Headlines • No Warrant Needed for Cell Site Data, Fifth Circuit Says • Panel Refuses to Revive Fraud Claims Against Cooley Law • Wyeth Settles Off-Label Marketing Claims for $490.9 Million • Panel Weighs Whether Government Piled on in Terror Case • Holder's Texas-Sized Gambit after Voting Act Loss • INADMISSIBLE: Lance Armstrong's Lawyers Attack • In House Counsel Profile: Health Care Service Corp.'s Deborah Dorman-Rodriguez • A Major Ruling under Indian Child Welfare Act • Supreme Court Urged to Speed Up Financial Disclosures • White & Case Adds Partner in Tokyo Legal authorities do not need a warrant to obtain records detailing a cellphone's location, a federal appeals court in New Orleans has ruled, overturning a trial judge who said subscribers enjoy a Fourth Amendment privacy interest in the data. Read More » A federal appeals court on Tuesday affirmed dismissal of a fraud class action against Thomas M. Cooley Law School, concluding that Michigan's consumer protection law did not apply to the purchase of a legal education and that Cooley's job placement claims were not "objectively false." Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Bloomberg BNA FREE REPORT: It's 9:00 a.m. Do You Know Where your Employees Are? The Legal Implications of Telecommuting.
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