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• Wilson Sonsini Lawyer Charged in $109M Insider Investment Scheme
• E-mail trail shows SG office's maneuvers on Kagan and health care
• Lateral Losses Cause Austin Firm to Fold
• Federal Judge OKs RICO Lawsuit Against IBM Execs
• Texas Appellate Court Overturns $13.5 Million Contingency Fee Award to Lawyer Whose Client Won Nothing
• Juniper's Ex-GC Ordered to Answer SEC's Backdating Questions
• U.S. Courts Have Diversity Jurisdiction Over Junk-Fax Suits, Circuit Holds
• House Republicans Want Legal Fees Capped in Cobell Case
• Wife of Deloitte Partner to Cooperate in Insider Trading Case
• False Diagnosis of ALS Results In Nearly $10 Million Verdict
• SIPC Will Get to Argue Alongside Madoff Trustee Picard in $6.4 Billion Case Against JPMorgan Chase
• Deal reached to avoid court furloughs, closure
• Minor, Former Prosecutor and Judge, Pleads Guilty in Witness Bribery Case
• Trustee, investors want to depose Scott Rothstein

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Wilson Sonsini Lawyer Charged in $109M Insider Investment Scheme	Top
Attorney Matthew Kluger allegedly stole information from Wilson Sonsini, Skadden and Cravath in an insider trading scheme that netted him and two accomplices $32 million in illicit profits, federal prosecutors charged in a complaint announced Wednesday.
E-mail trail shows SG office's maneuvers on Kagan and health care	Top
A release of documents under the Freedom of Information Act is shedding light on the internal workings of the U.S. solicitor general's office in 2010 before and after then-SG Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Lateral Losses Cause Austin Firm to Fold	Top
Clark, Thomas & Winters, a one-time 200-lawyer firm that once served as counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson, has closed shop after the departures of more than 50 lawyers over the past two months.
Federal Judge OKs RICO Lawsuit Against IBM Execs	Top
A federal judge has refused to dismiss a massive RICO suit against four high-level IBM executives who are accused of swindling a firm into investing $12 million in technology projects by hiding the truth about their market potential.
Texas Appellate Court Overturns $13.5 Million Contingency Fee Award to Lawyer Whose Client Won Nothing	Top
A plaintiffs lawyer persuaded a Texas judge to grant him contingency fees based on a TRO his side obtained, even though his role was extremely limited and his client paid $24 million to get out of the case. But an appellate court has decided otherwise.
Juniper's Ex-GC Ordered to Answer SEC's Backdating Questions	Top
A federal magistrate judge has ordered former Juniper Networks general counsel Lisa Berry to answer the SEC's questions about her role in an alleged $900 million stock option backdating scheme.
U.S. Courts Have Diversity Jurisdiction Over Junk-Fax Suits, Circuit Holds	Top
A precedential ruling by the 3rd Circuit opens the door to federal class actions against senders of "junk" faxes. Plaintiffs alleged that each defendant in the case sent more than 10,000 unsolicited ads to class members.
House Republicans Want Legal Fees Capped in Cobell Case	Top
Two House Republicans on Tuesday continued their effort to prevent the plaintiffs lawyers in the Cobell class action from getting more than $50 million in attorney fees for their work in the 15-year-old case.
Wife of Deloitte Partner to Cooperate in Insider Trading Case	Top
A woman facing SEC insider trading charges involving her husband -- a former Deloitte partner -- and some overseas relatives has pleaded guilty to a related criminal obstruction count and agreed to cooperate with the government.
False Diagnosis of ALS Results In Nearly $10 Million Verdict	Top
A 60-year-old man who requires a wheelchair because of undiagnosed degenerative disease of the spine was awarded $9.65 million in a Philadelphia jury award that bucks a local trend of decreasing damages in med-mal cases.
SIPC Will Get to Argue Alongside Madoff Trustee Picard in $6.4 Billion Case Against JPMorgan Chase	Top
A federal judge has ruled that she'll listen to what the Securities Investor Protection Corp. has to say on its position, shared by Madoff trustee Irving Picard, that his case against JPMorgan should stay in bankruptcy court, not go to federal district court.
Deal reached to avoid court furloughs, closure	Top
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has authorized a loan that will fill a $54 million budget shortfall that otherwise would have required furloughs starting next week and could have closed courts for much of May.
Minor, Former Prosecutor and Judge, Pleads Guilty in Witness Bribery Case	Top
Former prosecutor and judge Clifford Minor pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges related to accepting $3,500 to arrange a false criminal confession. Sentencing is set for July 18.
Trustee, investors want to depose Scott Rothstein	Top
Court-appointed bankruptcy trustee Herbert Stettin is seeking to compel the U.S. Marshals Service to deliver convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein "at a secure location chosen by the USMS" for a deposition.

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