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• Hostility apparently waning, Justice Thomas visits alma mater Yale Law School
• Thompson Hines' new M.P. reflects on business, women's role in law
• Arrest made in hacker attack on KISS bassist
• How Occupy Boston ended more or less amicably
• Under FCPA, former Siemens executives charged with 'stunning' bribes of Argentine officials
• State lawsuits against Toyota encounter turbulence
• Verizon must pay $11 million per month in sunset royalties
• Attacks on EPA seen as nation's top environmental problem
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Debate over Web piracy act goes viral
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Personalized medicine: a dynamic patent landscape
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Debate continues over paid-in-full patent awards
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Domestic industries have more power to protect trade secrets globally
• THE PRACTICE: Appropriation art poses challenges for copyright law
• OPINION: A bright future for ADR
• OPINION: A call for prosecutorial accountability
• IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: In law departments, spending ticks up
• ANTITRUST: DOJ's suit against AT&T: rhetoric v. reality
• LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW
• The Minority 40 Under 40

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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.
Thompson Hines' new M.P. reflects on business, women's role in law	Top
Deborah Read has been named Thompson Hine's next managing partner. She talks to the NLJ about her plans for the firm, her projections for the legal market in 2012 and the state of women in the profession.
Arrest made in hacker attack on KISS bassist	Top
A Connecticut man has been charged with hacking into GeneSimmons.com, the Web site of KISS rock band bassist Gene Simmons.
How Occupy Boston ended more or less amicably	Top
A lawyer for a nonprofit organization that manages the land where Occupy Boston camped out was part of the legal behind-the-scenes wrangling that led to a Dec. 7 court order denying the protesters' bid to stay.
Under FCPA, former Siemens executives charged with 'stunning' bribes of Argentine officials	Top
The biggest-ever Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case lives on with the announcement that eight former executives and agents of Siemens AG have been charged with bribing officials in Argentina to get a $1 billion government contract.
State lawsuits against Toyota encounter turbulence	Top
The bumpy ride toward the first trial against Toyota over sudden acceleration claims got bumpier when a Los Angeles judge told lead plaintiff lawyers to tear up the complaints in their proposed bellwether cases and suggested that a wrongful death case might have a higher priority.
Verizon must pay $11 million per month in sunset royalties	Top
Verizon Communications Inc. is on the hook for about $11 million in royalty payments for each of the next six months following a jury's verdict that its FiOS television service infringed on patents held by ActiveVideo Networks Inc.
Attacks on EPA seen as nation's top environmental problem	Top
Republican attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency constitute the most pressing development in environmental law and policy facing the United States, according to Vermont Law School's 2011-'12 Environmental Watch List.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Debate over Web piracy act goes viral	Top
Opponents predict end of a free Internet; supporters say that's a huge exaggeration.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Personalized medicine: a dynamic patent landscape	Top
One legal question arising from recent advances in personalized medicine concerns the right of a patent owner to demand a patent license fee or simply to stop a third party from using a patented technology, such as a gene sequence.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Debate continues over paid-in-full patent awards	Top
Defendants prefer them, while patent owners seek compensation for willful future infringement.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Domestic industries have more power to protect trade secrets globally	Top
In TianRui v. ITC, the Federal Circuit upheld an ITC decision denying importation of goods when the trade secret misappropriation occurred outside the U.S.
THE PRACTICE: Appropriation art poses challenges for copyright law	Top
The 2d Circuit's forthcoming ruling in 'Cariou v. Prince' likely will be a significant landmark in the debate.
OPINION: A bright future for ADR	Top
Despite some challenges, alternative dispute resolution can remain a major force in resolving complex disputes.
OPINION: A call for prosecutorial accountability	Top
New research shows that prosecutors are rarely disciplined when misconduct occurs.
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: In law departments, spending ticks up	Top
Survey indicates a majority of chief legal officers increased internal and external budgets in the past year.
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?
The Minority 40 Under 40	Top
The lawyers profiled here were all born in the 1970s, a decade when law schools and law firms were just beginning to welcome minorities in significant numbers. The thriving careers of these lawyers — at law firms and in government, academia and public interest — attest to the greater opportunities available to them, as well as to their talents.

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