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• An attorney free-for-all
• D.C.'s handwriting test case
• Under FCPA, former Siemens executives charged with 'stunning' bribes of Argentine officials
• Wachovia to pay $148M for manipulating municipal bond market
• INADMISSIBLE
• SEC decides to appeal judge's decision that rejected proposed settlement with Citigroup
• In fiscal 2011, EEOC won record-breaking $365M for discrimination victims
• Edward DuMont asks Obama to withdraw his nomination to Federal Circuit
• Hostility apparently waning, Justice Thomas visits alma mater Yale Law School
• COURTSIDE: Stevens' spirited defense of 'Kelo'
• Supreme Rx: The health care law's pro-and-con spin doctors
• LEGAL TIMES 150
• Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm
• Helping soldiers in court

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An attorney free-for-all	Top
The long-running battle between Ecuadorian plaintiffs and Chevron Corp. lately has been overshadowed by harsh accusations and name calling between the big-firm lawyers in the case.
D.C.'s handwriting test case	Top
A case before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals represents one of the only known handwriting-centered appeals based on a 2009 report critical of forensic methods other than DNA evidence.
Under FCPA, former Siemens executives charged with 'stunning' bribes of Argentine officials	Top
The biggest-ever Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case lives on with the announcement that eight former executives and agents of Siemens AG have been charged with bribing officials in Argentina to get a $1 billion government contract.
Wachovia to pay $148M for manipulating municipal bond market	Top
The Justice Department has announced that Wachovia Bank N.A., now known as Wells Fargo Bank N.A., will pay $148 million to federal and state agencies after admitting to anticompetitive activity in the municipal bond investments market.
INADMISSIBLE	Top
A record for Clement; Van Ness Feldman and GordonDerr merge; guiding SEC punitive measures; writer says Eywa heard him first; Drinker Biddle takes it to heart; Daum revelations; and a U.S. Army Sikh doctor's faith rewarded in this week's column.
SEC decides to appeal judge's decision that rejected proposed settlement with Citigroup	Top
Calling the court's decision "incorrect" and in "legal error," U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Division head Robert Khuzami announced that the agency is appealing a decision last month by Manhattan federal judge Jed Rakoff, who rejected the SEC's proposed $285 million settlement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
In fiscal 2011, EEOC won record-breaking $365M for discrimination victims	Top
It's been a record-breaking year at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which received more discrimination charges than ever before and won an all-time high $365 million for victims of workplace discrimination, while simultaneously managing to reduce its huge backlog of cases.
Edward DuMont asks Obama to withdraw his nomination to Federal Circuit	Top
Edward DuMont, an appellate litigation partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, has sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him to withdraw his nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Hostility apparently waning, Justice Thomas visits alma mater Yale Law School	Top
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who once said his Yale Law School diploma was worth 15 cents, visited his alma mater's New Haven campus on Dec. 14. But all his stops on the visit appeared to be private.
COURTSIDE: Stevens' spirited defense of 'Kelo'	Top
In his ongoing series of interviews and speeches, retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens continues to shed interesting light on his career and colleagues, breaking the mold of former Court members who usually watch quietly from the sidelines.
Supreme Rx: The health care law's pro-and-con spin doctors	Top
Although Walter Dellinger and Randy Barnett view the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) through starkly different lenses, the two men have in common their long-time teaching credentials, their appellate skills and their profound interest and concern for the framework of government established by the Constitution.
LEGAL TIMES 150	Top
The headcount among Washington firms continued to decline, but not as sharply as it did last year — the biggest recorded drop in 25 years. According to the Legal Times 150, our annual ranking of the Washington area's largest law offices, the number of attorneys employed at Washington firms decreased by 343 — a little more than 2.2 percent of the total market of 14,945 attorneys.
Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm	Top
Using unusually strong language, a federal bankruptcy judge recently slammed Washington's Butzel Long Tighe Patton for failing to disclose a client conflict and stripped the firm of nearly $72,000 in fees.
Helping soldiers in court	Top
Congress is now following a path set in recent years by law schools, law firms and the American Bar Association, which have recognized the growing imperative to provide military men and women with free legal aid when needed.

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