Protests After Conviction in Oakland
Friday, July 9, 2010 at 09:31AM 
Mobs of protesters smashed storefronts, lobbed bottles and set fires overnight in Oakland, Calif., hours after a white transit officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man on Jan. 1, 2009.
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BOSTON — Legal experts say a judge's rulings in Massachusetts that the federal law banning gay marriage is unconstitutional could have implications beyond the state if upheld on appeal.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro says the Defense of Marriage Act interferes with a state's right to define marriage and denies married gay couples some federal benefits. He ruled Thursday in favor of gay couples' rights in two challenges to the law, which the Obama administration has argued for repealing.
The rulings apply to Massachusetts. Constitutional law expert Kent Greenfield says if a higher court with a broader jurisdiction were to hear an appeal and uphold the rulings, their impact would spread.
An appeal would be considered by the First Circuit, which includes Rhode Island, Maine and New Hampshire.
The Department of Justice says it's reviewing the rulings.
(AP)
(NLJ) It's no secret that women earn less than their male colleagues at law firms — the National Association of Women Lawyers concluded last year that female equity partners make an average $66,000 less a year.
An extensive study released this week surveyed more than 700 women partners about their views of the compensation gap and analyzed the factors that lead to disparity in pay. The study, "New Millennium, Same Glass Ceiling: The Impact of Law Firm Compensation System on Women," was undertaken in partnership between the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) and the Project for Attorney Retention, an arm of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law.
Joan Williams interview in the National Law Journal
LBN's interview with Williams will post next week.
