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• Death penalty sentences drop to lowest point since 1976, report finds
• Law School Transparency hopes the second time's the charm on data
• SEC decides to appeal judge's decision that rejected proposed settlement with Citigroup
• Disabled vet's remedy for constructive discharge is a job offer
• UCLA hospitals sued over patient data breach
• Hostility apparently waning, Justice Thomas visits alma mater Yale Law School
• Thompson Hines' new M.P. reflects on business, women's role in law
• Arrest made in hacker attack on KISS bassist
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Debate over Web piracy act goes viral
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Personalized medicine: a dynamic patent landscape
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Debate continues over paid-in-full patent awards
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Domestic industries have more power to protect trade secrets globally
• THE PRACTICE: Appropriation art poses challenges for copyright law
• OPINION: A bright future for ADR
• OPINION: A call for prosecutorial accountability
• IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: In law departments, spending ticks up
• ANTITRUST: DOJ's suit against AT&T: rhetoric v. reality
• LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW
• The Minority 40 Under 40

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Death penalty sentences drop to lowest point since 1976, report finds	Top
Seventy-eight capital punishment verdicts were handed down this year compared to 112 last year, according to the DPIC's Year End Death Penalty Report. Executions also decreased from 46 in 2010 to 43 in 2011.
Law School Transparency hopes the second time's the charm on data	Top
In 2010, the first time Law School Transparency asked law schools to cough up detailed lists of their graduate employment data, it didn't go so well. The organization hopes for better success this year.
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.
Disabled vet's remedy for constructive discharge is a job offer	Top
A federal district court has the discretion to vacate a jury's $4.4 million front pay award to an Iraq veteran who prevailed in a hostile-work-environment case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit has ruled.
UCLA hospitals sued over patient data breach	Top
The University of California at Los Angeles Health System has been sued for violating California law after burglars took the medical records and other personal information belonging to nearly 16,000 patients from a former physician's home.
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.
Thompson Hines' new M.P. reflects on business, women's role in law	Top
Deborah Read has been named Thompson Hine's next managing partner. She talks to the NLJ about her plans for the firm, her projections for the legal market in 2012 and the state of women in the profession.
Arrest made in hacker attack on KISS bassist	Top
A Connecticut man has been charged with hacking into GeneSimmons.com, the Web site of KISS rock band bassist Gene Simmons.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Debate over Web piracy act goes viral	Top
Opponents predict end of a free Internet; supporters say that's a huge exaggeration.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Personalized medicine: a dynamic patent landscape	Top
One legal question arising from recent advances in personalized medicine concerns the right of a patent owner to demand a patent license fee or simply to stop a third party from using a patented technology, such as a gene sequence.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Debate continues over paid-in-full patent awards	Top
Defendants prefer them, while patent owners seek compensation for willful future infringement.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW: Domestic industries have more power to protect trade secrets globally	Top
In TianRui v. ITC, the Federal Circuit upheld an ITC decision denying importation of goods when the trade secret misappropriation occurred outside the U.S.
THE PRACTICE: Appropriation art poses challenges for copyright law	Top
The 2d Circuit's forthcoming ruling in 'Cariou v. Prince' likely will be a significant landmark in the debate.
OPINION: A bright future for ADR	Top
Despite some challenges, alternative dispute resolution can remain a major force in resolving complex disputes.
OPINION: A call for prosecutorial accountability	Top
New research shows that prosecutors are rarely disciplined when misconduct occurs.
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: In law departments, spending ticks up	Top
Survey indicates a majority of chief legal officers increased internal and external budgets in the past year.
ANTITRUST: DOJ's suit against AT&T: rhetoric v. reality	Top
From a traditional antitrust analysis, it would be hard to see how the government can lose this one in court.
LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW	Top
Rising tuition. Misleading employment statistics. Inadequate skills training. One law school professor has launched a full-scale assault on the legal education system in response to these mounting issues. Are law schools in crisis?
The Minority 40 Under 40	Top
The lawyers profiled here were all born in the 1970s, a decade when law schools and law firms were just beginning to welcome minorities in significant numbers. The thriving careers of these lawyers — at law firms and in government, academia and public interest — attest to the greater opportunities available to them, as well as to their talents.

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