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- Restrictive Rules Announced for Federal Courts Camera Experiment
- Lawyer in Mortgage Fraud Is Sentenced to 5 Years
- SEC Issues Second Wells Notice to LPHI, Naming CEO, CFO, and GC
- Law Professor Questions Constitutionality of Bill to Extend Mueller's Term
- Lost Generation of Lawyers Is Now Forgotten Generation
- Marc Greenberg on the Issues Companies Face With Social Media
- News Corp. GC Lawrence "Lon" Jacobs Resigns His Post
- No clear answers in health care suit
- Legal Misconduct Accusations Fly In Suit Against Muslim Civil Liberties Group
- Judge: Portion of False Marking Law Unconstitutional
- Shareholders insist BP is on the hook for assurances about safety
- Lawmaker Takes New Shot at Disability Access Suits
- Alien Torts Update: Kiobel Tees Up at Supreme Court
- California defense attorney accused of bribery; another attorney disbarred
- For Third Time, Justices Take Up H&R Block Class Action
- Coalition Seeks Clemency for Mexican Man on Texas Death Row
- Diversity Increases Among High Court Practitioners
| Restrictive Rules Announced for Federal Courts Camera Experiment | Top |
| The upcoming experiment with camera coverage of federal district courts, which begins July 18 at 14 courts around the U.S., will be governed by a restrictive set of rules announced Wednesday by a committee of the Judicial Conference. | |
| Lawyer in Mortgage Fraud Is Sentenced to 5 Years | Top |
| A federal judge has sentenced a New York attorney to five years in prison for taking part in a massive mortgage fraud scheme that cheated banks out of $23 million, saying that "some of the poorest people in the community" were "swindled by this fraud." | |
| SEC Issues Second Wells Notice to LPHI, Naming CEO, CFO, and GC | Top |
| Life Partners Holdings announced this week that it has received a second Wells notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning data it had released to investors. The amended notice said that SEC staff would recommend legal action against the company. | |
| Law Professor Questions Constitutionality of Bill to Extend Mueller's Term | Top |
| A Virginia law school professor told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that the method that senators are considering to extend the term of FBI Director Robert Mueller III could invite litigation. | |
| Lost Generation of Lawyers Is Now Forgotten Generation | Top |
| What happened to the young lawyers whose careers were wiped out by the recession? They're still there, pressing their noses against the thick law firm windows. One 2009 graduate tells The Careerist that of 30 laid-off lawyers he knows, only two have gotten Big Law jobs -- through personal connections.Visit The Careerist | |
| Marc Greenberg on the Issues Companies Face With Social Media | Top |
| Marc Greenberg,co-director of the Golden Gate University School of Law IP Law Program, recently spoke to LTN magazine's editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about some key social media issues for corporations, including how copyrighted material can be quickly distributed despite legal remedies. | |
| News Corp. GC Lawrence "Lon" Jacobs Resigns His Post | Top |
| In a surprise announcement Wednesday, News Corp. said senior executive vice president and GC Lawrence "Lon" Jacobs is leaving to "pursue new opportunities." Jacobs has played a key role in several major media deals during his 15 years at News Corp. | |
| No clear answers in health care suit | Top |
| The three-judge 11th Circuit panel hearing arguments Wednesday in a suit over the constitutionality of the 2010 federal heath care overhaul seemed to take pains to show they were open-minded on the case, grilling each side of the matter evenly. | |
| Legal Misconduct Accusations Fly In Suit Against Muslim Civil Liberties Group | Top |
| A fraud suit against the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations is fast becoming more about the credentials and political leanings of the attorneys involved than about the underlying case. | |
| Judge: Portion of False Marking Law Unconstitutional | Top |
| Throwing cold water on a hot area of litigation, a federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional the qui tam provision of the Patent Act's false marking statute, saying it improperly gives law enforcement authority to private individuals. | |
| Shareholders insist BP is on the hook for assurances about safety | Top |
| Misleading and false statements made by BP executives before the Deepwater Horizon oil spill were material to investors, not just a matter of corporate mismanagement, shareholders argued in court documents filed Monday in the securities MDL against the company. | |
| Lawmaker Takes New Shot at Disability Access Suits | Top |
| California's Senate minority leader has introduced legislation that would require would-be plaintiffs in disability-access suits to give business owners 120 days to fix access violations before they file suit. | |
| Alien Torts Update: Kiobel Tees Up at Supreme Court | Top |
| In a move that could backfire disastrously for human rights plaintiffs -- or ultimately expose their targets to massive liabilities -- the question of whether the Alien Tort Statute applies to corporate defendants has finally reached the Supreme Court. | |
| California defense attorney accused of bribery; another attorney disbarred | Top |
| A California attorney was taken into custody this week along with a police officer, after the officer allegedly accepted a bribe in exchange for falsely telling a DA's office that one of the lawyer's clients was cooperating with the Drug Enforcement Administration. | |
| For Third Time, Justices Take Up H&R Block Class Action | Top |
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed for the third time to hear an appeal in a nearly 20-year-old class action against H&R Block over the way it administered its now-defunct "Rapid Refund" program. | |
| Coalition Seeks Clemency for Mexican Man on Texas Death Row | Top |
| Backed by former judges, prosecutors and diplomats from across the U.S., lawyers are asking Texas officials to delay the July 7 execution of Humberto Leal Garcia. Arrested in 1994 on suspicion of murder, Leal is a Mexican national who was never told he had a right under an international treaty to contact the Mexican consulate for legal assistance.Visit International News | |
| Diversity Increases Among High Court Practitioners | Top |
| The demographics of the Supreme Court bar are changing, with last month's announcement that Indian-born Sri Srinivasan was taking the reins of O'Melveny & Myers' prestigious appellate practice just the latest sign that diversity is blossoming among high court practitioners.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
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