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• In first appellate ruling, 6th Circuit upholds health care reform law
• With DLA Out of the Fight, Facebook and Gibson Dunn Are Firmly in Control in Ceglia Case
• Would-Be Terrorists Get 25 Years for Plot to Bomb Synagogues
• Gibbs & Bruns Reaches $8.5 Billion Settlement for MBS Investors in Bank of America Mega-Deal
• The Careerist: Where the Jobs Are (and Aren't)
• Divided Appeals Court Rules Against FBI In Death Penalty Case
• Eighth Circuit Shoots Down Bank's Challenge to New Swipe Fee Rule
• FTC Wins Fat Settlement Over Skinny Lotion Ads
• DOJ Urges Judge to Reject Honors Program Hiring Suit
• Debevoise Names Michael Blair New Presiding Partner
• New Contribution Rule Limits Assignments to Elected Judges
• A patent defense win for Vistaprint in plaintiff-friendly Texas district
• Judge Blasts Ex-Inmate Over Filing of 'Frivolous' Motions
• Employment Law Associates Are in Demand, 'Wal-Mart' Notwithstanding

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In first appellate ruling, 6th Circuit upholds health care reform law	Top
A divided 6th Circuit panel on Wednesday handed the Obama administration its first appellate victory in the hard-fought battle over its signature health care law.
With DLA Out of the Fight, Facebook and Gibson Dunn Are Firmly in Control in Ceglia Case	Top
When DLA Piper agreed to take on a case brought by Paul Ceglia, a New York businessman claiming to own 84 percent of Facebook, it transformed the suit from a quirky sideshow into a high-stakes challenge. What happens now that the firm has withdrawn?
Would-Be Terrorists Get 25 Years for Plot to Bomb Synagogues	Top
A New York federal judge has spared three of four men convicted in a terrorist bomb plot from life in prison, saying their crime never would have been committed without the government's sting operation.
Gibbs & Bruns Reaches $8.5 Billion Settlement for MBS Investors in Bank of America Mega-Deal	Top
Still got questions about the groundbreaking $8.5 billion settlement reached Wednesday between Bank of America and the trustee for investors in Countrywide mortgage-backed securities? The Am Law Litigation Daily's got answers.
The Careerist: Where the Jobs Are (and Aren't)	Top
Advice to law students and recent grads: Forget about sexy deal work if you're interested in corporate law, and focus on compliance work. And forget about working in New York and California, where there's apparently a surfeit of lawyers.Visit The Careerist
Divided Appeals Court Rules Against FBI In Death Penalty Case	Top
A divided D.C. Circuit has ruled against the Federal Bureau of Investigation's refusal to provide a death row inmate documents about the men he alleges were the real perpetrators of a quadruple homicide in Texas in 1983.
Eighth Circuit Shoots Down Bank's Challenge to New Swipe Fee Rule	Top
The 8th Circuit has upheld a ruling by a South Dakota federal judge rejecting TCF National Bank's request to enjoin a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act that limits fees that banks can charge retailers for processing transactions on debit cards they issue.
FTC Wins Fat Settlement Over Skinny Lotion Ads	Top
Rubbing lotion on your skin will not make you thin, the Federal Trade Commission reminded us all Wednesday in a $900,000 settlement involving ads for Nivea skin cream that claimed to help "redefine the appearance of your silhouette."
DOJ Urges Judge to Reject Honors Program Hiring Suit	Top
The Justice Department is urging a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to reject a suit that alleges department officials in 2006 used job candidates' political and ideological affiliation to decide whether to grant interviews to applicants.
Debevoise Names Michael Blair New Presiding Partner	Top
Debevoise & Plimpton announced Wednesday that Michael Blair, chair of the corporate department, will become the firm's new presiding partner on Friday.
New Contribution Rule Limits Assignments to Elected Judges	Top
Nearly 1,000 elected New York state judges will no longer be assigned to cases where lawyers, their firms or their clients have contributed $2,500 or more to the judge's campaigns in the previous two years, or have collectively contributed $3,500 or more.
A patent defense win for Vistaprint in plaintiff-friendly Texas district	Top
Despite failing to get its patent infringement case moved from the plaintiff-friendly Eastern District of Texas and a court order applying a rare infringement theory, Vistaprint's defense team scored a defense victory in the district.
Judge Blasts Ex-Inmate Over Filing of 'Frivolous' Motions	Top
A New York state judge has denied a former inmate's fifth pro se motion to vacate his decades-old robbery conviction, ruling that the man cannot file future motions on his conviction without her permission.
Employment Law Associates Are in Demand, 'Wal-Mart' Notwithstanding	Top
Big defense firms have been hiring young employment law associates in response to an increase in wage-and-hour, discrimination and other types of cases, and hiring partners say that even the Supreme Court's decision to disband the huge Wal-Mart discrimination class action doesn't throw a wrench in their plans.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views

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