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• The 2011 Law Firm Billing Survey
• Asbestos is rearing its head
• Cigarette battle catches fire
• An attorney free-for-all
• D.C.'s handwriting test case
• ATM operator sanctioned for contempt
• 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
• Law School Transparency hopes the second time's the charm on data
• Death penalty sentences drop to lowest point since 1976, report finds
• ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Plaintiffs have their own duty to preserve
• ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Fears of discovery burden are exaggerated
• ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Overly onerous demands can backfire
• THE PRACTICE: Courts split on issue over individual Chapter 11 cases
• OPINION: Bad words?
• OPINION: Gingrich would have ideology trump authority
• SOCIAL MEDIA: What Steve Jobs can teach law firms about marketing
• LEGAL TIMES 150
• ANTITRUST: DOJ's suit against AT&T: rhetoric v. reality
• LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW

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The 2011 Law Firm Billing Survey	Top
It appears that modest annual billing rate increases are here to stay. For the third year in a row, law firms showed restraint with hourly rate increases, inching up at a rate only slightly higher than inflation in many cases.
Asbestos is rearing its head	Top
The Demersseman case, scheduled for trial next month in Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court, will be among the first to go before jurors as part of a newly formed coordinated proceeding designed to manage 250 asbestos cases in Southern California.
Cigarette battle catches fire	Top
A dispute is smoldering over cigarettes that consumers can roll at tobacco shops, pitting lobbyists from Patton Boggs and Arent Fox against each other as they seek to win the backing of Washington policymakers.
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.
ATM operator sanctioned for contempt	Top
A Boston federal judge issued a contempt order against ATM company Cardtronics Inc., ordering it to make its machines accessible to the blind by next March 15 and to foot the legal bill for the contempt proceeding.
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.
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.
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.
ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Plaintiffs have their own duty to preserve	Top
Their attorneys must see that they obey it, especially since the client has a vested interest in the dispute.
ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Fears of discovery burden are exaggerated	Top
The law has evolved to the point that litigants have fair notice of what conduct is permitted and forbidden.
ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY: A SPECIAL REPORT: Overly onerous demands can backfire	Top
Federal courts have been ruling that prevailing parties are entitled to recover their discovery costs.
THE PRACTICE: Courts split on issue over individual Chapter 11 cases	Top
If absolute-priority rule applies, there's a big risk that all prebankruptcy property may need to be pledged to creditors.
OPINION: Bad words?	Top
In 'fleeting expletives' case, Court should recognize changed doctrine, culture.
OPINION: Gingrich would have ideology trump authority	Top
Such attacks are hardly ever motivated by incompetence of the branch whose power is being undermined.
SOCIAL MEDIA: What Steve Jobs can teach law firms about marketing	Top
How can your firm turn what it is about into a message that resonates and inspires?
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.
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?

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