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- The Law Firm Leaders Survey 2011
- Milbank Matches Cravath as Bonus Season Kicks Into High Gear
- In privacy case, justices home in on the meaning of 'actual damages'
- Rajaratnam Asks Circuit to Allow Him to Stay Free Pending His Appeal
- Ex-Ropes & Gray Attorney Sentenced to Six Months
- Judge Sam Sparks of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- Recorder Roundtable: Employment Law
- John Green on Improving the User Experience
- Janet Day on Law Firm IT 'Nirvana'
- First Civil Suit Against PSU, Sandusky Filed in Philadelphia
- Chamber and criminal defense lawyers team up in case over fines
- D.C. Attorneys Accused of Stealing Clients File Counterclaim
- Biting Ruling Slams Lawyer for Misleading Appeal Court
- Michaels Stores Can't Dodge Consumer Fraud and Breach of Implied Contract Claims over Debit Card Scam, Chicago Judge Rules
- A Deal Too Soon? Judge Dismisses Madoff Fund Investor Claims One Day After HSBC Agrees to Settle for $62.5 Million
- FDA Appeals Preliminary Injunction in Graphic Cigarette Labels Case
- Ruden McClosky's sale to Greenspoon Marder approved
- Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm
- Court To Decide Child-Porn Defendant's Access to Evidence
| The Law Firm Leaders Survey 2011 | Top |
| Still smarting from the recession and global competition, U.S. firms had been hoping for stability in 2011. What they got instead -- as shown by The American Lawyer's latest survey of Am Law 200 firm leaders -- were slow-paying clients, struggling transactional practices and, if they're lucky, the prospect of modest billing increases in the months ahead. Amid all the challenges and the economic uncertainty, firms are stepping up efforts to differentiate themselves from the competition. | |
| Milbank Matches Cravath as Bonus Season Kicks Into High Gear | Top |
| Thanks in part to a strong financial performance during the first eight months of the year, Milbank told its associates Wednesday they will receive bonuses that match those announced Monday by Cravath. Skadden also told its associates Wednesday they will get bonuses in line with the scale set by Cravath. | |
| In privacy case, justices home in on the meaning of 'actual damages' | Top |
| In a case watched closely by privacy and whistleblower advocates, lawyers for an HIV-positive pilot and the federal government clashed in the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday over whether damages for mental and emotional distress can be recovered for violations of the Privacy Act. | |
| Rajaratnam Asks Circuit to Allow Him to Stay Free Pending His Appeal | Top |
| Five days before Raj Rajaratnam is set to begin serving an 11-year sentence, counsel for the Galleon Group hedge fund founder made a plea to keep him out of prison, arguing he should remain free on bail because he has a real shot at having his insider trading convictions vacated by the 2nd Circuit. | |
| Ex-Ropes & Gray Attorney Sentenced to Six Months | Top |
| Former Ropes & Gray associate Brien Santarlas has been ordered to serve six months for stealing inside information on firm clients. While crediting Santarlas for cooperating in the case and providing "crucial" testimony, the judge said he was unwilling to give him a non-custodial sentence. | |
| 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 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. | |
| 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. | |
| First Civil Suit Against PSU, Sandusky Filed in Philadelphia | Top |
| The first civil lawsuit against embattled former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and the university itself alleging sex abuse and a conspiracy to cover it up was filed in Philadelphia on Wednesday. The suit, filed on behalf of an alleged victim, also names The Second Mile charity as a defendant. | |
| Chamber and criminal defense lawyers team up in case over fines | Top |
| The business community and criminal defense lawyers have found common ground in efforts to limit prosecutors' attempts to pierce attorney-client privilege in federal investigations. This week, they successfully joined in urging the Supreme Court to consider subjecting criminal fines to Sixth Amendment scrutiny. | |
| D.C. Attorneys Accused of Stealing Clients File Counterclaim | Top |
| Two Washington, D.C., attorneys who are accused of stealing confidential client information have filed a counterclaim in federal district court, accusing their former employer, Mike Slocumb of The Slocumb Law Firm, of misleading clients, defamation, tortuous interference and breach of contract. | |
| Biting Ruling Slams Lawyer for Misleading Appeal Court | Top |
| In a scathing opinion Tuesday, a California court of appeal slapped a lawyer with $10,000 in sanctions to punish him for recycling a brief and otherwise misleading the court, while cautioning trial courts to scrutinize the evidence instead of rubber-stamping default judgments. | |
| Michaels Stores Can't Dodge Consumer Fraud and Breach of Implied Contract Claims over Debit Card Scam, Chicago Judge Rules | Top |
| In a ruling that may help mark the boundaries of liability for companies hit by debit card "skimming" scams, a federal judge has narrowed the scope of a putative class action against retail crafts giant Michaels Stores over the theft of data from 90 card readers at 80 store locations. | |
| A Deal Too Soon? Judge Dismisses Madoff Fund Investor Claims One Day After HSBC Agrees to Settle for $62.5 Million | Top |
| On Tuesday, a day after HSBC announced it had entered into a partial settlement with investors in Thema International Fund, a Manhattan federal district court judge dismissed all the claims against the bank and other defendants, largely on the grounds that the cases should be filed in Ireland and Luxembourg. | |
| FDA Appeals Preliminary Injunction in Graphic Cigarette Labels Case | Top |
| The Food and Drug Administration has filed notice that it intends to appeal a federal judge's order granting a preliminary injunction to delay enforcement of new, graphic cigarette packaging requirements. The government's notice of appeal to the D.C. Circuit marks an expected next step in the case. | |
| Ruden McClosky's sale to Greenspoon Marder approved | Top |
| A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Ruden McClosky to Greenspoon Marder. The sale was almost derailed by Ruden's former shareholders, but a marathon, 14-hour mediation yielded an agreement with the ex-partners, who will receive up to half of Ruden's account receivables over $10 million. | |
| Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm | Top |
| A D.C. law firm recently scored points with a federal bankruptcy judge for what he called "first-rate" work but wound up losing nearly $72,000 in fees, after the same judge slammed the firm for failing to disclose a client conflict. The judge reserved his harshest criticism for a name partner. | |
| Court To Decide Child-Porn Defendant's Access to Evidence | Top |
| The New Jersey Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a man facing child pornography charges after being accused of sending illegal images over the Internet should be allowed unfettered access to the evidence against him -- as was a prominent legislator in a similar prosecution. | |
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