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• Another barrier to law school: an unsavory digital trail
• Jenner's Andrew Weissmann Tapped as New FBI GC
• DOJ Approves Grupo Bimbo Acquisition of Sara Lee Unit
• Judge won't let BP fast-track appeal on punitive damages
• ACC Surveys CLOs on Hiring, Headaches, and Happiness
• Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
• The Final Rothstein Auction
• Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing
• Appellate Lawyer of the Week: Jonathan Turley
• A big gift for Bybee
• Judge Trims False Advertising Suit over 'Corn Sugar'; Table Sugar Plaintiffs Sweeten Legal Team with Mark Lanier
• Federal judges seeking belated COLA increases to appear before Federal Circuit
• Federal Judge Guts WaMu Securities Class Action but Certifies MBS Investor Class
• GOP Candidates Would Cut Federal Judges' Power
• Disney Entitled to $56 Million From Dish Network, Jury Finds
• Doomsday at the high court: What to do?
• Blackwater Guards Pitch Manslaughter Case To U.S. Supreme Court
• Fourth Circuit Squelches $400 Million Tax Maneuver by Capital One
• Lawyer Who Fled Criminal Charges 3 Years Ago Found in Wyoming
• Former Divorce Client Sues Fulbright, Partner Alleging Malpractice
• Court Faults Judge, Orders New Trial in Shooting of Officer
• Baltimore Firm to Represent Howrey Creditors
• Anatomy of a Lateral Move
• Daisy Wong, Would-Be Bridget Jones of the Hong Kong Legal Scene

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Another barrier to law school: an unsavory digital trail	Top
Prospective law students might want to do a little editing of their social media pages. A new poll has found that law school administrators take social media and online activity seriously, with 32 percent reporting that they had found something online that hurt an applicant's chances of gaining admission.
Jenner's Andrew Weissmann Tapped as New FBI GC	Top
Andrew Weissmann, the former director of the federal government's Enron task force, has left his post as co-chair of Jenner & Block's white-collar defense and investigations practice to become the Federal Bureau of Investigation's new general counsel.
DOJ Approves Grupo Bimbo Acquisition of Sara Lee Unit	Top
The Department of Justice has given the green light for the food company Grupo Bimbo to acquire Sara Lee's North American bakery business at a value of $959 million. The deal was one of the first transactions that underwent the DOJ's revised 2010 Merger Guidelines.
Judge won't let BP fast-track appeal on punitive damages	Top
The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has refused to allow BP to immediately appeal his ruling allowing a large number of plaintiffs to seek punitive damages.
ACC Surveys CLOs on Hiring, Headaches, and Happiness	Top
Surprisingly, many chief legal officers feel that their most difficult problem is not reining in outside counsel expenses or dealing with tougher regulators, but shoring up in-house communications, according to the annual Association of Corporate Counsel survey released Monday.
Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'	Top
LTN reporter Evan Koblentz speaks with Berwin Leighton Paisner CIO Janet Day about her "concept of nirvana," in which the consumerization of IT in law firms -- where lawyers use and maintain their favorite devices for work -- makes the help desk unnecessary. Koblentz and Day also discuss Hewlett-Packard's move to become more consumer-focused as Apple potentially becomes more business-focused.
The Final Rothstein Auction	Top
The third and final auction of items from Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein features a stuffed lion, dozens of pricey shoes and dresses and a $3,000 Hello Kitty purse.
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.
A big gift for Bybee	Top
Latham & Watkins' Maureen Mahoney took on a major assignment when she agreed to represent Jay Bybee, a federal appellate judge who was accused of violating ethics rules for his work at DOJ on "torture memos." Newly released records show just how big the assignment was.
Judge Trims False Advertising Suit over 'Corn Sugar'; Table Sugar Plaintiffs Sweeten Legal Team with Mark Lanier	Top
A federal judge on Friday allowed the sugar industry's false advertising suit against a corn syrup trade group to move forward, but granted motions to dismiss claims against some top corn producers. The plaintiffs announced Saturday that trial lawyer W. Mark Lanier will be joining team sugar.
Federal judges seeking belated COLA increases to appear before Federal Circuit	Top
A group of federal judges challenging Congress' denial of cost-of-living increases in judicial salaries in the mid-to-late 1990s will be back before the Federal Circuit in December. The circuit will review whether issue preclusion bars the judges from litigating their compensation clause challenge.
Federal Judge Guts WaMu Securities Class Action but Certifies MBS Investor Class	Top
Plaintiffs lawyers on Friday won a rare class certification ruling in a mortgage-backed securities suit against Washington Mutual, but the judge slashed the potential value of the claims by about 80 percent and went further than most courts have gone in examining MBS plaintiffs' standing.
GOP Candidates Would Cut Federal Judges' Power	Top
Six of the eight Republican presidential candidates are proposing limits on the judiciary, such as wiping away lifetime tenure for federal judges, cutting the budgets of courts that displease them or allowing Congress to override Supreme Court rulings on constitutional issues.
Disney Entitled to $56 Million From Dish Network, Jury Finds	Top
A New York jury has found that The Walt Disney Co. properly collected about $56 million in fees from 2007 to 2010 from the Dish Network Corp. for the rights to carry four high-definition channels affiliated with the entertainment giant.
Doomsday at the high court: What to do?	Top
What would happen if some or all of the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court were taken out in a terrorist attack? A new report offers proposals to deal with the nightmare scenario, including creation of an interim emergency court to handle immediate matters after an attack.
Blackwater Guards Pitch Manslaughter Case To U.S. Supreme Court	Top
The former Blackwater security guards charged with manslaughter in a shooting in Iraq want the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision that revived the stalled prosecution in Washington federal district court. Much of the litigation in the case has been conducted under seal.
Fourth Circuit Squelches $400 Million Tax Maneuver by Capital One	Top
The 4th Circuit has rejected Capital One's contention that it merely wanted to rectify its previous accounting to conform with the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 when it petitioned to retroactively change its reporting of credit card late fee income, reducing its taxable income by $400 million.
Lawyer Who Fled Criminal Charges 3 Years Ago Found in Wyoming	Top
After three years on the lam, a Long Island, N.Y., attorney who disappeared amid allegations he looted over $200,000 from a client escrow account has been captured in Wyoming. Edward A. Christensen faces up to 15 years in prison on charges of second-degree grand larceny and first-degree scheme to defraud.
Former Divorce Client Sues Fulbright, Partner Alleging Malpractice	Top
A Houston man has filed a malpractice suit against lawyer Stewart W. Gagnon and his firm, Fulbright & Jaworski, alleging they failed to use "ordinary care" when representing him in a 2010 divorce and "engaged in a practice of excessive billing and over billing for tasks performed."
Court Faults Judge, Orders New Trial in Shooting of Officer	Top
A man who was convicted of shooting a police officer was denied a fair trial by a judge who made legal errors and displayed an "antagonistic attitude" to defense counsel, a New York state appeals court has ruled.
Baltimore Firm to Represent Howrey Creditors	Top
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is taking over as counsel to Howrey's unsecured creditors committee from Felderstein Fitzgerald Willoughby & Pascuzzi. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali gave the green light to the Whiteford firm, including partner Bradford Englander, to step in for Thomas Willoughby.
Anatomy of a Lateral Move	Top
Each year about one in 20 partners faces a lateral move, writes consultant Laurence R. Latourette. He explains how firms evaluate candidates, the materials that candidates should produce, the typical sequence of events involved in a lateral move and how candidates can best prepare for those events.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views
Daisy Wong, Would-Be Bridget Jones of the Hong Kong Legal Scene	Top
Daisy Wong writes a Chinese-language blog, newspaper column and book series purportedly chronicling the personal and professional life of a young female associate at one of the top law firms in Hong Kong. Is she for real? Several lawyers speculate she is not, but that the featured firm and the lawyers are based on real-life equivalents.Visit International News

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