ALM on June 25 launched 14 smartphone apps for use on Apple Inc.’s iPhones, iPods and iPads. The apps provide content from the company’s national and regional web and print publications, and support iOS 6.1 and above.

In a 5-4 ruling that will make it more difficult for employees to prove civil rights retaliation claims, the U.S. Supreme Court found that courts should apply a heightened “but for” causation standard to cases in which plaintiffs allege an employer took adverse action against them for reporting workplace discrimination.

E-discovery poses risks and imposes costs on businesses. But in-house counsel who implement a comprehensive approach to data retention, collection, processing and review can lower those costs and risks significantly.

Managers of in-house legal teams who shy away from metrics or do not understand them sufficiently are at a disadvantage. Those skilled in metrics and their application are able to provide relatively more value to their companies.

With Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ June layoffs of 60 associates and 110 staff firmwide, the firm’s Texas heft will diminish, as the firm slims its complex commercial litigation practice in Houston.