Headlines • Nation's Judges Appeal to Obama for Help in Budget Fight • Firm Objects to Criticisms of its Handling of BP Claims • Study: FDIC Lawsuits Against Bank Executives Balloon • Delaware's the Hot New Venue for Patent Litigation • Microsoft Financing Law-Tech Policy Center at U Wash • L.A. Law • A Patent 'Troll' Pleads for Understanding • You Read It Here: Blogs Never Sleep • DOJ, ACLU Quarrel in Suit Over Drone Records • Scalia Chides 'Activist' Colleagues on Eve of Constitution Day In a rare public appeal directed at the White House, the Judicial Conference is asking President Barack Obama to be a forceful voice in favor of increased funding for the judicial branch in impending budget battles. Read More » A Virginia law firm plans to object to a special master's criticism of its role in the distribution of claims on the $9.6 billion settlement with BP PLC over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Read More » As of August 8, the number of lawsuits filed by the FDIC against directors and officers at failed banks outpaced totals for each year since 2010, according to a report released Monday by Cornerstone Research Inc. Read More » Patent case filings in Delaware federal court have spiked this year—1,015 as of September 10, compared with 995 in all of 2012, according to analysis released Monday by Perkins Coie patent litigation partner James Pistorino. Read More » The University of Washington is launching a technology think-tank with the help of a $1.7 million donation from Microsoft Corp. It aims to help bridge the gap between the technology industry and policymakers by conducting research and being a resource for lawmakers. Read More » In this report, The National Law Journal recognizes top legal departments and their general counsel at companies in the Southern California region. Read More » As the Obama administration and U.S. lawmakers look to rein in the patent-assertion entities often called "patent trolls," Nathan Myhrvold, chief executive officer of Intellectual Ventures Management, told a standing-room-only crowd on Capitol Hill last week that the U.S. government should proceed carefully on any intellectual property reform. Read More » Law blogs are booming more now than ever, and the data back that up. Read More » Back in March, a federal appeals court in Washington revived a fight over the government's intent to keep secret any document about drone strikes. Ruling for the challengers, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit asked a trial... Read More » Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Monday urged everyone to celebrate the birthday of the U.S. Constitution tomorrow -- except those who think the document is an "empty body" whose meaning can be filled in by activist judges. In that... Read More » | 
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