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• Memories of Microsoft
• Signature Issues
• An argument for diversity
• Toyota prevails in first acceleration claim to go to trial
• A wave of dismissals in wake of Federal Circuit ruling governing patent marking cases
• Disgraced university president surrenders law license
• COMPLEX LITIGATION: Courts search for class certification 'fail safe' factor
• COMPLEX LITIGATION: False alarm over the 'FERA' amendments
• COMPLEX LITIGATION: M&A on the rise — and litigation may well follow
• THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Take the high road to success
• The law and, notably, juror attitudes will make insanity defense difficult for Loughner
• OPINION: In Praise of the Nanny State
• OPINION: Age matters

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Memories of Microsoft	Top
With each new antitrust rumble, Google is starting to look a lot like Microsoft Corp. all over again.
Signature Issues	Top
Lamar Smith is at the apex of his career, as the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a position he's waited 24 years to reach. And because he knows he could lose it in two years, he's in a dash to cover as much legal landscape as he can.
An argument for diversity	Top
John Marshall Law School's National Diversity Undergraduate Mock Trial competition exposes minority students to the law and provides winners with up to $90,000 in financial aid for legal education.
Toyota prevails in first acceleration claim to go to trial	Top
A federal jury in New York has found that Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. was not liable in the first sudden acceleration case to go to trial.
A wave of dismissals in wake of Federal Circuit ruling governing patent marking cases	Top
The high pleading standard recently set by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for whistleblower cases against companies that falsely label products as patented is weeding cases out of dockets across the country.
Disgraced university president surrenders law license	Top
A former Arkansas state senator and president of a Florida university has handed over his law license after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.
COMPLEX LITIGATION: Courts search for class certification 'fail safe' factor	Top
Increasingly, they are stressing the necessity of ascertaining who the actual plaintiffs are.
COMPLEX LITIGATION: False alarm over the 'FERA' amendments	Top
Contrary to fears, in practice they have caused little change regarding whistleblower law.
COMPLEX LITIGATION: M&A on the rise — and litigation may well follow	Top
Techniques for minimizing the power of skeptical shareholders may land deals in court.
THE CONNECTED LAWYER: Take the high road to success	Top
How conscious capitalism can inspire high levels of consumer trust and loyalty without spending massively on marketing.
The law and, notably, juror attitudes will make insanity defense difficult for Loughner	Top
Research indicates that jurors' decisions about that defense are strongly influenced by their pre-existing attitudes.
OPINION: In Praise of the Nanny State	Top
Some libertarians' hypertrophied notions of personal liberty and their anti-nanny state rhetoric are way out of step with common sense and good public policy.
OPINION: Age matters	Top
In J.D.B., the Supreme Court should rule that, when children are interrogated by police, they are entitled to Miranda warnings, and their parents should be notified.

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