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Flooded With Complaints, EEOC Grows 'More Assertive'
The National Law Journal
Friday, November 6, 2009
It was a chance to consort with the enemy — a powwow with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And everyone wanted in.
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Verizon Defeats Billion-Dollar ERISA Class Action Over Lawyer's Typo
The American Lawyer
Friday, November 6, 2009
A former Bell Atlantic in-house lawyer, Barry Peters, had reason to be relieved when Verizon defeated a $1.67 billion ERISA class action Nov. 2.
Justices Explore Limits of Immunity For Prosecutors
The National Law Journal
Friday, November 6, 2009
U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared torn Wednesday over whether prosecutors deserve total immunity from lawsuits for their official acts, even when they fabricate evidence in pursuit of a murder indictment and conviction.
Toyota Locked in Litigation Over Hybrids
The National Law Journal
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
In its newest, flower-filled ad campaign, the Toyota Prius is touted as "harmony between man, nature and machine."
Florida Professor Sues 'Above the Law' Blog for Defamation
The National Law Journal
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
It's the kind of story that tends to get big play on the legal blog "Above the Law": a prominent University of Miami School of Law professor and civil rights advocate arrested on suspicion of soliciting an undercover officer for sex.
Cravath Announces Reduced Bonuses For Junior Lawyers
The American Lawyer
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Cravath Swaine & Moore on Monday announced year-end associate bonuses that for the most junior lawyers were at best half of what they received last year.
Congress Set to Take Aim at Judicial Recusals
The National Law Journal
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Congress is preparing to wade into one of the most sensitive of issues for the federal judiciary: when a judge should step aside in a case and who should make that decision.
Justices Skeptical of Second-Guessing Fund Advisers' Fees
The National Law Journal
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court appeared wary Monday of second-guessing the fees that mutual funds pay to the investment advisers who run them.
11th Circuit Mulls Filmmaker's Obscenity Conviction
Fulton County Daily Report
Monday, November 2, 2009
Accounts of a trial last year indicate that the jurors in a Tampa, Fla., courthouse had a hard time dealing with a case requiring they decide whether the producer of sexually explicit movies should be convicted of violating federal obscenity statutes.
Former Client Sues Seyfarth Shaw, Claiming Malpractice
The National Law Journal
Monday, November 2, 2009
Supply chain management company PCG Trading LLC is suing Seyfarth Shaw and four of its current and former Boston attorneys for failing to minimize PCG's risk of paying judgments in employment cases brought against Converge Inc. after PCG bought Converge's assets.
Court Skeptical of Lawyer's Marriage to Elderly Client
The Recorder
Monday, November 2, 2009
A California appellate court on Wednesday referred a Pacifica, Calif., lawyer to the State Bar for investigation, disturbed that she might have manipulated a now-deceased elderly client into marrying her and changing his trust documents for her benefit.
Battered But Not Beaten
The National Law Journal
Friday, October 30, 2009
The Washington, D.C., area's largest law offices reported a barely 1 percent rise in head count, going virtually flat after five years of steady increases, according to the latest Legal Times 150 survey from Legal affiliate The National Law Journal.
Cancer Patients Seek to Overturn Ban on Paying for Bone Marrow
The National Law Journal
Friday, October 30, 2009
Prohibiting someone from making money for donating an irreplaceable kidney is one thing. But what about donating bone marrow, which replenishes itself within weeks?
Hogan & Hartson, Lovells Merger Talks Advance
The American Lawyer
Friday, October 30, 2009
Hogan & Hartson and Lovells are one step closer to merging. The management of both firms have signed off on the union, according to a statement released early Thursday. The agreement to proceed with the merger was unanimous; the matter will next be taken up by the firms' respective partnerships. The proposed merger is subject to approval by the partnerships.
9th Circuit's Kozinski Escapes Discipline Over Online Smut
The Recorder
Friday, October 30, 2009
Looks like the multi-front disciplinary campaign against 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski is falling silent.
PepsiCo Hit With $1.26 Bil. Default Judgment
The National Law Journal
Thursday, October 29, 2009
What's the cost of not showing up to court? For PepsiCo Inc., it's a $1.26 billion default judgment. A Wisconsin state court socked the company with the monster award in a case alleging that PepsiCo stole the idea to bottle and sell purified water from two Wisconsin men.
