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• Ripping a critic's mask off
• Judge spurns FDA power play
• IP LAW: Lawyers brace for patent reform
• A fight over 'Libya'
• Delaware Chancery dismisses shareholder suit against Goldman Sachs over risky practices
• Frustrated with ABA, senators ask DOE to scrutinize law schools
• New York Law School argues suit over data is meritless
• Following dean's resignation, Baltimore relents on law school money
• CFPB official calls mortgage servicers 'plagued' by consumer protection problems
• How to lose a securities fraud trial — and still win
• IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT
• OPINION: Patent Reform
• THE PRACTICE: Liebman's National Labor Relations Board legacy
• IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Scanners
• THE CAREERIST: At law firms, the kids are all right
• WHO REPRESENTS CORPORATE AMERICA
• Small Firms, Big Companies: A Special Report
• THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST

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Ripping a critic's mask off	Top
A former Cooley law student and anonymous blogger is locked in a court battle with the law school, which is attempting to publicly unmask and sue him for defamation.
Judge spurns FDA power play	Top
The Justice Department billed its civil case against a pharmacy as a no-frills application of long-established food and drug law. But the collapse of the closely watched case stung the FDA as prosecutors hit one snag after another.
IP LAW: Lawyers brace for patent reform	Top
The sweeping patent reform law enacted last month is expected to create new classes of intellectual property winners and losers as game-changing provisions kick in during the next 18 months.
A fight over 'Libya'	Top
As violence between rebels and government forces in Libya escalated in February, the conflict found its way to an unusual place — a cybersquatting case in Washington federal court.
Delaware Chancery dismisses shareholder suit against Goldman Sachs over risky practices	Top
The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a case that claimed Goldman Sachs breached its fiduciary duty to shareholders through a compensation structure that encouraged employees to take undue risks.
Frustrated with ABA, senators ask DOE to scrutinize law schools	Top
Two U.S. senators — Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) — have asked the U.S. Department of Education to compile 10 years' worth of data about law schools, focusing on key points including tuition, student debt and job placement rates.
New York Law School argues suit over data is meritless	Top
New York Law School on Oct. 13 filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by three former students who claimed the school inflated its post-graduate employment rates and salary data in order to lure students.
Following dean's resignation, Baltimore relents on law school money	Top
A little more than two months after the dean of the University of Baltimore School of Law resigned, complaining that the university was dipping too deeply into revenues generated by the law school, the university has agreed to give some money back.
CFPB official calls mortgage servicers 'plagued' by consumer protection problems	Top
During a press conference call on Thursday, Raj Date, Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury for the CFPB, said the mortgage service industry was "plagued by pervasive and profound consumer protection problems," and that the new agency would make monitoring it "one of the CFPB's top priorities."
How to lose a securities fraud trial — and still win	Top
Paul Hastings partner Howard Privette discusses the challenges of representing a client in a civil action who pleaded guilty to criminal charges arising from the same allegations.
IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT	Top
The sweeping patent reform law enacted last month is expected to create new classes of intellectual property winners and losers as game-changing provisions kick in during the next 18 months.
OPINION: Patent Reform	Top
Practitioners sound off on the merits and drawbacks of the sweeping new law.
THE PRACTICE: Liebman's National Labor Relations Board legacy	Top
The board she chaired returned to Clinton-era precedent in many areas but also fashioned unprecedented new rules.
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Scanners	Top
Profile of John Ellsworth, general counsel for ScanSource Inc.
THE CAREERIST: At law firms, the kids are all right	Top
Now that everyone and his mother has weighed in about the misery of young lawyers, I'm going to propose something radical: They're not that bad off.
WHO REPRESENTS CORPORATE AMERICA	Top
For this year's survey of the law firms who represent America's largest corporations, we've chosen to highlight one example of the longer-term relationships between in-house counsel and the law firms that represent them.
Small Firms, Big Companies: A Special Report	Top
Profiles of law firms of 50 lawyers and under that represent major corporations.
THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST	Top
These 20 firms are at the cutting edge of plaintiffs' work — and are giving defense players a run for their money. • Hare Wynn harvests big victory in rice row • In NYSE case, Labaton created a bull market • Whatley Drake finds healthy return in insurance fights

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