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• In child support case, justices appear reluctant to extend Sixth Amendment rights
• Banks Agree to Pay Heller Estate $20 Million
• Lips Unsealed: Third Circuit Ruling on Privilege Worries Defense Bar
• News Corp. Shareholders Accuse Murdoch of Overpaying for Daughter's TV Production Co.
• South Carolina Jury Finds Johnson & Johnson Unit Falsely Marketed Risperdal; J&J Faces More than $400 Million in Damages
• 9th Circuit Won't Lift Prop 8 Stay
• Judge Presses for Firms' Rates in Fee Dispute Stemming From Landmark Gun Case
• Rakoff Again Blasts SEC Settlements Where Defendants Admit No Wrong
• Ex-Official for Litigation Company Is Charged With $1 Million Fraud
• Banks Challenge Data Used In Restructuring of MBIA
• 1st Circuit supports employer's 'corrective action' in race bias case
• Shorter Shelf Life for Malicious Prosecution Suits
• Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims want secret deal nixed
• Kelley Drye Disqualified Over Access to Ex-Client's Confidential Documents
• Wolf Block Still Winding Down 2 Years Later

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In child support case, justices appear reluctant to extend Sixth Amendment rights	Top
A former solicitor general and a former Supreme Court clerk vigorously sparred before the justices on Wednesday over whether indigent persons have a constitutional right to counsel if they face jail for failing to pay child support.
Banks Agree to Pay Heller Estate $20 Million	Top
After two years of litigation, Heller Ehrman's banks have tentatively agreed to pay the firm's estate $20 million and waive their claims against the dissolved firm and its shareholders. A hearing on the proposed settlement is to be held March 31.
Lips Unsealed: Third Circuit Ruling on Privilege Worries Defense Bar	Top
Due to a 3rd Circuit ruling, corporate executives may need to be more careful about what they tell outside counsel during internal company probes. And they'll want to make sure those lawyers are representing them personally, and not just their company.
News Corp. Shareholders Accuse Murdoch of Overpaying for Daughter's TV Production Co.	Top
A group of investors has filed a derivative suit against Rupert Murdoch and the other directors of News Corp. over the company's plans to purchase for $675 million a company run and majority-owned by Murdoch's daughter.
South Carolina Jury Finds Johnson & Johnson Unit Falsely Marketed Risperdal; J&J Faces More than $400 Million in Damages	Top
Jurors have concluded that Johnson & Johnson's Janssen unit willfully violated South Carolina's unfair trade practices law when it promoted off-label use of the anti-psychotic Risperdal.
9th Circuit Won't Lift Prop 8 Stay	Top
The 9th Circuit on Wednesday turned down a renewed request that it lift its stay on Judge Vaughn Walker's ruling striking down Proposition 8 last month and allow same-sex weddings to resume in California.
Judge Presses for Firms' Rates in Fee Dispute Stemming From Landmark Gun Case	Top
A judge said Wednesday he wants the three law firms that provided pro bono service to the District of Columbia in a landmark gun rights case to open up their books to provide billing data to the court.
Rakoff Again Blasts SEC Settlements Where Defendants Admit No Wrong	Top
Echoing his complaints in last year's SEC action against BofA, New York federal Judge Jed Rakoff has blasted the agency over a $3 million backdating and accounting fraud settlement with Vitesse Semiconductor and two of its executives.
Ex-Official for Litigation Company Is Charged With $1 Million Fraud	Top
The former part-owner and legal counsel for a litigation funding company has been accused of conspiring with a New Jersey brokerage firm in a lucrative kickback scheme.
Banks Challenge Data Used In Restructuring of MBIA	Top
Banks contesting MBIA's 2009 split into two entities are accusing the New York State Insurance Department of having relied on "inaccurate, outdated and incomplete financial data" from MBIA when approving the bond insurer's restructuring.
1st Circuit supports employer's 'corrective action' in race bias case	Top
Giving guidance on employer responsibility in cases of co-worker harassment, the 1st Circuit has emphasized that a plaintiff must show the employer knew or should have known about the harassment but failed to promptly take remedial action.
Shorter Shelf Life for Malicious Prosecution Suits	Top
A California appeal court on Tuesday tilted in favor of a lawyer and a law firm sued for malicious prosecution in a trademark dispute, finding that a one-year statute of limitations applies.
Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims want secret deal nixed	Top
Lawyers representing alleged sexual assault victims of Florida billionaire Jeffrey Epstein have filed a motion in federal court to compel prosecutors to withdraw a secret deal not to prosecute him.
Kelley Drye Disqualified Over Access to Ex-Client's Confidential Documents	Top
A New Jersey federal judge has upheld a decision to disqualify Kelley Drye & Warren from defending a longtime client against a lawsuit by a company the firm represented when it was sold in 2008.
Wolf Block Still Winding Down 2 Years Later	Top
Two years have passed since Wolf Block partners voted to dissolve the firm, and the defunct firm's outside lawyers and wind-down committee are still trying to collect money from former partners, work out deals with creditors and respond to suits by vendors and former attorneys.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views

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