Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Senators Call for Hearing over Target Data Breach

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• Senators Call for Hearing over Target Data Breach

• Sotomayor Will Count Down to New Year in Times Square

• Massachusetts' AG Scores Another Subprime Settlement

• Chicago Law Schools Join Public Defender Project

Senators Call for Hearing over Target Data Breach

Following the revelation this month about Target Corp.'s data breach, Democratic Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Robert Menendez of New Jersey plan to put companies' fraud and identity theft-prevention practices under the microscope. Warner and Menendez on Monday urged... Read More »

Sotomayor Will Count Down to New Year in Times Square

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's voice may be the last you hear in 2013. The Bronx native has agreed to press the button that starts the descent of the New Year's Eve ball in New York's Times Square, and to... Read More »

Massachusetts' AG Scores Another Subprime Settlement

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has reached a $17.3 million settlement with Countrywide Securities Corp. over the company's residential mortgage securitization practices. Read More »

Chicago Law Schools Join Public Defender Project

Two of Chicago’s premier law schools announced this month that they are joining forces with Gideon’s Promise—an Atlanta nonprofit that trains and advocates for public defenders throughout the South—to pay for graduates to work on indigent legal defense for up to a year. Read More »

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Massachusetts' AG Scores Another Subprime Settlement

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• Massachusetts' AG Scores Another Subprime Settlement

• Chicago Law Schools Join Public Defender Project

• Prelate Ordered Released on Bail Pending Appeal

• Ex-Ropes Associate Set to Appeal Retaliation Suit Loss

• Shutdowns and Showdowns

• Landmark Rulings in Civil Rights Cases Define Court

• You Can Say That Again

• Listen Up: Federal Judges Have a Few Things to Say

• Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again

• Obama Trails Bush in Shaping Federal Judiciary

Massachusetts' AG Scores Another Subprime Settlement

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has reached a $17.3 million settlement with Countrywide Securities Corp. over the company's residential mortgage securitization practices. Read More »

Chicago Law Schools Join Public Defender Project

Two of Chicago’s premier law schools announced this month that they are joining forces with Gideon’s Promise—an Atlanta nonprofit that trains and advocates for public defenders throughout the South—to pay for graduates to work on indigent legal defense for up to a year. Read More »

Prelate Ordered Released on Bail Pending Appeal

A Philadelphia trial judge on Monday set bail for Monsignor William J. Lynn at $250,000, pending the state's appeal of the Superior Court's reversal of his conviction for endangering the welfare of a child. Read More »

Ex-Ropes Associate Set to Appeal Retaliation Suit Loss

John Ray III, who sued Ropes & Gray for discrimination and retaliation after being asked to leave the firm in 2008, continues to press his case against Ropes even after seeing a judge toss several of his claims and hearing a jury reject the rest of them last month. Read More »

Shutdowns and Showdowns

2013 was the year that made the legal, judicial and political scenarios in "The Good Wife," "Homeland" or "House of Cards" look, well, plausible. Read More »

Landmark Rulings in Civil Rights Cases Define Court

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 confronted the Voting Rights Act, state and federal same-sex marriage issues and affirmative action. Read More »

You Can Say That Again

Our review of some of the more remarkable comments uttered by newsmakers during the year. Read More »

Listen Up: Federal Judges Have a Few Things to Say

Federal trial and appellate judges, typically quiet when they're off the bench, sound off about budget woes, filibusters and surveillance. Read More »

Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again

NALP's latest report shows a stubborn decline for women in the legal profession. Read More »

Obama Trails Bush in Shaping Federal Judiciary

President Barack Obama lags behind George W. Bush when it comes to leaving his imprint on the nation's federal courts of appeals, a Brookings Institution report has found. Last year brought heightened contentiousness to the circuit confirmation process—particularly involving Obama's... Read More »



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LIBOR Judge Takes Control of State Court Investor Suits

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• LIBOR Judge Takes Control of State Court Investor Suits

• IP Wins Worth Bragging About in 2013

• Gibson Dunn Scores for Allergan in Eyelash Enhancer Feud

• HP in 'Advanced' Talks to Resolve FCPA Probes

• Massachusetts AG Scores Another Subprime Settlement

• Tobacco Companies Face Big Litigation Threat in Canada



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The American Lawyer's Newsmakers of 2013

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• The American Lawyer's Newsmakers of 2013

• Ex-Ropes Associate Set to Appeal Retaliation Suit Loss

• Midsize Private Equity Deals Keep Am Law Firms Busy

• Dorsey's Carter Named New York's Corporation Counsel

• Norton Rose Advises Sinopec Units on $3.5 Billion Loan

• Akin Gump Moves On After Millett



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Monday, December 30, 2013

Obama Trails Bush in Shaping Federal Judiciary

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON

• Obama Trails Bush in Shaping Federal Judiciary

• Yelp Signs Up to Lobby

• Seventh Circuit Frowns on Sealed Settlement Agreements

• Chamber of Commerce IDs Stinker Lawsuits of the Year

Obama Trails Bush in Shaping Federal Judiciary

President Barack Obama lags behind George W. Bush when it comes to leaving his imprint on the nation's federal courts of appeals, a Brookings Institution report has found. Last year brought heightened contentiousness to the circuit confirmation process—particularly involving Obama's... Read More »

Yelp Signs Up to Lobby

Yelp Inc. has joined the Washington lobbying community, registering its first lobbyist with Congress. The business review website has deployed its public policy official, Laurent Crenshaw, to advocate on intellectual property and telecommunications issues, among other matters, according to lobbying... Read More »

Seventh Circuit Frowns on Sealed Settlement Agreements

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has refused to allow the sealing of settlement agreements in two civil actions, citing the "presumption of public access to judicial records." Read More »

Chamber of Commerce IDs Stinker Lawsuits of the Year

A pro se federal lawsuit by a group of prisoners blaming eight brewers for their life of crime was the most ridiculous lawsuit of 2013, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for Legal Reform. Read More »

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