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- Prop 8 Proponents Have Standing to Appeal, High Court Says
- 9th Circuit agrees to hear early appeal in Toyota MDL
- Justices to Decide if Lying Journalist Fit to Practice Law
- USC shelves plans for a tax LL.M.
- Lawyer: Alleged Victim Intends to Testify at Sandusky Hearing
- Judge Sam Sparks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Recorder Roundtable: Employment Law
- John D. Green on Improving the End-User Experience
- Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
- Citi's Third Quarter Report: Robust Collections, Slowing Demand
- Dodgers accuse Fox Sports of trying to bust up plans for a sale
- Corporate Succession Issues Underlie Gaps in Executive Pay
- Yelp Hires Cooley for $100 Million IPO
- Sandoz Reaches $150 Million Settlement in Drug Pricing Cases Brought by Serial Whistleblower Ven-A-Care
- High Court Lets Stand Ruling Widening Doorway in Discrimination Cases
- With Lots of Help from Dukes, Seyfarth Shaw Nixes Class in ERISA Suit Against Motorola
- Former CHOP GC Hairston Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison
- As Sexual Abuse Scandal Swirls, Penn State Hires Reed Smith
- Owner of Rare Sports Car Wins Bid for Depreciation From Wreck
- Boies Not Only Veteran of NFL Labor Litigation to Stand Up for NBA Players
- Dueling motions in Kung Fu Panda copyright case
- Judge Revives Employee Securities Class Action Against Citi
- Kilpatrick Townsend Wins Appeal for Pork Producer in Nuisance Suit
- In Special Education Class Action, Judge Finds D.C. Failed to Provide Services
- Pace Solo Incubator Will Assist Low-Income Clients
- Arbitration Targeted in Final Fight Over Korea FTA Passage
| Prop 8 Proponents Have Standing to Appeal, High Court Says | Top |
| In a unanimous decision in Perry v. Brown, the California Supreme Court concluded Thursday that supporters of the state's gay marriage ban have legal standing to defend the ban even though California officials have refused to do so. Both sides say the ruling -- a response to a 9th Circuit question posed in January -- clears the way for the federal appeals court to reach a decision on the merits of the case. | |
| 9th Circuit agrees to hear early appeal in Toyota MDL | Top |
| The 9th Circuit has granted Toyota Motor Corp.'s request to immediately review a lower court ruling that allowed millions of consumers to sue for damages even though their cars didn't experience a defect or sell for reduced prices following the company's recall of more than 8 million vehicles. | |
| Justices to Decide if Lying Journalist Fit to Practice Law | Top |
| The California Supreme Court will decide whether Stephen Glass, the former journalist whose career collapsed in a web of lies, should be accepted into the State Bar, the justices have announced, marking the first time in 11 years that the court has granted review in a moral character case. | |
| USC shelves plans for a tax LL.M. | Top |
| Launching master of law programs in tax seemed like a great idea when employers were confident there would be a demand for the credential. But the legal market has changed dramatically, and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law is backing off a plan to add a tax LL.M. program. | |
| Lawyer: Alleged Victim Intends to Testify at Sandusky Hearing | Top |
| Disgraced coach Jerry Sandusky will hear from at least one of his alleged sexual abuse victims at his preliminary hearing, according to a lawyer for one of the persons mentioned in a grand jury report in the case. | |
| 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 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. | |
| Citi's Third Quarter Report: Robust Collections, Slowing Demand | Top |
| A quick look at the numbers for the first three quarters of 2011 suggests there is good news for the legal industry -- but also some cause for concern. Collections were strong during the third quarter, but demand growth slowed, which could mean a rocky start to 2012. | |
| Dodgers accuse Fox Sports of trying to bust up plans for a sale | Top |
| The bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers have sued Fox Sports, alleging that the broadcaster is interfering with plans to sell the baseball team. The complaint seeks damages and an injunction to prevent Fox Sports from ruining plans to sell the team's future broadcast rights through a planned auction. | |
| Corporate Succession Issues Underlie Gaps in Executive Pay | Top |
| How big a risk does a business face when the CEO earns princely sums -- especially if that pay package far outsizes those of other executives at the company? Part of the answer may depend on succession planning and grooming future leadership. | |
| Yelp Hires Cooley for $100 Million IPO | Top |
| Cooley attorneys are representing review site Yelp in its upcoming initial public offering. Business partner Kenneth Guernsey is leading the team, along with partner Craig Jacoby and associate David Peinsipp. Yelp did not disclose in its Thursday filing which exchange will trade its stock or how many shares it will sell. | |
| Sandoz Reaches $150 Million Settlement in Drug Pricing Cases Brought by Serial Whistleblower Ven-A-Care | Top |
| After 16 years and more than $2.5 billion in recoveries, Ven-A-Care's qui tam assault on the pharmaceuticals industry is still going strong. Novartis generics unit Sandoz has agreed to pay $150 million to settle suits brought on behalf of the federal government and the states of Florida and California. | |
| High Court Lets Stand Ruling Widening Doorway in Discrimination Cases | Top |
| The California Supreme Court on Wednesday let stand a decision reinstating a case against a Bakersfield lawyer -- a ruling that some employment lawyers say expands the use of "me too" evidence in discrimination and harassment cases. | |
| With Lots of Help from Dukes, Seyfarth Shaw Nixes Class in ERISA Suit Against Motorola | Top |
| Since June, class action defendants have wielded the Supreme Court's Wal-Mart decision to wipe out a variety of claims on the grounds that the proposed classes couldn't meet the commonality requirements set forth by the Court. Now the ruling has claimed another victim: an ERISA class action against Motorola. | |
| Former CHOP GC Hairston Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison | Top |
| Roosevelt Hairston Jr., convicted earlier this year of embezzling $1.7 million from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, was sentenced Wednesday to 48 months in prison. Hairston was terminated from CHOP in February for what the hospital said at the time were "financial irregularities." | |
| As Sexual Abuse Scandal Swirls, Penn State Hires Reed Smith | Top |
| Penn State University has hired Reed Smith to advise its board of trustees, which has formed a special committee to conduct an internal investigation into allegations that a former assistant football coach sexually abused young boys and that two top school administrators helped conceal his actions. | |
| Owner of Rare Sports Car Wins Bid for Depreciation From Wreck | Top |
| The owner of a 2000 Ford GT damaged by a drunken driver is entitled not only to compensation for the cost of repairs to the iconic, supercharged sports car, but also for the depreciated value of a vehicle no longer in "original factory condition," according to a New York appellate court. | |
| Boies Not Only Veteran of NFL Labor Litigation to Stand Up for NBA Players | Top |
| Berens & Miller, a five-lawyer Minneapolis firm that served as local counsel to National Football League players in their antitrust suit against the league earlier this year, is now advising a group of pro basketball players in one of two antitrust suits against the National Basketball Association. | |
| Dueling motions in Kung Fu Panda copyright case | Top |
| A plaintiff who claims DreamWorks and Paramount infringed his copyrights in their "Kung Fu Panda" movies has asked the court to sanction the defendants for improper investigation tactics, but his opponents want the case dropped because he skipped a deposition. | |
| Judge Revives Employee Securities Class Action Against Citi | Top |
| Convincing a judge to change his mind is no small feat. But plaintiffs lawyers representing Citigroup employees managed it this week -- just barely -- in a purported class action accusing the bank of misrepresenting its exposure to subprime mortgages. | |
| Kilpatrick Townsend Wins Appeal for Pork Producer in Nuisance Suit | Top |
| In a ruling that represents a significant victory for the nationwide livestock industry, an Illinois appellate court has affirmed a trial victory for pork producer Bible Pork in a nuisance case brought by local homeowners over the hogs' waste and odor. | |
| In Special Education Class Action, Judge Finds D.C. Failed to Provide Services | Top |
| A six-year class action against Washington, D.C., public school officials over a failure to provide special education programs to preschoolers won't be decertified in light of the Supreme Court's June 2011 ruling in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. | |
| Pace Solo Incubator Will Assist Low-Income Clients | Top |
| Pace Law School is the latest to announce plans to launch a solo incubator: a school-supported law firm geared toward helping recent graduates learn how to run their own practices. Between five and seven recent Pace grads will offer low-cost legal assistance while attending seminars on the business of running a law practice.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views | |
| Arbitration Targeted in Final Fight Over Korea FTA Passage | Top |
| Earlier this month, more than 2,000 demonstrators in Seoul were so determined to disrupt the Korean parliament that riot police had to use water cannon to drive them back. The cause of such passion: the international arbitration clause in Korea's free trade agreement with the United States.Visit International News | |
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