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TODAY'S NEWS Attack on sentencing commission website exposes weak federal cyber defenses Privacy and data law firm practitioners said the January 26 attack on the U.S. Sentencing Commission's website fit with a pattern of assaults intended on shaming the government by conveying political messages in part through exposing embarrassing weaknesses in federal cyber defenses. EEOC breaks record for amount won for workplace discrimination victims After a record-breaking year in fiscal 2011, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission during the past fiscal year has built on the gains it achieved, the agency reported January 28. Software piracy lawsuits target Chinese, Indian apparel manufacturers California's attorney general has filed suit against two overseas apparel manufacturers, accusing them of using pirated software to produce and ship clothing in violation of the state's unfair-competition law. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT No Lawyer Left Behind. 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