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• Stevens Judge: Jury Could Have Convicted "Only with a Jaundiced Eye"
• Plaintiffs seek MDL status for suits against Sony over PlayStation breach
• Inside K&S's DOMA debacle
• Judge Accuses D.C. of Discovery Violation 'So Extreme As To Be Literally Unheard Of'
• Company, officers convicted of bribing Mexican utility
• O'Melveny Loses 7 N.Y. Partners to Paul Weiss, 2 to Weil Gotshal
• 11th Circuit Tosses Out Part of Scrushy Conviction
• Reinhardt, Kozinski Split On Fix for Veterans' Mental Health Care
• Senators Confirm Former ACLU Lawyer for Judgeship
• Quest Diagnostics Agrees to $241 Million Settlement in California False Claims Act Suit over Lab Pricing
• Attorneys Spar Over Impact of Injunction in Chevron Case
• Judge's Mishandling of Notes From Jury Results in New Trial
• Castille Castigates Federal Defenders
• Judge Dismisses JPMorgan Suit Over Recission of Mortgage Loan Insurance

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Stevens Judge: Jury Could Have Convicted "Only with a Jaundiced Eye"	Top
A federal judge has acquitted former GlaxoSmithKline in-house lawyer Lauren Stevens of six criminal charges that she obstructed a federal investigation and made false statements to investigators, concluding she "should never have been prosecuted, and she should be permitted to resume her career."
Plaintiffs seek MDL status for suits against Sony over PlayStation breach	Top
Less than two weeks after filing what they believe are the first class actions against Sony over the PlayStation data breach, two plaintiffs firms are seeking multidistrict litigation approval. The MDL petition cites 18 cases.
Inside K&S's DOMA debacle	Top
King & Spalding's D.C. office managing partner is providing the firm's first explanation to the public of how it came to defend DOMA, only to withdraw 11 days later. Meanwhile, another King & Spalding lawyer says, "The firm did not back out. We never agreed to take it." Also see: The Careerist: How King & Spalding Can Clean Up Its PR Mess
Judge Accuses D.C. of Discovery Violation 'So Extreme As To Be Literally Unheard Of'	Top
Comparing the city's behavior to "a plane with landing gear that deploys just after touchdown," U.S. District Court Chief Judge Royce Lamberth blasted D.C. and its attorneys for their handling of discovery in a six-year class action suit.
Company, officers convicted of bribing Mexican utility	Top
A federal jury has found a California company and two of its senior executives guilty of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by paying bribes, including a $300,000 Ferrari, to two officials from a state-owned electric utility company in Mexico.
O'Melveny Loses 7 N.Y. Partners to Paul Weiss, 2 to Weil Gotshal	Top
Seven O'Melveny partners, including the co-chair of its corporate finance/capital markets practice and its tax practice head, will be joining Paul Weiss. Top private equity adviser Harvey Eisenberg and M&A partner Douglas Ryder are leaving O'Melveny for Weil.
11th Circuit Tosses Out Part of Scrushy Conviction	Top
The 11th Circuit ruled Tuesday that there was not enough evidence to convict former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy and former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman of two bribery counts. But the court rejected a request for a new trial and let stand convictions on five counts against Siegelman and four against Scrushy.
Reinhardt, Kozinski Split On Fix for Veterans' Mental Health Care	Top
A sharply divided 9th Circuit panel has ruled that the VA denies due process rights to wounded troops by providing inadequate mental health care, which has led to a high suicide rate. In dissent, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski blasted the decision as an "Article III putsch."
Senators Confirm Former ACLU Lawyer for Judgeship	Top
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Edward Chen to the federal district bench in the Northern District of California, ending a debate that had revolved around Chen's work on polarizing civil liberties cases.
Quest Diagnostics Agrees to $241 Million Settlement in California False Claims Act Suit over Lab Pricing	Top
Quest Diagnostics has reached an agreement in principle to pay $241 million to settle a California False Claims Act case alleging the company overcharged the state's Medicaid program for laboratory testing services.
Attorneys Spar Over Impact of Injunction in Chevron Case	Top
The legal slugfest over an $18 billion environmental judgment against Chevron in Ecuador moved to the 2nd Circuit on Tuesday, with arguments about how to handle a wide-ranging injunction blocking enforcement of the judgment.
Judge's Mishandling of Notes From Jury Results in New Trial	Top
An appellate panel has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder after a judge failed to give the defense an opportunity to discuss the judge's answers to five jury notes. In one instance, jurors asked, "What [should we] base our decision on?" and the judge responded, "[y]our God given sense and the evidence."
Castille Castigates Federal Defenders	Top
In a scathing concurring opinion, Pennsylvania's chief justice has accused lawyers from the Federal Defender Office of "abusive" litigation tactics intended to serve a "global strategy" of obstructing capital punishment in that state "at all costs."
Judge Dismisses JPMorgan Suit Over Recission of Mortgage Loan Insurance	Top
In a blow to mortgage lenders, a federal judge has thrown out a suit by JPMorgan Chase Bank that challenged a mortgage insurer's right to unilaterally rescind coverage for almost 2,000 mortgage loans for alleged submission of misleading information.

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