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- Finding Deal Created Conflict for Firm, Circuit Revives Suit
- Housing Agency IG Report Slams $1.35 Billion Settlement with BoA
- Senators Reach Deal on 10 Judicial Nominees
- Claims Against Mets Owner Narrowed in Madoff Case
- So How Much Are the Lawyers Making Off the NBA Lockout?
- Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing
- Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Jonathan Turley
- George Rudoy on Legal Technology Consolidation
- Video: Robert Peck, Appellate Lawyer of the Week
- Mack Trucks Settlement of Class Action for $525 Mil. Approved
- Orrick wants to fire MGA again over a second billing dispute
- Text Messages Are Inadmissible Hearsay, Superior Court Says
- Sixth District Broadens Cellphone Search Authority
- Supreme Court Will Rule on Immunity for Outside Counsel
- Class-action suit against foreclosure attorney David Stern certified
- Coca-Cola CEO Pans U.S. Business Environment, Praises China
- $18 million Enfamil baby formula class action approved
- Verizon Backs Samsung in Fight Against Apple Injunction Bid, Promises to Fight All Efforts to Block Smartphone Sales
- Senate gets pulled into First Amendment dispute
- Panel: Emotional Distress Is Distinct Bodily Injury
- Antitrust Partner Leaves Bingham for Paul Hastings
| Finding Deal Created Conflict for Firm, Circuit Revives Suit | Top |
| The 2nd Circuit has vacated the dismissal of claims by a class of Nextel employees who allege Leeds Morelli breached its fiduciary duty by accepting a deal with Nextel in which the firm would be paid $2 million to persuade its clients to settle en masse, $3.5 million more on a sliding scale as claims were settled and another $2 million to work as a consultant for Nextel for two years once the claims were resolved. | |
| Housing Agency IG Report Slams $1.35 Billion Settlement with BoA | Top |
| The inspector general of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has released a report sharply criticizing FHFA managers who approved a $1.35 billion settlement with Bank of America for selling shoddy mortgages to Freddie Mac, saying the deal might have shortchanged taxpayers by billions of dollars. | |
| Senators Reach Deal on 10 Judicial Nominees | Top |
| Senate leaders have come to an agreement to consider 10 judicial nominees during the next several weeks, stepping up the rate at which senators have been considering judges in recent months. The nominees include candidates for the 4th Circuit and the high-profile Southern District of New York. | |
| Claims Against Mets Owner Narrowed in Madoff Case | Top |
| Dismissing all claims save those alleging actual fraud and equitable subordination, a federal judge has narrowed the $1 billion lawsuit brought by bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard as he seeks to recover money that the owners of the New York Mets received in the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. | |
| So How Much Are the Lawyers Making Off the NBA Lockout? | Top |
| As talks continue between National Basketball Association players and team owners, how much are the two sides spending on lawyers as they attempt to strike a new labor pact? Documents filed with the U.S. Department of Labor offer hints about the billables to come. | |
| Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing | Top |
| Doug Caddell, CIO at Foley & Lardner, speaks with LTN staff reporter Evan Koblentz at ILTA about his firm's policy of giving lawyers the freedom to buy the technology they need -- instead of dictating choices. Freedom of computing, he says, allows firms to focus more on business issues and less on infrastructure. | |
| Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Jonathan Turley | Top |
| When Jonathan Turley is not teaching at George Washington University Law School or blogging, he is a litigator whose cases can never be described as boring. In this video interview with Tony Mauro, Turley discusses his high-profile case on Utah's anti-polygamy law. | |
| George Rudoy on Legal Technology Consolidation | Top |
| George Rudoy, of HSNO (formerly of Integrated Legal Technology), speaks with LTN's Editor-in-Chief Monica Bay about the end of isolated services in law firms. Rudoy discusses the centralization of legal technology in firms looking to modernize and meet budgets across the board. | |
| Video: Robert Peck, Appellate Lawyer of the Week | Top |
| Tony Mauro talks to Robert Peck, president of the Center for Constitutional Litigation. | |
| Mack Trucks Settlement of Class Action for $525 Mil. Approved | Top |
| A federal judge has granted final approval of a $525 million settlement between Mack Trucks and a class of more than 9,300 Mack retirees who challenged threatened reductions to their lifetime health benefits. Mack was also ordered to pay more than $1 million in attorney and expert witness fees. | |
| Orrick wants to fire MGA again over a second billing dispute | Top |
| Orrick has moved to withdraw from representing MGA Entertainment, citing $3.85 million in unpaid legal fees and other compensation associated with a high-profile case against Mattel. If granted, the withdrawal would not mark the first time Orrick has fired MGA as a client. | |
| Text Messages Are Inadmissible Hearsay, Superior Court Says | Top |
| Unauthenticated text messages may not be admitted as evidence in trial, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled. Finding no evidence that a defendant wrote the drug-related text messages that police discovered on her phone, a unanimous three-judge panel granted her a new trial. | |
| Sixth District Broadens Cellphone Search Authority | Top |
| An appeals court has taken a California Supreme Court decision a step further, giving police broader authority for warrantless cellphone searches. The court held that police properly searched a DUI arrestee's cellphone, finding information that led to the seizure of a cache of weapons. | |
| Supreme Court Will Rule on Immunity for Outside Counsel | Top |
| The Supreme Court has agreed to take up Filarsky v. Delia, a California case that could determine whether private lawyers hired as outside counsel by local governments are immune from civil rights lawsuits challenging their actions. | |
| Class-action suit against foreclosure attorney David Stern certified | Top |
| A Miami federal judge has certified a class action suit brought on behalf of about 800 former employees of one-time foreclosure law titan David Stern who claim they were not given enough warning of their layoffs. | |
| Coca-Cola CEO Pans U.S. Business Environment, Praises China | Top |
| On Tuesday, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent opened a can of controversy in an article that quotes him criticizing the U.S. as a place to do big business and praising the environment for commerce in China. | |
| $18 million Enfamil baby formula class action approved | Top |
| A settlement worth up to $18.5 million has been approved for a national class of some 2 million consumers in a suit against the maker of Enfamil Lipil baby formula over ad claims that one attorney likened to "saying cereal can cure cancer." The deal includes an estimated $6.5 million in attorney fees and court costs. | |
| Verizon Backs Samsung in Fight Against Apple Injunction Bid, Promises to Fight All Efforts to Block Smartphone Sales | Top |
| Of all the available pretrial litigation tools in the ever-expanding smartphone IP wars, one of the most fearsome is a motion for a preliminary injunction to block a competitor's products. Now one of the biggest wireless carriers in the smartphone industry is stepping in to say enough is enough. | |
| Senate gets pulled into First Amendment dispute | Top |
| The U.S. Senate is making a rare exception to its policy against its employees offering testimony, allowing a member of Sen. John McCain's staff to submit a declaration in a pair of federal lawsuits in Arizona about when and where members of the public can distribute flyers on government property. | |
| Panel: Emotional Distress Is Distinct Bodily Injury | Top |
| The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled emotional distress from witnessing a family member killed by a car is a distinct bodily injury covered by an automobile insurance policy. The court ruled it fell under the policy definition of "bodily injury," even though there was no physical injury. | |
| Antitrust Partner Leaves Bingham for Paul Hastings | Top |
| Paul Hastings has lured away one of Bingham McCutchen's leading antitrust partners. Holly House joined Paul Hastings' San Francisco office Friday as partner after 23 years with Bingham. She had served as co-chairwoman of Bingham's antitrust and trade regulation practice group since 2007. Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
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