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• 2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Fast and Furious sticks as Holder's biggest 2011 flap
• 2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Busy year for agencies but rocky start for newest one
• Judge awards $1.2B in damages against Iran for 1983 Beirut bombing
• Apple wins one battle in Android wars, as ITC bars importation of infringing HTC phones
• INADMISSIBLE
• Verbal notice to clerk not sufficient to vacate transfer order, Federal Circuit rules
• SEC decides to appeal judge's decision that rejected proposed settlement with Citigroup
• In fiscal 2011, EEOC won record-breaking $365M for discrimination victims
• Hostility apparently waning, Justice Thomas visits alma mater Yale Law School
• COURTSIDE: Stevens' spirited defense of 'Kelo'
• Supreme Rx: The health care law's pro-and-con spin doctors
• An attorney free-for-all
• LEGAL TIMES 150
• Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm

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2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Fast and Furious sticks as Holder's biggest 2011 flap	Top
For all the controversy that has plagued the U.S. Department of Justice under Attorney General Eric Holder Jr., from terror-trial venues to voting and immigrant rights issues, nothing has had more sticking power than the botched gun-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious.
2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Busy year for agencies but rocky start for newest one	Top
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's first five months in existence have been a bit like the old children's story, where terrified townspeople were convinced a monster was coming, only to find it was a lamb with its foot stuck in a can.
Judge awards $1.2B in damages against Iran for 1983 Beirut bombing	Top
A Washington federal judge on Dec. 21 issued a final judgment of $1.2 billion in damages against the government of Iran for its role in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut.
Apple wins one battle in Android wars, as ITC bars importation of infringing HTC phones	Top
The International Trade Commission handed Apple Inc. a win on Monday, finding that Android phones made by HTC Corp. infringe one of Apple's patents. The ITC commissioners ruled that all infringing HTC phones will be barred from being imported to the United States starting in April.
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A record for Clement; Van Ness Feldman and GordonDerr merge; guiding SEC punitive measures; writer says Eywa heard him first; Drinker Biddle takes it to heart; Daum revelations; and a U.S. Army Sikh doctor's faith rewarded in this week's column.
Verbal notice to clerk not sufficient to vacate transfer order, Federal Circuit rules	Top
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that a party's verbal notice to the court clerk's office of a settlement of a patent infringement case was not sufficient to support withdrawal of an order directing transfer of the case. But the court also ruled that the district court did not have to transfer the dismissed complaint.
SEC decides to appeal judge's decision that rejected proposed settlement with Citigroup	Top
Calling the court's decision "incorrect" and in "legal error," U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Division head Robert Khuzami announced that the agency is appealing a decision last month by Manhattan federal judge Jed Rakoff, who rejected the SEC's proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
In fiscal 2011, EEOC won record-breaking $365M for discrimination victims	Top
It's been a record-breaking year at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which received more discrimination charges than ever before and won an all-time high $365 million for victims of workplace discrimination, while simultaneously managing to reduce its huge backlog of cases.
Hostility apparently waning, Justice Thomas visits alma mater Yale Law School	Top
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who once said his Yale Law School diploma was worth 15 cents, visited his alma mater's New Haven campus on Dec. 14. But all his stops on the visit appeared to be private.
COURTSIDE: Stevens' spirited defense of 'Kelo'	Top
In his ongoing series of interviews and speeches, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens continues to shed interesting light on his career and colleagues, breaking the mold of former Court members who usually watch quietly from the sidelines.
Supreme Rx: The health care law's pro-and-con spin doctors	Top
Although Walter Dellinger and Randy Barnett view the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) through starkly different lenses, the two men have in common their long-time teaching credentials, their appellate skills and their profound interest and concern for the framework of government established by the Constitution.
An attorney free-for-all	Top
The long-running battle between Ecuadorian plaintiffs and Chevron Corp. lately has been overshadowed by harsh accusations and name calling between the big-firm lawyers in the case.
LEGAL TIMES 150	Top
The headcount among Washington firms continued to decline, but not as sharply as it did last year — the biggest recorded drop in 25 years. According to the Legal Times 150, our annual ranking of the Washington area's largest law offices, the number of attorneys employed at Washington firms decreased by 343 — a little more than 2.2 percent of the total market of 14,945 attorneys.
Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm	Top
Using unusually strong language, a federal bankruptcy judge recently slammed Washington's Butzel Long Tighe Patton for failing to disclose a client conflict and stripped the firm of nearly $72,000 in fees.

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