Fifth Circuit Cuts Employers Out of Whistleblower Loop

Headlines • Fifth Circuit Cuts Employers Out of Whistleblower Loop • Desperate for Bodies, Law Schools Welcome Procrastinators • Jones Day Steers Detroit to Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Filing • FERC Flexes Its Muscles, and Lawyers Get Busy • Attorney Uses Copyright to Attack Unflattering Web Post • Indiana Attorney Disbarred for Writing 'Tell-All' Book • Federal Prosecutions, Inspired by Caligula • INADMISSIBLE: Fees Awarded in Black Farmers Case • Foreign Firms Stumble Going Local in Japan • V&E Shanghai Partner Moving to Sidley in Singapore Fifth Circuit Cuts Employers Out of Whistleblower Loop The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that would-be whistleblowers are protected from retaliation only if they report their employer's wrongdoing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — contradicting virtually every other court to consider the matter and the SEC's own rules. Read More » Desperate for Bodies, Law Schools Welcome Procrastinators The June sitting of the Law School Admission Test traditionally has been the preferred date for the most organized of would-be law students — those who wanted to get a jump on the admissions process for the following year. This year, however, the LSAT administered on June 10 also offered a last-ditch opportunity for procrastinators aiming to begin classes this fall. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Supreme Court Business Briefing The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Term yielded a number of cases substantially affecting business. Class actions, IP, employment law, and arbitration figured prominently. The MoloLamken Supreme Court Business Briefing succinctly explains the impact of those decisions on the litigation landscape and business environment. Read this analysis from one of the Nation's leading litigation boutiques. Jones Day Steers Detroit to Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Filing Four months after being hired to help the financially crippled city find a way out from under its mountain of debt, the firm is now taking the lead advisory role on what is poised to become the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. Read More » FERC Flexes Its Muscles, and Lawyers Get Busy The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's beefed up effort to crack down on alleged manipulations in the energy market is creating headaches on Wall Street and billable hours at big law firms, including Skadden, Cadwalader, Sutherland Asbill, and Gibson Dunn. Read More » Attorney Uses Copyright to Attack Unflattering Web Post Federal law grants website operators immunity from defamation claims for third-party posts, so Boston lawyer Richard Goren used copyright law to go after a site's parent company over a negative posting. Read More » Indiana Attorney Disbarred for Writing 'Tell-All' Book An attorney who wrote a book marketed as an exposé of a Washington political insider has been disbarred for breaching client confidences. Read More » Federal Prosecutions, Inspired by Caligula Sure, you can find our nation's criminal laws. But if you're charged with a crime, for too many cases, good luck to you in figuring out what our laws mean. And federal prosecutors will force you into an untenable risk of prison if you aren't willing to cut a deal with them and plead guilty. Read More » INADMISSIBLE: Fees Awarded in Black Farmers Case A $90.8 million payday has come for the plaintiffs lawyers involved in the high-profile black farmers' discrimination litigation. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » Foreign Firms Stumble Going Local in Japan Lawyers in the Japanese market say cultural differences and an inability to attract the best local talent has hurt many international firms' efforts to build bengoshi practices and compete with the top local firms. Read More » V&E Shanghai Partner Moving to Sidley in Singapore The announced departure of Tju Liang Chua comes less than a week after Vinson & Elkins said it was closing its Shanghai office. Read More »

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