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- Judge allows Orrick to fire MGA over unpaid bills
- Alsup Weighs S.F.'s Cellphone Disclosure Ordinance
- Law school asks judge to toss graduates' fraud claims
- Firms defend their work in Dodgers bankruptcy against trustee's attack
- Alsup Says Google Can't Keep Email Under Wraps
- Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
- The Final Rothstein Auction
- Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing
- Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Jonathan Turley
- Federal Judge Dismisses Lawmakers' Suit Challenging U.S. Military Action in Libya
- Ex-Purdue Pharma GC Argues Against Oxycontin Debarment
- Who Came Out on Top in the Battle over Cerberus's $1 Billion Innkeepers Deal?
- Justices to Review State's DNA Collection Law
- MDJ Removed From Bench Because of Court Absences, Tardiness
- Panel Considers Mitigating Factors but Rules That Failure to Pay Taxes Demands Suspension
- Allegheny Attorney Suspended for Delivering Drugs to Inmate Client
- Case of disabled girl prompts tricky issue
- Conviction upheld in Congressional bribery case — with a major caveat
- Breyer to Take Senior Status, Opening Another Slot on Bench
- No Gender Bias Found in Workplace Rife With Crude, 'Boorish' Language
| Judge allows Orrick to fire MGA over unpaid bills | Top |
| A federal judge has granted Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's motion to withdraw from representing MGA Entertainment, maker of the Bratz doll, in its copyright dispute with Mattel. Orrick moved to withdraw from representing MGA and its chief executive, citing $3.85 million in unpaid legal fees. | |
| Alsup Weighs S.F.'s Cellphone Disclosure Ordinance | Top |
| As a federal judge heard arguments Thursday over whether San Francisco's cellphone ordinance runs afoul of the First Amendment, the city agreed to the judge's request to postpone implementation of the novel "right to know" ordinance, set to take effect next week, until he issues an order. | |
| Law school asks judge to toss graduates' fraud claims | Top |
| Lawyers for the Thomas M. Cooley Law School filed a motion on Thursday to dismiss a suit filed by four graduates who claim the school manipulated postgraduate employment data. The Thomas Jefferson School of Law and New York Law School previously filed motions to dismiss fraud suits brought by graduates. | |
| Firms defend their work in Dodgers bankruptcy against trustee's attack | Top |
| The U.S. trustee overseeing the bankruptcy case of the Los Angeles Dodgers has objected to about $350,000 in legal fees and expenses, arguing that work billed by attorneys to obtain financing over the summer was "not reasonably likely to benefit" the team. | |
| Alsup Says Google Can't Keep Email Under Wraps | Top |
| Google has lost its bid to shield an internal email in its battle with Oracle over the Java programing language. A federal judge on Thursday rejected Google's claims that the email, written by an engineer, was privileged and confidential. | |
| Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana' | Top |
| LTN reporter Evan Koblentz speaks with Berwin Leighton Paisner CIO Janet Day about her "concept of nirvana," in which the consumerization of IT in law firms -- where lawyers use and maintain their favorite devices for work -- makes the help desk unnecessary. Koblentz and Day also discuss Hewlett-Packard's move to become more consumer-focused as Apple potentially becomes more business-focused. | |
| The Final Rothstein Auction | Top |
| The third and final auction of items from Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein features a stuffed lion, dozens of pricey shoes and dresses and a $3,000 Hello Kitty purse. | |
| Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing | Top |
| Doug Caddell, CIO at Foley & Lardner, speaks with LTN staff reporter Evan Koblentz at ILTA about his firm's policy of giving lawyers the freedom to buy the technology they need -- instead of dictating choices. Freedom of computing, he says, allows firms to focus more on business issues and less on infrastructure. | |
| Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Jonathan Turley | Top |
| When Jonathan Turley is not teaching at George Washington University Law School or blogging, he is a litigator whose cases can never be described as boring. In this video interview with Tony Mauro, Turley discusses his high-profile case on Utah's anti-polygamy law. | |
| Federal Judge Dismisses Lawmakers' Suit Challenging U.S. Military Action in Libya | Top |
| Dismissing a bipartisan challenge to the Obama administration's legal justification for military action in Libya, a D.C. federal judge expressed "dismay" that the lawmakers filed suit "to achieve what appear to be purely political ends." The ruling came the same day as the death of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. | |
| Ex-Purdue Pharma GC Argues Against Oxycontin Debarment | Top |
| Both sides have filed their appeals briefs in a much-watched case in which former general counsel Howard Udell and two other Purdue Pharma executives are fighting for the right to work in health care again, after having been convicted in 2007 of a criminal misdemeanor. | |
| Who Came Out on Top in the Battle over Cerberus's $1 Billion Innkeepers Deal? | Top |
| The bankrupt hotel operator Innkeepers USA announced Wednesday that it had ended a seven-week court battle and reached a new $1.02 billion deal with Cerberus Capital Management to sell off 64 hotels and pave its exit from Chapter 11. Can either side claim victory? | |
| Justices to Review State's DNA Collection Law | Top |
| The California Supreme Court has unanimously voted to review a state appeal court ruling that invalidated a California law mandating the collection of DNA samples from felony arrestees on the basis that the data collection violated arrestees' privacy rights. | |
| MDJ Removed From Bench Because of Court Absences, Tardiness | Top |
| The Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline has removed a magisterial district judge from the bench after finding she violated conduct standards and the state constitution by telling staff she would not be coming to court 116 days over a two-year period and, when she did come to court, habitually arriving late. | |
| Panel Considers Mitigating Factors but Rules That Failure to Pay Taxes Demands Suspension | Top |
| A New York appellate panel has suspended a Manhattan attorney for one year for failing to pay his taxes for seven years, taking into account such mitigating factors as health problems, cooperation with authorities and pro bono work, but concluding that his conduct deserved more than a censure. | |
| Allegheny Attorney Suspended for Delivering Drugs to Inmate Client | Top |
| A Pennsylvania attorney has been suspended from the bar for three years, after being convicted of delivering marijuana to a client in a county jail. Since his 2009 guilty plea, the attorney has voluntarily entered treatment for depression and cocaine addiction and is now looking for work. | |
| Case of disabled girl prompts tricky issue | Top |
| The Supreme Court of Georgia has agreed to take up a sensitive issue in medical malpractice trials -- whether judges can exclude from the courtroom a disabled person who is effectively the plaintiff. A trial judge said the girl's presence would lead the jury to make a decision based on emotion rather than evidence. | |
| Conviction upheld in Congressional bribery case — with a major caveat | Top |
| A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a former defense contractor on charges of bribing disgraced U.S. Rep. Randall "Duke" Cunningham, but ordered a hearing on a constitutional issue that could open the door to a new trial. | |
| Breyer to Take Senior Status, Opening Another Slot on Bench | Top |
| Judge Charles Breyer, the behind-the-scenes mover and shaker on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, will assume semi-retired status by the end of the year. Breyer's decision gives President Obama an eighth seat to fill on that bench. | |
| No Gender Bias Found in Workplace Rife With Crude, 'Boorish' Language | Top |
| Abrasive and impolite comments by a manager or co-workers may make for an unpleasant workplace, but if the comments are directed toward everyone, it's not actionable under New Jersey's anti-discrimination law, a state appeal court has ruled in a case where the plaintiff was the sole female employee. | |
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