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• Abrams financing First Amendment project at Yale
• State attorneys general urge Senate to confirm Cordray as head of CFPB
• Membership changes may take law school accreditation panel in new direction
• Pom could face trial on its pomegranate juice health claims by Nov. 15
• In win for DISH against insurers, 10th Circuit holds patent infringement may qualify as 'advertising injury'
• D.C. Circuit grapples with contempt dispute in Ted Stevens case
• Judge slashes 'highly unreasonable' fee request in Prius headlight case
• Court will hear alien tort, First Amendment cases
• IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT
• OPINION: Patent Reform
• THE PRACTICE: Liebman's National Labor Relations Board legacy
• IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Scanners
• THE CAREERIST: At law firms, the kids are all right
• WHO REPRESENTS CORPORATE AMERICA
• Small Firms, Big Companies: A Special Report
• THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST

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Abrams financing First Amendment project at Yale	Top
First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams has donated $3 million to Yale Law School to start an institute focused on freedom of speech. It will include a law clinic through which students will litigate cases, draft proposed legislation and advise policymakers regarding freedom of speech and informational access.
State attorneys general urge Senate to confirm Cordray as head of CFPB	Top
Richard Cordray got a boost from former colleagues on Oct. 18 when 37 state and territorial attorneys general sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging his confirmation as head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Membership changes may take law school accreditation panel in new direction	Top
After ruffling the feathers of legal educators, the American Bar Association Standards Review Committee is aiming for a fresh start with seven new members and a new chairman.
Pom could face trial on its pomegranate juice health claims by Nov. 15	Top
Pom Wonderful LLC has asked a federal judge to put medical claims about its 100% pomegranate juice on trial as early as Nov. 15, to clear the way for a related trademark infringement battle against rival Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.
In win for DISH against insurers, 10th Circuit holds patent infringement may qualify as 'advertising injury'	Top
A federal district court must consider DISH Network Corp.'s claim that its insurance carriers had a duty to pay the defense costs of Dish's patent infringement suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has ruled.
D.C. Circuit grapples with contempt dispute in Ted Stevens case	Top
The lawyers representing two attorneys in the botched public corruption case against late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R) Monday asked an appeals court in Washington to vacate a judge's order holding the prosecutors in contempt.
Judge slashes 'highly unreasonable' fee request in Prius headlight case	Top
A federal judge in Los Angeles struck down the proposed attorney fees in a class action settlement against Toyota Motor Corp. over Prius headlights, calling the $4.7 million request "highly unreasonable" for a case with "narrow, not complex" legal work.
Court will hear alien tort, First Amendment cases	Top
The Supreme Court amped up its argument docket Monday by agreeing to decide two contentious legal issues: whether corporations can be sued in U.S. courts for faraway human rights violations, and a classic First Amendment battle over false claims of military heroism.
IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT	Top
The sweeping patent reform law enacted last month is expected to create new classes of intellectual property winners and losers as game-changing provisions kick in during the next 18 months.
OPINION: Patent Reform	Top
Practitioners sound off on the merits and drawbacks of the sweeping new law.
THE PRACTICE: Liebman's National Labor Relations Board legacy	Top
The board she chaired returned to Clinton-era precedent in many areas but also fashioned unprecedented new rules.
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Scanners	Top
Profile of John Ellsworth, general counsel for ScanSource Inc.
THE CAREERIST: At law firms, the kids are all right	Top
Now that everyone and his mother has weighed in about the misery of young lawyers, I'm going to propose something radical: They're not that bad off.
WHO REPRESENTS CORPORATE AMERICA	Top
For this year's survey of the law firms who represent America's largest corporations, we've chosen to highlight one example of the longer-term relationships between in-house counsel and the law firms that represent them.
Small Firms, Big Companies: A Special Report	Top
Profiles of law firms of 50 lawyers and under that represent major corporations.
THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST	Top
These 20 firms are at the cutting edge of plaintiffs' work — and are giving defense players a run for their money. • Hare Wynn harvests big victory in rice row • In NYSE case, Labaton created a bull market • Whatley Drake finds healthy return in insurance fights

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