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• Banks, FHFA debate how to coordinate 17 mortgage-backed securities suits
• Teva must pay Pfizer $378K in attorney fees for pursuing 'frivolous' claim in case over Viagra patent
• 1st Circuit: Hannaford customers can recover some foreseeable mitigation costs of data breach
• Judge rules MGA was too late with antitrust claims against Mattel
• Big law school loan provider getting out of the business
• Judge allows Orrick to fire MGA over unpaid bills
• Firms defend their work in Dodgers bankruptcy against trustee's attack
• Law school asks judge to toss graduates' fraud claims
• Kappos: Adjusting to the America Invents Act will take some time
• IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT
• OPINION: Patent Reform
• THE PRACTICE: Liebman's National Labor Relations Board legacy
• IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Scanners
• Protect innovators, not copyright lawyers
• WHO REPRESENTS CORPORATE AMERICA
• Small Firms, Big Companies: A Special Report
• THE PLAINTIFFS' HOT LIST

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Banks, FHFA debate how to coordinate 17 mortgage-backed securities suits	Top
Will they hang together or separately? That's the question before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where 17 of the world's biggest financial institutions are being sued by the Federal Housing Finance Agency for selling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac $200 billion worth of sub-par mortgage-backed securities.
Teva must pay Pfizer $378K in attorney fees for pursuing 'frivolous' claim in case over Viagra patent	Top
A Virginia federal judge has slapped Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. with an order to pay $378,285 of Pfizer Inc.'s attorney fees for its litigation conduct during Pfizer's case claiming Teva infringed its patent that underpins Viagra.
1st Circuit: Hannaford customers can recover some foreseeable mitigation costs of data breach	Top
Customers victimized by a data breach at Hannaford Brothers Co., a supermarket company, can bring some negligence and implied contract claims against the company, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has ruled.
Judge rules MGA was too late with antitrust claims against Mattel	Top
A federal judge has dismissed an antitrust suit brought by MGA Entertainment Inc. against Mattel Inc., concluding that it raised allegations that were too similar to the claims already contained in a related copyright case between the parties, but gave the Bratz doll maker an opportunity to amend its complaint.
Big law school loan provider getting out of the business	Top
A change in federal student loan policy has forced Access Group Inc., a nonprofit company that has been the largest single provider of loans to law students since 1983, to stop lending to new students and to shed most of its staff.
Judge allows Orrick to fire MGA over unpaid bills	Top
A federal judge has granted Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's motion to withdraw from representing MGA Entertainment Inc., maker of the Bratz doll, in its copyright dispute with Mattel Inc.
Firms defend their work in Dodgers bankruptcy against trustee's attack	Top
The U.S. trustee overseeing the bankruptcy case of the Los Angeles Dodgers has objected to about $350,000 in legal fees and expenses, arguing that work billed by attorneys to obtain financing over the summer was "not reasonably likely to benefit" the team.
Law school asks judge to toss graduates' fraud claims	Top
Each of the three law schools that have been sued for fraud by graduates this year has now answered with a motion to dismiss. Lawyers for the Thomas M. Cooley Law School filed its motion on Oct. 20, following motions by the Thomas Jefferson School of Law on July 18 and New York Law School on Oct. 13.
Kappos: Adjusting to the America Invents Act will take some time	Top
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is working hard to implement changes in the wake of the passage of the America Invents Act, but the changes will not immediately be perfect, PTO director David Kappos said Wednesday.
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.
Protect innovators, not copyright lawyers	Top
If Viacom succeeds in having last year's judgment in favor of YouTube overturned, it will be a crushing blow for small startups — the YouTubes, Facebooks and Googles of tomorrow.
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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