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• LEGAL TIMES 150
• Under FCPA, former Siemens executives charged with 'stunning' bribes of Argentine officials
• Wachovia to pay $148M for manipulating municipal bond market
• Big effort against records rule
• INADMISSIBLE
• In fiscal 2011, EEOC won record-breaking $365M for discrimination victims
• Edward DuMont asks Obama to withdraw his nomination to Federal Circuit
• Securities lawyers praise CFPB plans to warn enforcement targets
• COURTSIDE: Stevens' spirited defense of 'Kelo'
• Supreme Rx: The health care law's pro-and-con spin doctors
• COURTSIDE: A Court with a human face
• Judge finds client conflicts tripped up firm
• Helping soldiers in court
• Congressional deal would give LSC $348M for 2012 budget

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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.
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.
Big effort against records rule	Top
An HHS rule proposed this year would let patients obtain reports that would contain information about who accessed their electronic medical records in the past three years. The Healthcare Leadership Council, a group of health care company chief executives from hospitals, health plans and other businesses, has lined up against the rule.
INADMISSIBLE	Top
The Justice Stewart estate sale; expanding community courts; lobbyists remain unOccupied; Holder and Issa furious; a victorious swearing-in for Bonnette; and a new head of the financial fraud task force in this week's column.
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.
Securities lawyers praise CFPB plans to warn enforcement targets	Top
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau announced on Nov. 7 that in most cases, it plans to warn people or companies before filing an enforcement action against them, in order to give them a chance to respond.
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.
COURTSIDE: A Court with a human face	Top
Clare Cushman has compiled a treasure trove of colorful information about the Supreme Court and its justices, past and present, in her new book Courtwatchers: Eyewitness Accounts in Supreme Court History.
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.
Congressional deal would give LSC $348M for 2012 budget	Top
The Legal Services Corp., the independent nonprofit corporation that provides civil legal aid to the poor, would receive $348 million for its fiscal 2012 budget under a deal House and Senate members released Nov. 15.

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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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• Judge Throws Another Wrench in California Administration of Death Penalty
• Introducing Our 2011 Attorneys of the Year
• White Turns Up Heat on Lawyer Defending DOMA
• Illston Sentences Bonds to 30 Days of Monitoring
• Healthy Pay Scale Makes Santa Clara DA's Office a Lawyer Magnet
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• Viewpoint: Post-Feminist Legal Profession? Not So Fast
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• Computer-Crime Statute Gets Ninth Circuit Workout

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Judge Throws Another Wrench in California Administration of Death Penalty	Top
Introducing Our 2011 Attorneys of the Year	Top
White Turns Up Heat on Lawyer Defending DOMA	Top
Illston Sentences Bonds to 30 Days of Monitoring	Top
Healthy Pay Scale Makes Santa Clara DA's Office a Lawyer Magnet	Top
DA Jeff Rosen, who took over a year ago, has had a lot of jobs to fill -- and can be picky about who he hires.
Viewpoint: BAR-ometer	Top
Another dark day for DOMA ... Number of Obama Ninth Circuit appointees doubles ... Law firms that scorned Montali get sent back to his court
Correction	Top
Viewpoint: Post-Feminist Legal Profession? Not So Fast	Top
On the Move	Top
A weekly report of lawyer moves and law firm changes. Keep abreast of where movers and shakers are going and what they're doing.
Computer-Crime Statute Gets Ninth Circuit Workout	Top
Judge Richard Tallman, pictured, seemed untroubled by a CFAA case that has defense lawyers, and the chief judge, in lather.

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