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- Paterno, President Out At Penn State As Legal Fallout From Sex Abuse Case Continues
- 7th Circuit revives bias case by former SmithAmundsen marketing director against firm
- Justices sharply question California slaughterhouse law
- Edward DuMont asks Obama to withdraw his nomination to Federal Circuit
- DOJ Won't Probe Ex-SEC GC Becker's Potential Madoff Conflicts
- John D. Green on Improving the End-User Experience
- Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
- The Final Rothstein Auction
- Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing
- SEC Enforcers Filed Record Number of Actions in Fiscal Year 2011
- Rakoff Grills SEC on Why He Should Accept Citigroup Deal
- Weil Scores for Archstone in Arbitration Stemming from $22 Billion Lehman Buyout
- High Court Leans Toward Employers in 'Brinker'
- Firm Denies Discrimination Against Service Dog Owner
- Jones Walker, Watkins Ludlam Complete Merger
- Ninth Circuit Affirms Ruling for Plaintiffs on Class Cert Requirements in Amgen Class Action
- Judge Green-Lights Claims Against U.S. Auditor in China Expert Technology Class Action
- House Advisory Group Seeks to Defend DOMA in Cozen Case
- Surge of Openings Will Allow Cuomo to Shape Judiciary
- Occupy Trenton Wins Injunction Against Seizure of Belongings at Protest Site
- Recruiter Sues Law Firm to Recover Placement Fee
- 'Scam Prof' bites the hand that feeds him
- First Into Seoul? No Thanks
- Perkins Coie Returns to Taiwan; O'Melveny Moves Into Indonesia
| Paterno, President Out At Penn State As Legal Fallout From Sex Abuse Case Continues | Top |
| A bevy of lawyers have landed roles advising parties connected to the explosive scandal plaguing Penn State University after authorities charged former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky with 40 counts of sexual abuse and two high-ranking school officials with covering up his alleged crimes. | |
| 7th Circuit revives bias case by former SmithAmundsen marketing director against firm | Top |
| The 7th Circuit has revived an employment discrimination case brought by SmithAmundsen's former marketing director against the firm and two executives, alleging pregnancy discrimination, interference with Family Medical Leave Act rights, retaliation and a violation of her right to a bonus. | |
| Justices sharply question California slaughterhouse law | Top |
| A California law requiring slaughterhouses to immediately euthanize sick or injured livestock was in jeopardy Wednesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court appeared to accept industry arguments that federal regulation trumps any state effort to dictate how "downer" animals should be handled. | |
| Edward DuMont asks Obama to withdraw his nomination to Federal Circuit | Top |
| Edward DuMont, an appellate litigation partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to withdraw his nomination to the Federal Circuit. DuMont, who would have been the first openly gay federal appeals judge, was nominated in April 2010. | |
| DOJ Won't Probe Ex-SEC GC Becker's Potential Madoff Conflicts | Top |
| David Becker, a former SEC general counsel and current Cleary Gottlieb partner, will not face a criminal investigation into whether he violated federal conflict-of-interest laws when he helped set the regulator's policy on payouts to victims of Bernard Madoff's $20 billion Ponzi scheme. | |
| John D. Green on Improving the End-User Experience | Top |
| John D. Green, CIO of Baker Donelson, speaks at ILTA with LTN's editor in chief, Monica Bay, about an initiative to improve the end-user experience at his firm by tracking and mapping every application in use using the Aternity Frontline Performance Intelligence software. | |
| 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. | |
| SEC Enforcers Filed Record Number of Actions in Fiscal Year 2011 | Top |
| The SEC's Enforcement Division filed an all-time high 735 actions and collected $2.8 billion in penalties in fiscal year 2011, the agency announced Wednesday. Among the areas seeing an uptick in enforcement: insider trading, investment adviser wrongdoing and actions related to broker-dealers. | |
| Rakoff Grills SEC on Why He Should Accept Citigroup Deal | Top |
| For most of an hour-long hearing Wednesday, federal Judge Jed Rakoff pressed the SEC's chief litigation counsel on the agency's policy of entering into consent judgments with no admission by the defendant, and whether the judge had the power to reject the settlement as against the public interest. | |
| Weil Scores for Archstone in Arbitration Stemming from $22 Billion Lehman Buyout | Top |
| In one of the first decisions in a series of cases stemming from Lehman's $22 billion buyout of real estate investment trust Archstone four years ago, an arbitration panel has knocked out more than $100 million in claims by Archstone investors. | |
| High Court Leans Toward Employers in 'Brinker' | Top |
| Management-side lawyers were optimistic after the California Supreme Court held oral argument in a closely watched case involving state-mandated meal and rest breaks, as the court seemed inclined to agree with employers that they merely have to provide breaks, not ensure workers take them. | |
| Firm Denies Discrimination Against Service Dog Owner | Top |
| An attorney with a New York law firm that was sued for refusing to allow a client to bring her service dog into its office says an employee with a phobia of dogs acted against firm policy when refusing to allow the dog inside. | |
| Jones Walker, Watkins Ludlam Complete Merger | Top |
| Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre has announced the completion of its merger with Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis. The merger is at the heart of a suit filed last month by two former Watkins Ludlam shareholders who claim they were left out of the merger proceeds. | |
| Ninth Circuit Affirms Ruling for Plaintiffs on Class Cert Requirements in Amgen Class Action | Top |
| The class action plaintiffs bar has evened the count in a federal circuit split over a key requirement for class certification in securities cases. Ruling against Amgen, the 9th Circuit found that materiality is a question to be decided after the certification stage. | |
| Judge Green-Lights Claims Against U.S. Auditor in China Expert Technology Class Action | Top |
| Lawyers for auditor PKF New York hoped to use the Supreme Court's Janus ruling to evade securities claims in a class action targeting China Expert Technology, but a New York federal judge wasn't persuaded. Separately, the judge refused to limit the plaintiffs' discovery efforts in China. | |
| House Advisory Group Seeks to Defend DOMA in Cozen Case | Top |
| The number of interested parties in the same-sex marriage benefits dispute involving a deceased Cozen O'Connor partner continues to grow as a congressional committee seeks to defend the Defense of Marriage Act. | |
| Surge of Openings Will Allow Cuomo to Shape Judiciary | Top |
| In his first 10 months in office, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has had scant chance to appoint judges or to indicate what he is looking for in judicial candidates and how he will approach the process. That is about to change, in a big way. | |
| Occupy Trenton Wins Injunction Against Seizure of Belongings at Protest Site | Top |
| A New Jersey judge has lifted some state-imposed restrictions on Occupy Trenton protesters and ordered the return of seized belongings. A plaintiffs lawyer says the ruling allows the protesters to continue "without the hindrance of ongoing harassment from the authorities." | |
| Recruiter Sues Law Firm to Recover Placement Fee | Top |
| Legal recruiting firm MS Legal Search has sued Serpe, Jones, Andrews, Callender & Bell of Houston to collect an unpaid placement fee after the firm allegedly hired a job candidate MS Legal referred to the firm. MS Legal seeks 20 percent or 25 percent of the attorney's beginning annual compensation. | |
| 'Scam Prof' bites the hand that feeds him | Top |
| Law graduates' professional and financial struggles prompted law professor Paul Campos to take a closer look at the changing economics of a law degree. A graduate's suicide subsequently pushed Campos into mounting a full-throated, sometimes rude, assault on the legal education system via his controversial blog. | |
| First Into Seoul? No Thanks | Top |
| As Korea has inched toward liberalization of its legal market, there has been much speculation about which international law firms will be first into Seoul. With the U.S. Congress ratifying a free trade agreement with Korea last month, the race must be on, right? Not exactly.Visit International News | |
| Perkins Coie Returns to Taiwan; O'Melveny Moves Into Indonesia | Top |
| Perkins Coie has announced it will open a heavily IP-focused office in Taipei, a little more than a decade after the firm closed an office there. Meanwhile, O'Melveny & Myers has entered into a formal association with local Indonesian firm Tumbuan & Partners, building on an existing referral relationship between the two firms.Visit International News | |
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