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- In passport clash, a question of the president's powers
- McAfee Defeats Ex-GC's Malicious Prosecution Claim
- Pepper Hamilton Leads Eli Lilly To Victory in First Zyprexa Trial
- O'Melveny: Settlement talks with MGA near collapse
- In Overdraft Fee MDL, Union Bank Agrees To Settle for $35 Million
- John D. Green on Improving the End-User Experience
- Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
- The Final Rothstein Auction
- Doug Caddell on Foley & Lardner's Freedom of Computing
- Kitty Genovese's Murderer Is Denied Parole
- Judge finds tobacco companies likely to prevail in graphic labels case
- Bilski Leads Federal Circuit To Reverse Ruling on Software Method Patent
- Lawyer in Luzerne County Scandal Gets 18 Months
- Many Fortune 500 Policies Unclear on Foreign 'Grease Payments'
- Former Purdue GC Calls 12-Year Debarment 'Unreasonable'
- Feds seek to delay SEC lawsuit
- Rothstein investor agrees to settle for $25 million
- Phila. Archdiocese Shakes Up Legal Team in Sex Abuse Scandal
- Asbestos Dispute Will Test Component Parts Defense
- Professor's fraud judgment against Whittier College upheld
- Survey: Women's Ambitions Losing Out to Desire for Flexibility
| In passport clash, a question of the president's powers | Top |
| A seemingly narrow-gauge dispute over the wording used on certain U.S. passports triggered a broad-ranging discussion at the Supreme Court on Monday about the separation of powers in matters of foreign policy. | |
| McAfee Defeats Ex-GC's Malicious Prosecution Claim | Top |
| Former McAfee general counsel Kent Roberts was able to beat all stock option backdating charges against him several years ago, but his attempt at further vindication ran aground at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. | |
| Pepper Hamilton Leads Eli Lilly To Victory in First Zyprexa Trial | Top |
| Until recently, Eli Lilly had spent $1.2 billion to settle nearly all of the 33,000 suits filed by patients who took its anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa, without testing a single case at trial. This autumn the company decided to take a case to trial, and on Friday a jury came back with a defense verdict. | |
| O'Melveny: Settlement talks with MGA near collapse | Top |
| A tentative settlement of O'Melveny & Myers' $10.2 million billing dispute with former client MGA Entertainment is on the verge of falling apart, an attorney for the law firm told a judge on Monday, saying: "If it doesn't happen this week, it's not going to happen." | |
| In Overdraft Fee MDL, Union Bank Agrees To Settle for $35 Million | Top |
| On Monday, a judge finalized a proposed $410 million settlement by BofA in the overdraft litigation against it. In a separate action, Union Bank -- the first defendant to have a class certified against it in the consolidated overdraft litigation in Miami -- has agreed to a $35 million settlement. | |
| John D. Green on Improving the End-User Experience | Top |
| John D. Green, CIO of Baker Donelson, speaks at ILTA with LTN's editor in chief, Monica Bay, about an initiative to improve the end-user experience at his firm by tracking and mapping every application in use using the Aternity Frontline Performance Intelligence software. | |
| 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. | |
| Kitty Genovese's Murderer Is Denied Parole | Top |
| One of New York's most notorious killers in the past half century has been denied parole for the 15th time. Officials notified 76-year-old Winston Moseley on Monday that he will remain behind bars, with another chance for release two years from now. | |
| Judge finds tobacco companies likely to prevail in graphic labels case | Top |
| D.C. federal Judge Richard Leon gave cigarette manufacturers contesting the Food and Drug Administration's new graphic warning labels a victory on Monday, finding that they were likely to succeed and granting their request for a preliminary injunction to delay enforcement. | |
| Bilski Leads Federal Circuit To Reverse Ruling on Software Method Patent | Top |
| In a short and deferential opinion that stands in sharp contrast to other more questioning decisions it has handed down since Bilski, the Federal Circuit reversed a 2009 ruling that invalidated two business method patents owned by a non-practicing entity called FuzzySharp Technologies. | |
| Lawyer in Luzerne County Scandal Gets 18 Months | Top |
| A federal judge has sentenced the former co-owner of two juvenile detention facilities to 18 months in prison for his role in the Luzerne County judicial scandal. Robert Powell admitted to siphoning $2.8 million in kickbacks to former judges and the builder of PA Child Care and Western PA Child Care. | |
| Many Fortune 500 Policies Unclear on Foreign 'Grease Payments' | Top |
| Among Fortune 500 companies, only 19 of those with public codes of conduct prohibit their employees from making "grease payments" to foreign officials. But a whopping 373 companies deal with the same issue by simply not mentioning it at all in their codes of conduct, according to a new study. | |
| Former Purdue GC Calls 12-Year Debarment 'Unreasonable' | Top |
| The final briefs are in as government lawyers press an appeals court to uphold the unprecedented 12-year debarment from healthcare work slapped on a former Purdue Pharma general counsel and two other executives who pleaded guilty to failing to properly supervise the marketing of a dangerous drug. | |
| Feds seek to delay SEC lawsuit | Top |
| Federal prosecutors have intervened in the SEC's civil suit against a former executive of a children's clothing company to stop defense lawyers from deposing witnesses until after his criminal charges are resolved. But defense attorneys say the U.S. Attorney in Atlanta is seeking "to hijack" the SEC case. | |
| Rothstein investor agrees to settle for $25 million | Top |
| Miami Beach financier Ira Sochet, the second largest investor in Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme, has agreed to settle with the defunct Rothstein law firm's bankruptcy trustee for $25 million. If approved in court, the agreement would be one of the largest settlements to date in the case. | |
| Phila. Archdiocese Shakes Up Legal Team in Sex Abuse Scandal | Top |
| Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput is reorganizing the legal team representing the archdiocese in cases involving the sex abuse scandal. The changes alter, in part, the decades-long relationship Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has had as outside counsel to the archdiocese. | |
| Asbestos Dispute Will Test Component Parts Defense | Top |
| A few dozen amici curiae -- from manufacturers to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- have weighed in on an asbestos case before the California Supreme Court. At issue is whether manufacturers are liable for injuries because their products were used in conjunction with asbestos-containing products. | |
| Professor's fraud judgment against Whittier College upheld | Top |
| Whittier College committed fraud against a longtime law professor when it persuaded him to accept a buyout in 2006, a California appeal court has ruled, upholding an award of $350,000 in compensatory damages for emotional distress but throwing out $500,000 in punitive damages. | |
| Survey: Women's Ambitions Losing Out to Desire for Flexibility | Top |
| A whopping 73 percent of professional women surveyed for a recent magazine poll say they would not apply for their boss's job. Thirty-eight percent say they don't want the politics, pressure and responsibility. And 92 percent of the women surveyed say that flexibility is their top priority.Visit The Careerist | |
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