Headlines • Law Firms Fire Back Against BP's Claims of Skullduggery • First Circuit Divides Over Malodorous Case • Suit Challenges CFPB Authority Over Legal-Services Industry • Court Affirms Magistrates' Role in Fixing Evidence Mess • Courts Now Are Respecting Transgender Rights • California Gets Serious About Noncompete Clauses • Affirmative Action Score: Advantage: U. of Texas • U.S. Climbs Off the Transparency Train • Judge Rules Gadens Gave Negligent Tax Advice • $1.6 Billion Toyota Settlement Wins Final Approval A federal judge overseeing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill litigation has denied BP PLC's request to halt payments in a $7.8 billion settlement pending an investigation into potential corruption in the claims administration process. Read More » A divided federal appeals court in Boston upheld a man's conviction for misdemeanor property damage for his soiling of a small, single-occupant courthouse restroom in Portland, Maine. It was no accident, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled. Read More » In the latest constitutional challenge against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency was accused today of overstepping its authority by attempting to regulate the practice of law and collect personal financial data. Read More » Massachusetts' highest court issued a ruling detailing affirming but clarifying the role that special magistrate judges should play in unraveling the mess caused by a rogue state chemist suspected of falsifying evidence in hundreds of drug cases. Read More » Federal legislation lags, but cities and states and the EEOC are demanding accommodations. Read More » The state's Supreme Court makes it clear: They're out of bounds, unless very narrowly drawn. Read More » As hypothetical memo shows, despite challenger's 7-1 'victory' in Fisher, state schools face little risk. Read More » A federal judge's decision to vacate the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Dodd-Frank Section 1504 rule, which would force U.S.-listed petroleum and mining companies to disclose payments to all governments around the world, is wrong on the law and wrong on policy. Read More » The 550-lawyer Australian firm's client ultimately paid almost $6.5 million in a settlement with the tax office. Read More » A U.S. federal judge approved last Friday a $1.6 billion settlement between Toyota Motor Corp. and consumers of its vehicles who claimed economic losses because of the company's sudden acceleration recalls. Read More » | 
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