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Law Profs Win $5 Million Defamation Verdict Against West
West Publishing was hit with a verdict of more than $5.1 million in a defamation suit brought by two law professors who claimed their reputations were damaged when West falsely identified them as the authors of a poorly researched treatise update.An Unfulfilled Promise of Open Government
In a range of cases involving U.S. records, there appears to be no agency withholding that DOJ lawyers won't defend.Apparent Obama victory makes major post-election legal challenges unlikely
President Barack Obama appeared to win a second term in the White House late November 6, sharply reducing the likelihood of any major post-election legal battles in key states like Florida, where the vote totals are so close it appeared a recount might be necessary.Impact Player of the Year: Fred Baron
He may not lay claim to the title, "King of Toxic Torts," and may not be running a stable of 480 employees as the founding partner of the highly successful Baron & Budd, but Fred Baron is still a force on the legal and political scene. Baron says his motives are the same as when he represented asbestos victims, only grander: To elect Democrats to help regulate corporate misconduct and to protect the civil justice system from being dismantled by conservative, pro-business Republicans.Temperament, conflicts mark debate
Presiding Justice Carol W. Hunstein and challenger J. Michael Wiggins covered familiar territory during a debate over Hunstein's seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia.Hunstein said Wiggins' behavior during a family dispute in Alabama called into question his judicial temperament. Wiggins described Hunstein as a puppet of the plaintiffs' bar.Covington Repping Top Tech Companies Amid NSA Data Push
Covington & Burling is advising AOL and Microsoft in response to the National Security Agency's secret surveillance data requests, as the ex–government contractor who leaked details about the government's top secret spying program earlier this month to a former Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz associate seeks asylum in Ecuador with the aid of lawyers from WikiLeaks.Creating a Culture of Compliance
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