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• Sandusky Re-Arrested After Two Additional Accusers Come Forward
• As Threatened, Advocacy Group's Ranking of LGBT-Friendly Employers Slaps Foley
• Attorney General Holder Under Fire For 'Fast And Furious' Gun Operation
• With Shook Lawyers, Hughes Hubbard is Going to Kansas City
• Trial Begins in Virginia Tech's Challenge to $55K Fine for 2007 Shooting
• 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
• 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
• 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

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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.
As Threatened, Advocacy Group's Ranking of LGBT-Friendly Employers Slaps Foley	Top
The largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in the U.S. has given dozens of law firms its highest possible score for LGBT-friendly policies. However, the group dinged Foley & Lardner, making good on a recent warning over a firm partner's work on behalf of an anti-gay marriage group.
Attorney General Holder Under Fire For 'Fast And Furious' Gun Operation	Top
In testimony Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. criticized the "inflammatory and inappropriate rhetoric" swirling around "Operation Fast and Furious," a botched gun trafficking investigation that Holder himself has repeatedly called "fundamentally flawed."
With Shook Lawyers, Hughes Hubbard is Going to Kansas City	Top
In a move driven by Big Tobacco rivals' conflicting agendas, Hughes Hubbard will open its first office in the Midwest with 20 to 25 attorneys and staffers from Shook, Hardy & Bacon, whose main assignment will be taking over all of Shook's work for Lorillard, while Shook continues to represent Philip Morris.
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.
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.
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."
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.

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