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- Sandusky Re-Arrested After Two Additional Accusers Come Forward
- Trial Begins in Virginia Tech's Challenge to $55K Fine for 2007 Shooting
- A last-minute stock sale keeps Breyer on patent case
- Judge Finds More Problems with Oracle Damages Estimate in Java Megasuit Against Google
- ABA seeks better treatment of the disabled by LSAT administrator
- 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
- Judge Rejects BofA's Bid to Disqualify Quinn Emanuel from $10.5 Billion AIG Mortgage-Backed Securities Suit
- Attorneys vying for piece of $123 million pie in Bank of America overdraft settlement
- Olympus Covered Up $1.7 Billion Losses, Panel Concludes
- Underwriters Reach $417 Million Settlement in Class Action Over Lehman Failure
- Another Partial Settlement in Epic Nuclear Contamination Case
- Williams Ends Pursuit of Death Penalty for Abu-Jamal
- Transgender woman's sex bias claim upheld
- 'Terrible T-Shirt' Infringes on 'Terrible Towel' Trademark
- Tea Party Organization Comes Out on Top in IP Battle With Former Member
- Herbert Smith to Reopen in New York
| Sandusky Re-Arrested After Two Additional Accusers Come Forward | Top |
| Jerry Sandusky was re-arrested Wednesday after two more alleged victims testified before a grand jury that they too were molested by the former Penn State assistant football coach when they were children. Sandusky was charged with four counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two counts of unlawful contact with a minor, all first-degree felonies, each punishable by up to 20 years in prison. | |
| Trial Begins in Virginia Tech's Challenge to $55K Fine for 2007 Shooting | Top |
| In the first trial of its kind, Virginia Tech is challenging a $55,000 fine levied by the Department of Education over its handling of an April 2007 massacre that left 33 people dead. Any precedent set in the case could affect a pending review of Penn State in the wake of its sexual abuse scandal. | |
| A last-minute stock sale keeps Breyer on patent case | Top |
| The family stockbroker for Justice Stephen Breyer was busy Wednesday morning, executing a last-minute stock sale that enabled Breyer to participate in a key patent case -- a strategy that justices have used more and more so that cases can be decided by as close to a nine-member Court as possible. | |
| Judge Finds More Problems with Oracle Damages Estimate in Java Megasuit Against Google | Top |
| In a tentative ruling, San Francisco federal district court Judge William Alsup threw out "a significant portion" of a damages report by Oracle's expert in a patent and copyright infringement suit against Google, warning that the expert might not get another chance to revise his $1.16 billion estimate. | |
| ABA seeks better treatment of the disabled by LSAT administrator | Top |
| The ABA's Commission on Disability Rights has asked the Law School Admission Council to change the way it handles requests for testing accommodations for the LSAT, to "ensure that the exam reflects what the exam is designed to measure, and not the test taker's disability." | |
| 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. | |
| Judge Rejects BofA's Bid to Disqualify Quinn Emanuel from $10.5 Billion AIG Mortgage-Backed Securities Suit | Top |
| Quinn Emanuel won't have to step aside as counsel to AIG in its $10.5 billion lawsuit against Bank of America, thanks to a federal judge's ruling Tuesday. But for the London partner that Quinn exiled from the firm when the conflict dispute flared up, the damage may already be done. | |
| Attorneys vying for piece of $123 million pie in Bank of America overdraft settlement | Top |
| A major battle is shaping up over some $123 million in attorney fees in the massive Bank of America overdraft class action. An Argentinian law firm is asking a federal judge to allow it to intervene in the case, while plaintiffs attorneys want their bid for fees to be decided in Florida state court. | |
| Olympus Covered Up $1.7 Billion Losses, Panel Concludes | Top |
| An independent panel has concluded that Japanese camera maker Olympus covered up losses amounting to $1.7 billion through a series of questionable deals. But the panel's report finds no evidence of involvement by Japanese organized crime groups. Nor does the report uncover any fresh evidence of suspicious dealings. | |
| Underwriters Reach $417 Million Settlement in Class Action Over Lehman Failure | Top |
| Combined with a previously reported $90 million deal with Lehman directors and officers, a proposed settlement with a slew of underwriters would bring plaintiffs' combined recoveries to $507 million. Next up for co-counsel at Bernstein Litowitz and Kessler Topaz? Claims against UBS and Ernst & Young. | |
| Another Partial Settlement in Epic Nuclear Contamination Case | Top |
| According to court records, 383 plaintiffs have agreed to settle their claims against the government that radiation from the now-shuttered Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state made them sick. Fewer than 1,000 plaintiffs now remain in a case that's been pending in federal court for 21 years. | |
| Williams Ends Pursuit of Death Penalty for Abu-Jamal | Top |
| Philadelphia's district attorney announced Wednesday he won't reseek the death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was convicted of first-degree murder in 1982 for the slaying of a police officer. The decision to discontinue pursuit of the death penalty effectively solidifies a life sentence for Abu-Jamal. | |
| Transgender woman's sex bias claim upheld | Top |
| In the first decision by the 11th Circuit extending a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on sex discrimination claims to protect transgender persons in the workplace, a panel ruled Tuesday that a transgender woman should be allowed to return to her job at the Georgia General Assembly. | |
| 'Terrible T-Shirt' Infringes on 'Terrible Towel' Trademark | Top |
| A federal judge has ruled that a Pennsylvania company's "Terrible T-Shirt" design infringes on the "Terrible Towel" trademark, a symbol used by Pittsburgh Steelers fans for 35 years, which is owned by nonprofit Allegheny Valley School Foundation and exclusively licensed to the Steelers organization. | |
| Tea Party Organization Comes Out on Top in IP Battle With Former Member | Top |
| A national Tea Party organization has won a battle with one of its founding members over ownership rights to the group's intellectual property -- including name, website and social media. The attorney for the Tea Party Patriots said she is pleased the outcome helped her client "retain its identity." | |
| Herbert Smith to Reopen in New York | Top |
| A leaked internal memo has revealed that top U.K. firm Herbert Smith plans within the next 12 months to reopen its New York office, which will focus on dispute resolution, including international arbitration and investigations. The memo also outlined plans to establish outposts in Francophone Africa, Korea and Germany.Visit International News | |
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