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TODAY'S NEWS Judge accepts Transocean's guilty plea in Gulf disaster A federal judge has approved a Transocean Ltd. subsidiary's criminal plea as part of a $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department over liability for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Toyota settles with attorneys general for $29M Toyota Motor Corp. and its U.S. subsidiaries agreed on February 14 to pay $29 million to resolve investigations by attorneys general in 29 states into whether it misled consumers about the safety of its vehicles. ABA ethics commission closes chapter on rule revisions The American Bar Association commission in charge of revising attorney ethics rules has concluded three years of work, resulting in some important changes to the provisions governing lawyer conduct. SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT Are you and your firm facing unprecedented change? Register today to view The Lawyer Personality: Four Strategies to Gain a Competitive Advantage. 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This informational webinar will review the trends, risks and challenges faced by law firms and corporate legal departments at the interface between mobile devices and paper. Then it will investigate the solutions designed by Canon U.S.A. to help mitigate those risks and challenges. Click here to register First Circuit revives pro se plaintiff's foreclosure challenge A federal appeals court has ruled that a pro se plaintiff's challenge to a foreclosure can move forward in the District of Massachusetts despite deficiencies in her complaint. $1.5M gift finances Temple's social justice institute The Temple University Beasley School of Law will use a $1.5 million donation to launch a center for social justice.The gift is from plaintiffs attorney Stephen Sheller and his wife, Sandra Sheller, an art and family therapist. THIS WEEK'S ISSUE THE PRACTICE Owning your online presence "What if someone says something negative about me online?" This is probably the most common question lawyers ask me. The sad truth is that many lawyers have nothing to worry about. They aren't online. They have no online presence. OPINION Separating fiction from fact over the International Trade Commission These days, Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is the target of much hyperbolic and hysterical attack, based not on facts, but on myth stemming from the diverse agendas of the criticizing parties. MOST POPULAR STORIES A life cut short Reflections on gun control by a Second Amendment advocate Summer associate hiring declines amid anemic legal market Law school sues over California's bar-passage mandate Obama announces cybersecurity executive order Sotomayor now opposes cameras at the court Litigation Boutiques Hot List Judge green-lights investor claims against BP Court rejects trade secret theft sentences, finding leniency 'unreasonable' New life for old anti-fraud law		IN FOCUS Litigation Boutiques Hot List They may be small, but they command attention. The 10 law firms on our Litigation Boutiques Hot List, each fielding no more than 50 lawyers, demonstrate that when it comes to high-stakes cases it's all about skill, not size. Go to In Focus   THE BLT | The Blog of the Legal Times Louisiana Construction Projects Draw Patton Boggs Lobbyists D.C. Mayor Announces Plan for Elected Attorney General Transition In First Amendment Fight, Judge Expresses Growing Frustration with DOJ THE CAREERIST | a lawjobs.com blog Chastity, Cravath, and Alec Baldwin Are Lawyers Prone to Have Bad Sex Lives? Laid-Off Associate Is Now Celebrity Chef LAW.COM NEWSWIRE U.S. Contractor Gets Prison for Smuggling Cash From Afghanistan Cooley Takes Corporate Partner From Latham Winston Makes Lateral Push in California French Assembly Passes Gay Marriage, Adoption Bill Federal Judge Rules Costa Concordia Lawsuit Should Be Filed in Italy If you have Twitter account, you can now follow NLJ Editor in Chief David L. Brown at twitter.com/davidlbrownjr. Follow him for links to key stories and updates from the NLJ newsroom. You can also track news on Twitter from the NLJ's Washington bureau at twitter.com/legal_times. 6 Risk-Assessment Questions In-House Counsel Should Be Asking Fashion Week FCPA: Are Expediting Payments the New Black? 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