Aereo Asks Justices to Settle Fight With Broadcasters

Headlines • Aereo Asks Justices to Settle Fight With Broadcasters • SEC Losing Streak Continues in Los Angeles Fraud Case • Suit Invokes Right of Publicity Against JustMugShots.com • Do Class Actions Benefit Class Members? • Nina Pillard, Georgetown Law Professor, Confirmed to D.C. Circuit • After Acquittal on Piracy, Jury Hangs on Remaining Charges • Report Shows Labor Violations by Federal Contractors • Opinion: Justices Sensibly Resolve a 'Forum Shopping' Problem • Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again • Should Firms Look at Economic Diversity in Hiring? Aereo Asks Justices to Settle Fight With Broadcasters In an unusual move that raised the stakes in a major copyright battle between broadcast television networks and the upstart Aereo service, Aereo Inc. on Thursday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve the dispute, even though it won in the court below. Read More » SEC Losing Streak Continues in Los Angeles Fraud Case Racking up its third courtroom loss in recent weeks, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission struck out across the board in an accounting fraud case against two former executives from a Southern California water treatment company. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Law Librarian M.S.: St. John's Flexible, affordable, St. John's University's M.S. and Advanced Certificate programs in Library and Information Science combine top faculty with the resources of New York's best law libraries. Students receive well-equipped laptops. Contact Jeffery Olson, Ph.D., J.D., Associate Provost and Director of Library and Information Science: (718) 990-6200; dlis@stjohns.edu. Visit www.stjohns.edu/lawlibrarian Suit Invokes Right of Publicity Against JustMugShots.com A consumer fraud lawsuit filed in California asserts that JustMugShots.com Corp. illegally extorts a $199 fee from individuals whose mug shots it posts online within hours of their arrests. Read More » Do Class Actions Benefit Class Members? It is becoming the battle of dueling studies from the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on arbitration vs. class action lawsuits. Read More » Nina Pillard, Georgetown Law Professor, Confirmed to D.C. Circuit The Senate confirmed Georgetown University Law Center professor Cornelia "Nina" Pillard to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit early this morning, amid escalating political bickering over a rules change that allowed for the vote. The 51-44 vote... Read More » After Acquittal on Piracy, Jury Hangs on Remaining Charges A Washington federal district judge today declared a mistrial in the prosecution of a Somali man accused of aiding high-seas pirates. The jury in November acquitted Ali Mohammad Ali of piracy—the most serious of the crimes he was charged with—and,... Read More » Report Shows Labor Violations by Federal Contractors Companies that receive federal contracts and break labor laws could face greater scrutiny from the U.S. government, if Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) gets his way. Read More » Opinion: Justices Sensibly Resolve a 'Forum Shopping' Problem The unanimous decision written by Justice Samuel Alito is a decision that lawyers and judges will actually love because it settles real world problems of forum shopping in a clear, fair and sensible manner. Read More » Female Associate Numbers Decline—Again NALP's latest report shows a stubborn decline for women in the legal profession. Read More » Should Firms Look at Economic Diversity in Hiring? Guest blogger Robin Sparkman argues that it's time to take a broader definition of diversity in hiring associates. Read More »

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