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- Facebook settles with FTC over privacy violations
- Michaels Stores Can't Dodge Consumer Fraud and Breach of Implied Contract Claims over Debit Card Scam, Chicago Judge Rules
- Biting Ruling Slams Lawyer for Misleading Appeal Court
- In Law Department Spending, Efficiency Trumps Cost
- Panel Absolves Dechert of Blame in Dreier Scam
- Judge Sam Sparks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Recorder Roundtable: Employment Law
- John Green on Improving the User Experience
- Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
- In Credit Suisse case, Court may be headed for the middle
- On health care, should Kagan and Thomas explain decision not to recuse?
- The 2011 Patent Litigation Survey
- 11th Circuit denies full court review of murder case
- New York Judge's Ruling Means Suit Challenging Ethics of Greenberg Ethics Specialist Can Proceed
- Justices Won't Review Bar's Takeover of Lawyer's Practice
- Syngenta Loses Bid to Duck Claims in Suit Over Herbicide Contamination
- D.C. Federal Judge Criticizes Man For 'Manipulating The Court'
- Panel Upholds Decision Barring Expert Testimony About the Role of Tylenol in Causing Liver Disease
- Lewis Tein settles clawback suit for $400,000
- Ex-Associate Sues Firm, Alleging Bias In Wake of Wedding and Pregnancy
- Lawyer Used Runner, Came Down on Associate Who Blew Whistle, Suit Says
- New York Law and John Jay to Offer Joint Degree in Law and Forensic Psychology
- U.S. Firms Line Up to Enter South Korea Market
- Bahrain Firm Seeks $1 Billion in Damages for Alleged Alcoa Bribes
- Women: Still a Blip on Big Law Firms' New Partner Radar
| Facebook settles with FTC over privacy violations | Top |
| Facebook has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived its users and failed to keep their information private, agreeing on Tuesday to establish a comprehensive privacy program that includes independent audits for the next 20 years. The consent decree includes no admission of wrongdoing, but if Facebook doesn't honor the deal, the company is on the hook for $16,000 per violation per day. | |
| Michaels Stores Can't Dodge Consumer Fraud and Breach of Implied Contract Claims over Debit Card Scam, Chicago Judge Rules | Top |
| In a ruling that may help mark the boundaries of liability for companies hit by debit card "skimming" scams, a federal judge has narrowed the scope of a putative class action against retail crafts giant Michaels Stores over the theft of data from 90 card readers at 80 store locations. | |
| Biting Ruling Slams Lawyer for Misleading Appeal Court | Top |
| In a scathing opinion Tuesday, a California court of appeal slapped a lawyer with $10,000 in sanctions to punish him for recycling a brief and otherwise misleading the court, while cautioning trial courts to scrutinize the evidence instead of rubber-stamping default judgments. | |
| In Law Department Spending, Efficiency Trumps Cost | Top |
| Law departments boosted their budgets for both in-house and outside counsel this year, according to an Altman Weil survey. Although respondents rated cost as more important than efficiency, 60 percent indicated they encouraged collaboration rather than competition among outside firms. | |
| Panel Absolves Dechert of Blame in Dreier Scam | Top |
| A company that lost $50 million in a fraudulent deal with former attorney Marc S. Dreier cannot recover damages from Dechert for certifying that the deal was legitimate, a New York appellate panel has ruled. Fortress Credit had accused Dechert of failing to do "even the most basic due diligence." | |
| Judge Sam Sparks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas | Top |
| U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks of Austin talks about the role of humor in the courtroom. | |
| Recorder Roundtable: Employment Law | Top |
| Four experts discussed recent developments in employment law at a Recorder Roundtable on Nov. 9 in San Francisco. | |
| John Green on Improving the User Experience | Top |
| John Green, CIO of Baker Donelson, speaks at ILTA with LTN's editor in chief, Monica Bay, about an initiative to improve the 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. | |
| In Credit Suisse case, Court may be headed for the middle | Top |
| Based on oral arguments in a securities fraud case Tuesday, the Supreme Court seemed headed toward the middle of the pro- or anti-business spectrum, giving both shareholder plaintiffs and the corporate and investment bank defendants something to like. | |
| On health care, should Kagan and Thomas explain decision not to recuse? | Top |
| Amid calls for the recusal of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas in the upcoming health care cases, an influential group that advocates for fair and independent courts is making an alternate suggestion: the justices should explain their decisions not to recuse. | |
| The 2011 Patent Litigation Survey | Top |
| Judges and lawmakers are working to deter patent suits and rein in damages awards, but you wouldn't know it from a new survey that ranks law firms according to how many federal district court patent cases they handled in 2010. The survey shows that patent litigation is booming at many firms. | |
| 11th Circuit denies full court review of murder case | Top |
| The 11th Circuit has declined further review of an Alabama murder case over a dissent that complains the court is showing undue deference to prior state court proceedings. At issue in the appeal was what a prosecutor said and allegedly did during closing arguments in Mark Duke's 1999 trial. | |
| New York Judge's Ruling Means Suit Challenging Ethics of Greenberg Ethics Specialist Can Proceed | Top |
| Greenberg Traurig shareholder Leslie Corwin's ethics are under fire in a pending lawsuit in which a hedge fund manager accuses Corwin and Greenberg of helping to cover up a client's efforts to first forge and then tamper with a key document at the heart of a separate suit. | |
| Justices Won't Review Bar's Takeover of Lawyer's Practice | Top |
| The California Supreme Court has declined to rescue a lawyer whose law practice has been taken over by the State Bar in litigation accusing him of a scheme to defraud desperate homeowners. Philip Kramer was one of four lawyers that California Attorney General Kamala Harris sued in August. | |
| Syngenta Loses Bid to Duck Claims in Suit Over Herbicide Contamination | Top |
| In what plaintiffs lawyers described as a watershed ruling in litigation against the agrochemical company Syngenta, a federal judge has ruled that Swiss parent company Syngenta AG must stand alongside its American subsidiary to face claims that the companies fouled water supplies across the Midwest. | |
| D.C. Federal Judge Criticizes Man For 'Manipulating The Court' | Top |
| A federal judge is refusing to allow a man to represent himself in a trafficking case, saying he has tried to manipulate the system by creating false conflicts among his lawyers to delay the case. Gregory Sitzmann was indicted in 2008 on charges he took part in a long-running cocaine distribution conspiracy. | |
| Panel Upholds Decision Barring Expert Testimony About the Role of Tylenol in Causing Liver Disease | Top |
| A Brooklyn judge was right to exclude testimony in a personal injury action from experts who said the plaintiff developed cirrhosis by taking Tylenol while offering little clinical data to support their opinion, a unanimous New York appellate panel has ruled. | |
| Lewis Tein settles clawback suit for $400,000 | Top |
| The Lewis Tein firm has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a clawback suit by the bankruptcy trustee representing investors cheated by convicted scam artist Nevin Shapiro. Shapiro hired former U.S. Attorney Guy Lewis and Michael Tein to represent him, first as a government witness and then as a criminal target. | |
| Ex-Associate Sues Firm, Alleging Bias In Wake of Wedding and Pregnancy | Top |
| The founder of a firm devoted to reproductive law is being sued by a former associate for alleged marital and pregnancy discrimination. Lauren Murray charges that Melissa Brisman yanked her off the partnership track while she was on maternity leave and later told her not to return. | |
| Lawyer Used Runner, Came Down on Associate Who Blew Whistle, Suit Says | Top |
| A personal injury lawyer has been sued by a former associate who claims he retaliated after she objected to his alleged use of a runner to drum up clients. Milagros Alvarez also alleges that after she left Karim Arzadi's firm, he tried to deter clients from following her by saying she had been passing bad checks. | |
| New York Law and John Jay to Offer Joint Degree in Law and Forensic Psychology | Top |
| New York Law School and John Jay College of Criminal Justice have announced plans to start a new joint degree program in forensic psychology and law. The first of its kind, the program will take four years to complete. Students will finish with an M.A. in forensic psychology from John Jay and a J.D. from New York Law School.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
| U.S. Firms Line Up to Enter South Korea Market | Top |
| Less than a week after a free trade agreement between South Korea and the U.S. was finalized, Cleary Gottlieb has announced plans to open a Seoul office, which will initially be staffed by two Hong Kong attorneys. Paul Hastings has also confirmed plans to put in its application to open a South Korea office as soon as regulators unveil the process.Visit International News | |
| Bahrain Firm Seeks $1 Billion in Damages for Alleged Alcoa Bribes | Top |
| In a complaint filed Monday in Pittsburgh federal court, Aluminum Bahrain BSC alleges that it overpaid $420 million for raw materials from 1997 to 2009 because companies affiliated with Alcoa and controlled by a billionaire businessman paid millions in bribes to company executives and Bahrain officials.Visit International News | |
| Women: Still a Blip on Big Law Firms' New Partner Radar | Top |
| Forget the euphoria that The Careerist's Vivia Chen previously reported feeling over new partner stats at large law firms. The latest figures show that women are still the minority among new partners, after all.Visit The Careerist | |
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