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• ABA gives ground on law schools' graduate jobs data reporting
• D.C. Attorney Charged in Fraud Scheme
• Will 2012 be the Year of the SEC Whistleblower?
• Bryan Cave to Combine With Holme Roberts & Owen
• ABA Panel Says No to Outside Law Firm Ownership
• 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
• Court critical of search tactics by L.A. police
• Data Show Feds Will Lend $54.3 Billion to U.S. Law Schools by 2020
• Codes of Conduct Dataset Available to In-House Counsel
• Shouldering the blame for touching Cheney
• NFL Former Players Sue Over Concussive Injuries, Misuse of Pain Drug
• Judge chastises U.S. Bank in foreclosure case
• Software maker that sued accused of stealing app
• DOJ's classified power play
• Samsung and Quinn Defeat Apple's Motion for Injunction in Smartphone Wars
• Federal Shoe Drops on S.F. Drug Lab Technician

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ABA gives ground on law schools' graduate jobs data reporting	Top
The ABA has approved a new annual questionnaire intended to gather more detailed information about where recent law grads find work. The change came as law students, graduates and three U.S. senators heaped criticism on the ABA and law schools for not providing prospective law students with an accurate picture of graduate employment and salary levels.
D.C. Attorney Charged in Fraud Scheme	Top
Baylor & Jackson name partner Brynee Baylor has been charged by the SEC with participating in a scheme to bilk would-be investors, then spending their money on items such as Jimmy Choo shoes and a trip to the Bahamas. Baylor is charged with defrauding at least 13 investors out of more than $2 million.
Will 2012 be the Year of the SEC Whistleblower?	Top
Last month, the SEC's enforcement division announced a record-shattering number of enforcement actions that targeted financial wrongdoing. Will 2012 bring more of the same? Former SEC deputy director Paul Leder discusses the likely impacts of the new whistleblower system.
Bryan Cave to Combine With Holme Roberts & Owen	Top
Denver-based Holme Roberts & Owen has reached a merger deal with Bryan Cave, the two Am Law 200 firms announced today. The merger will boost Bryan Cave to 1,100 lawyers in 26 cities and make it one of the 25 largest law firms in the world, according to the most recent Global 100 rankings.
ABA Panel Says No to Outside Law Firm Ownership	Top
An ABA commission is considering recommending that nonlawyers be allowed to take an equity stake in law firms for which they work while urging that an existing ban be maintained on the kind of outside investment in U.S. firms that is now possible in the United Kingdom and Australia.
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.
Court critical of search tactics by L.A. police	Top
In the latest high court dispute over faulty police searches, justices from across the ideological spectrum were sharply critical Monday of a Los Angeles police search warrant that turned a hunt for a sawed-off shotgun into a broad sweep of a home for all firearms and gang paraphernalia.
Data Show Feds Will Lend $54.3 Billion to U.S. Law Schools by 2020	Top
Thanks in part to the Education Department's direct loan program and to ever-increasing law school tuition, taxpayers will be on the hook for tens of billions of dollars of overpriced -- and possibly unnecessary -- law degrees by the end of the decade.
Codes of Conduct Dataset Available to In-House Counsel	Top
A team of three attorneys at Haynes and Boone spent hundreds of hours combing through the publicly available codes of conduct at Fortune 500 companies and compiling the results in a dataset. Now the bulk of that information is being released online at the Ethisphere Institute.
Shouldering the blame for touching Cheney	Top
The Supreme Court has agreed to review Secret Service agents' claims that they should be immune from a suit by a man they arrested after he confronted Vice President Dick Cheney in a Colorado mall in 2006. The case is one of a series in which justices are sorting out the boundaries of qualified and absolute immunity.
NFL Former Players Sue Over Concussive Injuries, Misuse of Pain Drug	Top
A dozen former players are suing the NFL, claiming a flawed policy on concussions, coupled with league misuse of an anti-inflammatory drug, ultimately caused them long-term brain injuries. The suit, the latest of several over concussion-related conditions, is the first to allege Toradol masked pain but caused other complications.
Judge chastises U.S. Bank in foreclosure case	Top
In an order that includes an homage to the '60s songwriter Arlo Guthrie and that, thanks to the Internet, has gone national, a Georgia judge has taken one of the nation's largest banks to task in a foreclosure case, saying, "Sometimes, only the courts of law stand to protect the taxpayer."
Software maker that sued accused of stealing app	Top
A software maker suing Zynga for allegedly stealing its proprietary application is itself a defendant in a similar suit, by Massachusetts-based 1stWorks. An attorney for 1stWorks said the company learned last week of Hob Knob's complaint against Zynga and has contacted Zynga about aligning interests.
DOJ's classified power play	Top
A constitutional fight is brewing over whether lawyers in civil cases have a right to access and disseminate classified national security information to pursue claims against the federal government.
Samsung and Quinn Defeat Apple's Motion for Injunction in Smartphone Wars	Top
In Apple's smartphone and tablet war with Samsung, a federal judge has held that Apple failed to meet the high burden of demonstrating irreparable harm if the court didn't issue an injunction. But the ruling wasn't all good news for Samsung. See related story: Next Patent Battle Between Apple, Samsung Likely to Be at Federal Circuit (Recorder)
Federal Shoe Drops on S.F. Drug Lab Technician	Top
Federal prosecutors have indicted the woman at the heart of the San Francisco crime lab scandal that prompted the dismissal of hundreds of Superior Court cases. The indictment comes nearly a year after the state declined to prosecute the former technician, who allegedly skimmed drugs from evidence samples.

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