Feds, States Settle JPMorgan Mortgage Claims for $13 Billion

Headlines • Feds, States Settle JPMorgan Mortgage Claims for $13 Billion • N.C. Litigators Weigh In on Edwards' Career Prospects • Rarified Credentials Still Favored in Law Faculty Hiring • Ropes Partners Take Stand to Rebut Retaliation Claim • Hearing Set to Discuss Possible Hip Implant Settlement • Shunning Politics, John Edwards Returns to the Law • Bounty of Big Issues Slated for NLRB in 2014 • Getting it Wrong Again and Again — Judicial Error's Compounding Effect • Gilbert Sues Ex-Client for $6 Million in Fees and Expenses • 'Patent Troll' Bills Moving Up in Senate and House Feds, States Settle JPMorgan Mortgage Claims for $13 Billion Federal and state prosecutors issued a stern warning to banks on Tuesday as enforcement officials announced a record $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. over its role in the financial crisis: Investigations are ongoing. Read More » N.C. Litigators Weigh In on Edwards' Career Prospects North Carolina lawyers who remember John Edwards' heyday as a star of the plaintiffs' bar say they'll be watching his adjustment to private practice following a 15-year hiatus. Read More » Rarified Credentials Still Favored in Law Faculty Hiring Pedigree trumps diversity when it comes to law faculty hiring. That's one takeaway from a study of the hiring market by Vanderbilt University Law School professor Tracey George and Albert Yoon of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. Read More » Ropes Partners Take Stand to Rebut Retaliation Claim Ropes & Gray partner Diane Patrick took the stand in former associate John Ray III's employment retaliation case on Tuesday to explain why she changed her deposition testimony about whether Ray had informed her that another partner uttered a racial slur in his presence. Read More » Hearing Set to Discuss Possible Hip Implant Settlement Lawyers for Johnson & Johnson unit DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. are expected later today to announce a potential $4 billion settlement of more than 8,000 lawsuits filed over its hip implants. Read More » Shunning Politics, John Edwards Returns to the Law Former U.S. senator and two-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has renounced any further political ambitions and returned to the practice of law. Read More » Bounty of Big Issues Slated for NLRB in 2014 Fully staffed labor board expected to take up matters on social media, investigations and arbitration. Read More » Getting it Wrong Again and Again — Judicial Error's Compounding Effect A justice's words from 77 years ago created a mistake of presidential proportions. Read More » Gilbert Sues Ex-Client for $6 Million in Fees and Expenses Washington-based law firm Gilbert is suing a former client for more than $6 million in legal fees and expenses in connection with a $26 million jury award. Gilbert's former client was Tire Engineering & Distribution LLC. The company, which does... Read More » 'Patent Troll' Bills Moving Up in Senate and House "Patent trolls" are taking center stage in Congress this week, with new legislation in the Senate to curb abusive patent litigation and a markup Wednesday of a similar bill in the House of Representatives. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mike... Read More »

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