Headlines • Verizon Presses Challenge to 'Net Neutrality' Regulations • Law Schools Plot Expansion, Renovation in the Dakotas • Attorney Faces Liability for Debt-Collection Letter • Senate Confirms Ex-FBI General Counsel as NY Judge • A Bit of a Muddle on Abstract-Idea Patents • VOIR DIRE: Bringing It On • Who Says Legal Writing Has to Be Dull? • Grads of Nonelite Schools Doing Fine • Future Unclear for Commerce Department GC Post • In Secret Court, Google Wants Public Hearing A lawyer for Verizon Communications Inc. on Monday pressed the company's fight with federal regulators, arguing that a government scheme to promote an open Internet is unconstitutional. Read More » The University of South Dakota School of Law this month announced that it has received a $1 million donation from an alumnus for a major renovation and expansion of its 32-year-old campus. Meanwhile, the school's neighbor to the north, the University of North Dakota School of Law, is moving forward with plans for a major renovation. Read More » A Boston federal judge's ruling in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act lawsuit against a lawyer underscored a debt collector's obligation to inform consumers about their rights to dispute the debt. Read More » The Senate confirmed two judges to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Monday, including a former top lawyer at the Federal Bureau of Investigation who was once ensnared in a surveillance controversy on Capitol Hill. Read More » A Federal Circuit plurality ruling offers some guidance until the Supreme Court can take up the issue. Read More » There's another Stand Your Ground case brewing in Florida, only this time it comes with a dash of George W. Bush. Plus poor Standard & Poor's in this week's column. Read More » Legal documents aren't known for their wit or humor. Most legal writing, in fact, tends to be rather dry. But occasionally an attorney breaks the mold with such panache the document begs to be shared. Read More » Are graduates of law schools — especially those who incur big debt at lower-ranked schools — sorry they ever embarked on a legal career? "Yes" would seem to be the logical answer, given the grim job picture in recent years. But a new paper published by the University of California, Irvine School of Law undercuts that view. Read More » Following Cameron Kerry's departure as the U.S. Commerce Department's general counsel Thursday, President Barack Obama has yet to fill the vacancy with an acting appointee or send a nominee for the post to the U.S. Senate for confirmation. Barbara Fredericks,... Read More » Proceedings in the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court are typically sealed. Google Inc. wants to change that. Google announced today that the company and others, including Facebook, were filing renewed petitions in the secretive Washington-based court to expand the ability... Read More » |
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