationships described in this year’s survey.

New members of the Florida Bar will have to pledge fairness, integrity and civility in all communications when taking their oaths of office from now on. Concerned about increasing incivility among lawyers, the Florida Supreme Court has altered the oath in a unanimous ruling, “recognizing the importance of respectful and civil conduct in the practice of law.”Visit lawjobs.com News & Views