Bankrupt law firm Howrey has hired Duane Morris as special labor and employment counsel and filed its first monthly operating report, which details — among other things — payments to Latham & Watkins totaling more than $600,000.

On both a personal and professional level, marriage equality has meant a great deal to Nancy Louden, deputy GC of The Estee Lauder Cos. She discusses some of the things companies need to think about in light of New York’s new law.

A Texas appeals court has vacated a $22 million arbitration award after finding the arbitrator failed to disclose that a lawyer in the dispute had given him a ticket to an NBA basketball game, a wine basket and paid for expensive meals, among other things.

Board members of a fledgling public utility in upstate New York are moving to oust their chairman for, among other things, challenging Howrey over its efforts to retain a multimillion-dollar legal services contract with the agency.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. gave a speech on “The Top 10 Things You May Not Know About the Supreme Court” while appearing at a judicial conference last week.