Headlines • Obama Touts Voting Rights Bill, Patent Reform • Justices Have Spotty Attendance at State of the Union • Latest Data-Breach Lawsuit Targets Michaels Stores • Former NYU Law Dean Will Lead American Law Institute • K&L Gates Aims to Settle Malpractice Case for $23.8 Mil. • Fabricator Won't Get Bar License • McDonnell Turns to Big Name Defenders • INADMISSIBLE: Privacy Board Divided Over NSA Program • Not There Yet • Am Law Trio Advises on KKR's $2.3 Billion Insurance Buy President Barack Obama tonight urged Congress to take up patent reform and to restore the Voting Rights Act in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that he said "weakened" the anti-discrimination law. Read More » Four of the Supreme Court?s nine justices were absent at the State of the Union address tonight, continuing a longstanding pattern of spotty attendance by members of the high court. Read More » Michaels Stores Inc. has yet to confirm a suspected security breach announced over the weekend, but at least one lawsuit already has been filed on behalf of its customers. Read More » The American Law Institute has named former New York University School of Law dean Richard Revesz as its next director. Revesz, who led NYU's law school from 2002 to 2013 and remains a professor there, in May will assume the leadership of ALI, the leading independent legal research organization in the country. Read More » K&L Gates has agreed to settle a $500 million legal malpractice case filed against it by the trustee of defunct beverage manufacturer Le-Nature's for $23.75 million, according to a proposed settlement agreement filed in the Le-Nature's bankruptcy Read More » The state Supreme Court said Stephen Glass, who made up parts of more than 40 news articles in the 1990s, hasn't met the standard for admission. Read More » Former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, accused of illegally accepting payments in exchange for promoting a dietary supplement company, are fighting back with big-name Washington-area white-collar lawyers on their defense. Read More » Mirroring different rulings from two federal district judges, an independent White House privacy board is divided over the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's bulk collection of Americans' phone records. Plus more in this week's column. Read More » After a settlement resolving hip implant litigation, lots of questions. Read More » Simpson Thacher & Bartlett's corporate lawyers grabbed a spot across the negotiating table from longtime client KKR on Monday, advising two private equity firms on the $2.3 billion sale of insurance claims processor Sedgwick Claims Management Services. Willkie Farr & Gallagher has also snagged a role for Sedgwick, while Latham & Watkins is representing KKR. Read More » | 
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