Wake Up Call: Amid Brazil’s Corruption, a Surge In Lawyer Hiring

• Brazil’s recession and corruption scandal that crippled the country’s job market has led to a surge in hiring of lawyers .(Bloomberg Business)

• In a big setback for the UK’s Serious Fraud Office, a London jury acquitted five men of charges that they served as middlemen in a Libor rigging scheme. (Financial Times)

• The Libor acquittals ended prosecutors’ winning streak in the scandal. (Law 360)

• In a blow for big tobacco companies , a U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has lifted an injunction that prevented the Food and Drug Administration from using a controversial report on menthol ...