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• 2011: The Year in Review
• 2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Busy year for agencies but rocky start for newest one
• 2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Fast and Furious sticks as Holder's biggest 2011 flap
• Mass. state court says Web site confers personal jurisdiction over French company
• Higher threshold for false-marking claims already getting results
• Man sentenced to nearly 14 years in church burning
• War zone security guards claim breach of employment contracts
• Judge awards $1.2B in damages against Iran for 1983 Beirut bombing
• Hofstra dean headed to Washington and Lee
• Spurned by the ABA, law school strikes back with antitrust suit
• Law schools reflect wider problems with higher education, report says
• The 2011 Law Firm Billing Survey
• 2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Law firm life in 2012 will be strangely familiar
• Will 2012 be the year law firms begin to engage?
• A lawyer's Christmas story
• 2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: THE YEAR IN OPINION
• ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Plaintiffs have their own duty to preserve
• LEGAL TIMES 150
• ANTITRUST: DOJ's suit against AT&T: rhetoric v. reality

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2011: The Year in Review	Top
We attempt in this special issue to make sense of the past year and scope out what awaits in the future. The picture isn't always pretty, but cheer up: 2012 is an election year.
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.
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.
Mass. state court says Web site confers personal jurisdiction over French company	Top
A Massachusetts state court recently ruled it has jurisdiction to hear a case against Salomon S.A. because the company's Web site directs consumers to retailers that sell its products in the state.
Higher threshold for false-marking claims already getting results	Top
Robert Nissen of Washington's Nissen & Associates talks to NLJ about one of the first cases to address the heightened standard for false patent-marking claims under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act.
Man sentenced to nearly 14 years in church burning	Top
A federal judge has sentenced a Springfield, Mass., man to almost 14 years in prison for arson charges related to the burning of a Springfield church with a mostly black congregation soon after President Barack Obama's election.
War zone security guards claim breach of employment contracts	Top
A U.S. government contractor providing security guards at military bases and other sites in Iraq and Afghanistan has been sued for failing to pay overtime wages and provide meal and rest breaks to its employees.
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.
Hofstra dean headed to Washington and Lee	Top
Washington and Lee University School of Law officials have tapped Nora Demleitner to be its first female dean. She has led Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law since 2008.
Spurned by the ABA, law school strikes back with antitrust suit	Top
Two days after receiving word that the American Bar Association had denied it provisional accreditation, the Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law on Dec. 22 filed a federal lawsuit against the organization.
Law schools reflect wider problems with higher education, report says	Top
Rising tuition. Tough job prospects. Costly accreditation requirements. The challenges facing law schools are not unique to legal education, according to a report by the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning think tank.
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.
2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: Law firm life in 2012 will be strangely familiar	Top
The Careerist consults her crystal ball about the future of the profession.
Will 2012 be the year law firms begin to engage?	Top
Firms need to stop using social media sites as billboards and start using them to connect with people who would be difficult to reach otherwise.
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.
2011: THE YEAR IN REVIEW: THE YEAR IN OPINION	Top
Highlights of commentary in the NLJ on controversial issues of 2011.
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.
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.

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