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- Massachusetts AG's recent suit against banks one of handful nationwide
- Legal Sector Added 100 Jobs in November
- Federal Circuit Prods Delaware to Send Cases to Northern District
- Toyota strikes at the heart of consumer claims over sudden acceleration
- No Strict Liability for Resellers of Personal Data, Court Finds
- John Green on Improving the User Experience
- Recorder Roundtable: Employment Law
- Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
- Judge Sam Sparks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Former Debevoise associate sentenced to 15 years for forcing boy to be 'sex slave'
- Majority of Law Schools Post Higher Pass Rates for July Exam
- Apollo Group, Plaintiffs Lawyers Reach $145 Million Truce in Securities Class Action over University of Phoenix Student Recruitment
- Broward app maker claims theft by Facebook partner Zynga
- 'Say on Pay' Compensation Reform Working Better Than Expected
- Defense Argues Congress Excluded Poker From Definition of Gambling
- NLRB votes to streamline union organizing elections
- Court Says Plan Must Meet Obligations to Retiree Before Retrieving Funds Mistakenly Sent to Ex-Wife
- Though Lean, Court Budget Tries to Ease Impact of Prior Cuts
- Aderant Reveals Its Mobile Strategy for 2012
- Will Reverse Mentoring Work at Law Firms?
- What's Your Biggest Digital Distraction?
| Massachusetts AG's recent suit against banks one of handful nationwide | Top |
| A lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley against five national banks and a national mortgage registration system for allegedly illegal foreclosure practices in that state is the latest in a growing number of public law enforcement cases challenging banks' mortgage practices. Similar cases have been brought by the attorneys general of Delaware, Nevada and Arizona. | |
| Legal Sector Added 100 Jobs in November | Top |
| The legal sector continued to make modest gains on the employment front in November, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday. The uptick came amid a positive shift in the broader economy, as the unemployment rate dropped to 8.6 percent, its lowest mark in 2 1/2 years. | |
| Federal Circuit Prods Delaware to Send Cases to Northern District | Top |
| The Federal Circuit granted a writ of mandamus Friday ordering the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware to transfer a patent infringement suit to the Northern District of California. The decision could mean a lot more transfers of cases, say litigators. | |
| Toyota strikes at the heart of consumer claims over sudden acceleration | Top |
| Toyota has moved to dismiss the lead complaint brought on behalf of a class of consumers, arguing that most of the vehicles at issue have not experienced the sudden acceleration problems similar to those that caused a huge product recall. Separately, a federal judge has issued a final order dismissing foreign consumers' claims. | |
| No Strict Liability for Resellers of Personal Data, Court Finds | Top |
| Resellers of personal information gleaned from a driver's records cannot be held strictly liable for misuse of that information by purchasers under the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, the 2nd Circuit has ruled in a case of first impression. | |
| 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. | |
| Recorder Roundtable: Employment Law | Top |
| Four experts discussed recent developments in employment law at a Recorder Roundtable on Nov. 9 in San Francisco. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |
| Former Debevoise associate sentenced to 15 years for forcing boy to be 'sex slave' | Top |
| A former Debevoise associate convicted in 2010 of using a teenage boy in Moscow as a "sex slave" for more than a year has been sentenced to 15 years in prison on charges of traveling for the purpose of engaging in sex with a minor. Kenneth Schneider left Debevoise in 2000, according to the firm. | |
| Majority of Law Schools Post Higher Pass Rates for July Exam | Top |
| Eight of New York state's 15 law schools have reported higher pass rates for the July 2011 bar exam among first-time candidates, a change from last year, when 12 schools reported a lower pass rate over the 2009 exam. At the same time, schools' average pass rate remained static at 86 percent. | |
| Apollo Group, Plaintiffs Lawyers Reach $145 Million Truce in Securities Class Action over University of Phoenix Student Recruitment | Top |
| Seven years after shareholders first accused Apollo Group of misleading them about a government report on student recruitment practices at the for-profit University of Phoenix, a federal judge has preliminarily approved a $145 million settlement, with up to $48.3 million set aside for lead class counsel. | |
| Broward app maker claims theft by Facebook partner Zynga | Top |
| Hob Knob, a Florida-based social networking applications developer, is suing Zynga -- best known for its FarmVille, CityVille and Mafia Wars games -- for allegedly stealing its trade secrets. The lawsuit comes at a pivotal time for Zynga, which is gearing up for an initial public offering. | |
| 'Say on Pay' Compensation Reform Working Better Than Expected | Top |
| This year marked the first time that shareholders wielded a stamp of approval on executive compensation. But one of the big surprises of 2011 may be just how well corporate America fared in this first test of the new "Say on Pay" system. | |
| Defense Argues Congress Excluded Poker From Definition of Gambling | Top |
| Lawyers for two men charged with facilitating the massive trade in online poker took aim at the government last week, insisting that Congress exempted financial institutions from liability for processing gambling monies and did not include poker in its definition of gambling. | |
| NLRB votes to streamline union organizing elections | Top |
| The National Labor Relations Board has narrowly passed a resolution that would streamline union organizing elections by postponing appeals until after elections, with the goal of reducing disputes that are often resolved through the election process itself. | |
| Court Says Plan Must Meet Obligations to Retiree Before Retrieving Funds Mistakenly Sent to Ex-Wife | Top |
| A pension plan that mistakenly distributed half of a retiree's pension to his ex-wife must pay the retiree what he is owed before the plan recovers a dime from the woman, the 2nd Circuit has decided. The pension plan argued that requiring it to pay before it had recovered the funds would be a violation of federal and state law. | |
| Though Lean, Court Budget Tries to Ease Impact of Prior Cuts | Top |
| The New York state judiciary has submitted a cost-cutting, negative-growth $2.3 billion budget that absorbs $70 million in new expenses, mainly for salary increases and expansion of civil legal services. Under the proposal, judges would receive a 17 percent pay hike -- their first raise in 13 years. | |
| Aderant Reveals Its Mobile Strategy for 2012 | Top |
| Using HTML5 technology, Aderant plans to launch mobile versions of its software for law firms in spring 2012, the company's research and development chief said. Visit Law Technology News | |
| Will Reverse Mentoring Work at Law Firms? | Top |
| Reverse mentoring is when older employees seek training and assistance from younger colleagues better versed in technology -- from social media like Facebook and Twitter to the use of smartphones and other devices. But will law firms that are used to a rigid employment structure based on the partnership track adopt it? Visit Law Technology News | |
| What's Your Biggest Digital Distraction? | Top |
| The very technology that enables us can also disable us, whether that technology comes in the form of software glitches or the distractions of status updates, internet forum chatter and entertainment. Seeking solace in this digitally distracted state, LTN editor Michael Roach recently posed a question to the legal tech community: "What's your biggest digital distraction?" Visit Law Technology News | |
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