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• 9th Circuit agrees to hear early appeal in Toyota MDL
• Dueling motions in Kung Fu Panda copyright case
• In fiscal 2011, EEOC won record-breaking $365M for discrimination victims
• Defense counsel may not pull out of patent case despite client's nonpayment
• USC shelves plans for a tax LL.M.
• Professor's plea: Say no to 'law school porn'
• Fields insists: Client Pom's product is not 'snake oil'
• Congressional deal would give LSC $348M for 2012 budget
• Federal judge reduces patent damages against Microsoft from $70M to $26M
• Bumpy ride ends in legal fees settlement between O'Melveny, MGA
• LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW
• IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: In-house use of matter-management software
• OPINION: Let the cameras roll
• THE PRACTICE: Cases on malfunction theory, res ipsa's kissing cousin
• COURTSIDE: A Court with a human face
• The Minority 40 Under 40
• IP LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT

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9th Circuit agrees to hear early appeal in Toyota MDL	Top
A federal appeals court has granted Toyota Motor Corp.'s request to immediately review a lower court ruling that allowed millions of consumers to sue the company 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 to repair the defect.
Dueling motions in Kung Fu Panda copyright case	Top
Call it judicial jujitsu in a case over a martial arts bear. 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.
In fiscal 2011, EEOC won record-breaking $365M for discrimination victims	Top
It's been a record-breaking year at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which received more discrimination charges than ever before and won an all-time high $365 million for victims of workplace discrimination, while simultaneously managing to reduce its huge backlog of cases.
Defense counsel may not pull out of patent case despite client's nonpayment	Top
A federal magistrate judge has denied a bid by Minneapolis firm Leffert Jay & Polglaze to withdraw from a patent case, despite the fact that its client hasn't paid nearly $278,000 in legal bills.
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 that there would be a demand for the credential. But the legal market has changed dramatically since then, and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law is backing off a plan to add a tax LL.M. program.
Professor's plea: Say no to 'law school porn'	Top
It's that time of year when law school faculties are inundated with so-called "law school porn" — slick mailings extolling the virtues of individual law schools meant to influence law school rankings. Some legal educators believe the barrage of mail has gotten out of control, and proves that rankings are driving administrative decisions.
Fields insists: Client Pom's product is not 'snake oil'	Top
Pom Wonderful's 100% pomegranate juice is not "snake oil," but rather provides numerous health benefits widely supported by medical research, prominent litigator Bertram Fields argued in defending the company's health claims before a jury for the first time.
Congressional deal would give LSC $348M for 2012 budget	Top
The Legal Services Corp., the independent nonprofit corporation that provides civil legal aid to the poor, would receive $348 million for its fiscal 2012 budget under a deal House and Senate members released Nov. 15.
Federal judge reduces patent damages against Microsoft from $70M to $26M	Top
A California federal judge has cut a jury's $70 million patent infringement verdict for Alcatel-Lucent against Microsoft Corp. to $26.3 million. The ruling follows a remand by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after rejecting a $358 million verdict against Microsoft in 2009.
Bumpy ride ends in legal fees settlement between O'Melveny, MGA	Top
A spokeswoman for O'Melveny & Myers has announced a "mutually acceptable settlement" between the firm and MGA Entertainment Inc. in an ongoing dispute over unpaid fees.
LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW	Top
Rising tuition. Misleading employment statistics. Inadequate skills training. One law school professor has launched a full-scale assault on the legal education system in response to these mounting issues. Are law schools in crisis?
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: In-house use of matter-management software	Top
A large number of U.S. law departments have licensed the software, but smaller departments mostly have not.
OPINION: Let the cameras roll	Top
The Supreme Court's defiant stance against cameras is born of fear of change, nostalgia, a self-interested desire for anonymity, but most of all exceptionalism: the Court's view of itself as a unique institution that can and should resist the demands of the information age.
THE PRACTICE: Cases on malfunction theory, res ipsa's kissing cousin	Top
Shifting the burden of proof to the defendant can make sense for manufacturing defects, but not for design defects.
COURTSIDE: A Court with a human face	Top
Clare Cushman has compiled a treasure trove of colorful information about the Supreme Court and its justices, past and present, in her new book Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History.
The Minority 40 Under 40	Top
The lawyers profiled here were all born in the 1970s, a decade when law schools and law firms were just beginning to welcome minorities in significant numbers. The thriving careers of these lawyers — at law firms and in government, academia and public interest — attest to the greater opportunities available to them, as well as to their talents.
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.

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