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- Law school recovering from massive tornado
- Lawyer's Facebook page became tornado lifeline
- AIG Taps Quinn Emanuel To File $350 Million Fraud Suit Against ICP Asset Management; More Suits Likely To Follow
- Judge Approves $760M Native American Class Action Settlement
- Par Pharmaceuticals Reaches $154 Million Settlement in Drug False Claims Act Case
- AmLaw 100 Webinar Video
- BofA's Successor Liability for Countrywide Is Alleged Again in New Mega-Suit by Insurers
- The Careerist: Yale Law Women's Picks of the Year
- Soon-To-Take-Effect Statute Bars Bias Against Unemployed in Job Advertising
- DUI lawyer says strip club coerced him into $19,000 bill
- Littler Mendelson Heads to Music City
- Judge Offers Test for Weighing Impact of School Bullying
- 'Unseemly Process' to Follow Announcement of N.Y. State Court Job Cuts
- Attorney-Penned Movie Features Mark Lanier Playing Trial Lawyer
- Law Students Help Iraqis Win Refugee Status
- Courts Struggle With Police Searches of Smartphones
| Law school recovering from massive tornado | Top |
| Students at the University of Alabama School of Law were hunkered down and studying Wednesday -- the first day of final exams -- when a tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa and skirted the university campus. See student video of tornado, shot from law school building (Crimson Tide Productions) | |
| Lawyer's Facebook page became tornado lifeline | Top |
| Georgia attorney McCracken Poston's eyewitness accounts of a tornado's impact on his hometown quickly became not just a running diary of destruction but also a clearinghouse of information about who was safe, who was trapped or injured, and how to get and give help. | |
| AIG Taps Quinn Emanuel To File $350 Million Fraud Suit Against ICP Asset Management; More Suits Likely To Follow | Top |
| AIG Financial Products has filed suit against ICP Asset Management in the first of a possible series of lawsuits against financial institutions in an effort to recoup billions of dollars that it lost because of alleged fraud. | |
| Judge Approves $760M Native American Class Action Settlement | Top |
| Following more than a decade of litigation, a judge has approved a $760 million settlement in a class action that American Indian farmers and ranchers brought over discrimination claims tied to government loan processing. | |
| Par Pharmaceuticals Reaches $154 Million Settlement in Drug False Claims Act Case | Top |
| Par Pharmaceuticals has agreed to settle drug pricing claims brought by serial whistleblower Ven-A-Care and three state attorneys general for $154 million. | |
| AmLaw 100 Webinar Video | Top |
| Robin Sparkman, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer, examines the latest Am Law 100 report and explains some factors that influenced gross revenue, revenue per lawyer, headcount and other key indicators of law firms' performance. | |
| BofA's Successor Liability for Countrywide Is Alleged Again in New Mega-Suit by Insurers | Top |
| Undeterred by a recent federal court decision absolving Bank of America from successor liability, five insurance companies have sued BofA and Countrywide in federal court, alleging securities fraud and negligent misrepresentation. | |
| The Careerist: Yale Law Women's Picks of the Year | Top |
| Normally, The Careerist's Vivia Chen is jaded about "best places to work" lists, particularly ones touting employers who purport to be good to women, children and pets. But she likes Yale Law Women's annual "Top Ten Family-Friendly Firms" list. Find out why.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
| Soon-To-Take-Effect Statute Bars Bias Against Unemployed in Job Advertising | Top |
| A New Jersey law due to take effect in June will prohibit job listings that indicate that only currently employed candidates will be considered for the positions. Violators face civil penalties of between $1,000 and $10,000. | |
| DUI lawyer says strip club coerced him into $19,000 bill | Top |
| A traffic ticket attorney is suing a Miami strip club, accusing it of charging $19,000 to his credit card after plying him with so much alcohol that he became "partially or temporarily unconscious." | |
| Littler Mendelson Heads to Music City | Top |
| In a sign of continuing expansion by employment firms, Littler Mendelson is opening an office in Nashville after picking up two partners from Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Miller & Martin. | |
| Judge Offers Test for Weighing Impact of School Bullying | Top |
| A federal judge has ordered a hearing to determine if a girl with learning disabilities was deprived of "a free and appropriate education" by the constant bullying she allegedly endured at a Manhattan public school. | |
| 'Unseemly Process' to Follow Announcement of N.Y. State Court Job Cuts | Top |
| The next round of layoffs in New York's court system will touch off a scramble in which senior employees whose jobs are being cut will claim the positions of less-experienced ones. There could be a domino-like effect in which one employee bumps another who, in turn, bumps a third, Chief Administrative Judge Ann Pfau says.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
| Attorney-Penned Movie Features Mark Lanier Playing Trial Lawyer | Top |
| Mark Lanier plays a trial attorney in "Puncture," a new movie that is loosely based on one of his cases. The movie recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. Written by attorney Paul Danziger, "Puncture" stars Chris Evans, who will be in "Captain America: The First Avenger" this summer.Visit Small Firms | |
| Law Students Help Iraqis Win Refugee Status | Top |
| What began as an effort by Yale law students to help Iraqis seek refugee status has evolved into a nonprofit organization with student chapters at nine law schools and three more on the way. The Iraqi Refugee Assistance Program appears to be the only group in the U.S. devoted to helping Iraqis seeking to resettle in other countries.Visit International News | |
| Courts Struggle With Police Searches of Smartphones | Top |
| Anyone carrying a smartphone now faces the risk that a minor traffic stop could permit the police to search through entire sets of e-mail, including the disclosure of embarrassing personal details or confidential business information. Ultimately the courts will have to decide whether to continue to rely upon decisions made before the invention of cell phones. Visit Law Technology News | |
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