Headlines • Icy Weather Didn't Spare Law Schools, Even in the South • Consumer Agency Sues Mortgage Lender over Kickbacks • Nasdaq, Underwriters Challenge Ruling in Facebook IPO • Judge Blocks Google From Appeal in Gmail Scanning Suit • Innovations in Law Firm Technology • Online Pretrial PR — Protected but Risky • Lawyers Missing The Twitter Boat • Third-Party Financing Is Gaining Steam • Securities Filings Rise as Halliburton Challenge Looms • State Whistleblowing Laws Provide Whopping Verdicts Universities across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic suspended classes during the week?s massive winter storm, the latest extreme weather phenomenon that left law students among those barricaded in their homes. Read More » The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday sued mortgage giant PHH Corp. and its affiliates for allegedly collecting "hundreds of millions of dollars" in illegal mortgage insurance kickbacks starting as early as 1995. Read More » A federal judge is expected to hear motions next month filed by Nasdaq and the underwriters of Facebook Inc.?s botched initial public offering challenging his rulings allowing a raft of shareholder cases to proceed against them. Read More » U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh denied Google's request for interlocutory review in a closely watched privacy class action, finding further delay "unwarranted." Read More » The past few years have been momentous for law firms and their use of technology. In the electronic discovery area alone, innovations including predictive coding have found acceptance by the courts. Read More » Lawyers who launch negative media campaigns against potential opponents could violate ethics rules. Read More » Twitter gives you a chance to shine, through the quality of what you have to say. Lawyers who really want to build an online reputation need to give Twitter a chance. Read More » Getting a boost from a third-party investor in litigation is still a relatively new concept for lawyers and businesspeople in the United States, but it appears to be gaining steam, according to a new survey. Read More » You know something big is brewing in investor litigation when every study on last year's uptick in securities class action filings includes the caveat that the practice could come to a screeching halt in 2014. Read More » Employers have finally started to recognize that the risks attendant to whistleblower claims in federal legislation can be enormous. But what about state whistleblower laws? Read More » | 
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