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• Duncan School of Law denied accreditation
• Apple wins one battle in Android wars, as ITC bars importation of infringing HTC phones
• This prize goes to the best law-related short story
• Study: Jurors can't distinguish between knowing and reckless conduct
• Southwestern hopes to transform itself through student housing
• Verbal notice to clerk not sufficient to vacate transfer order, Federal Circuit rules
• The 2011 Law Firm Billing Survey
• Asbestos is rearing its head
• Cigarette battle catches fire
• An attorney free-for-all
• D.C.'s handwriting test case
• ATM operator sanctioned for contempt
• ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Plaintiffs have their own duty to preserve
• ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Fears of discovery burden are exaggerated
• ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Overly onerous demands can backfire
• A lawyer's Christmas story
• THE PRACTICE: Courts split on issue over individual Chapter 11 cases
• OPINION: Bad words?
• OPINION: Gingrich would have ideology trump authority
• LEGAL TIMES 150
• ANTITRUST: DOJ's suit against AT&T: rhetoric v. reality
• LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW

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Duncan School of Law denied accreditation	Top
The ABA's Council of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted not to approve the Knoxville, Tenn.-school's accreditation application during its Dec. 2-3 meeting and informed the school on Dec. 20, according to a council memorandum.
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.
This prize goes to the best law-related short story	Top
A year after the American Bar Association paired with the University of Alabama School of Law to launch its Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction, Southwestern Law School and the Association of American Law Schools' Journal of Legal Education have announced a contest for short works of fiction related to law school or the practice of law.
Study: Jurors can't distinguish between knowing and reckless conduct	Top
Researchers conducted a series of tests designed to gauge how well jurors identified those mental states and assigned punishment under varying degrees of exposure to the code's definitions. The results were surprising.
Southwestern hopes to transform itself through student housing	Top
Southwestern Law School broke ground this month on the first on-campus housing project in the school's 100-year history. Coinciding with the project, Southwestern named James Camp, a former partner at McKenna, Long & Aldridge in Los Angeles, as its first assistant dean for property administration and development.
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.
The 2011 Law Firm Billing Survey	Top
It appears that modest annual billing rate increases are here to stay. For the third year in a row, law firms showed restraint with hourly rate increases, inching up at a rate only slightly higher than inflation in many cases.
Asbestos is rearing its head	Top
The Demersseman case, scheduled for trial next month in Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court, will be among the first to go before jurors as part of a newly formed coordinated proceeding designed to manage 250 asbestos cases in Southern California.
Cigarette battle catches fire	Top
A dispute is smoldering over cigarettes that consumers can roll at tobacco shops, pitting lobbyists from Patton Boggs and Arent Fox against each other as they seek to win the backing of Washington policymakers.
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.
D.C.'s handwriting test case	Top
A case before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals represents one of the only known handwriting-centered appeals based on a 2009 report critical of forensic methods other than DNA evidence.
ATM operator sanctioned for contempt	Top
A Boston federal judge issued a contempt order against ATM company Cardtronics Inc., ordering it to make its machines accessible to the blind by next March 15 and to foot the legal bill for the contempt proceeding.
ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Plaintiffs have their own duty to preserve	Top
Their attorneys must see that they obey it, especially since the client has a vested interest in the dispute.
ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Fears of discovery burden are exaggerated	Top
The law has evolved to the point that litigants have fair notice of what conduct is permitted and forbidden.
ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Overly onerous demands can backfire	Top
Federal courts have been ruling that prevailing parties are entitled to recover their discovery costs.
A lawyer's Christmas story	Top
We spend most of our time focused on our education and our careers, but real meaning and purpose is rooted in relationships. By restoring relationships that have been broken, you can create a foundation from which to realize a greater potential. But don't wait — opportunities that exist today may be gone tomorrow.
THE PRACTICE: Courts split on issue over individual Chapter 11 cases	Top
If absolute-priority rule applies, there's a big risk that all prebankruptcy property may need to be pledged to creditors.
OPINION: Bad words?	Top
In 'fleeting expletives' case, Court should recognize changed doctrine, culture.
OPINION: Gingrich would have ideology trump authority	Top
Such attacks are hardly ever motivated by incompetence of the branch whose power is being undermined.
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.
ANTITRUST: DOJ's suit against AT&T: rhetoric v. reality	Top
From a traditional antitrust analysis, it would be hard to see how the government can lose this one in court.
LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW	Top
Rising tuition. Misleading employment statistics. Inadequate skills training. One law school professor has launched a full-scale assault on the legal education system in response to these mounting issues. Are law schools in crisis?

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