Headlines • Banks' Bill in FHFA Cases: $9 Billion and Counting • Pennsylvania Law Dean Named President of Tulane • Justices Asked to Define 'Mentally Retarded' in Death Cases • Litigation Boutiques Hot List • Banks Targeting Target • Battle Lines Form Over Contraception Mandate • Circuit Debates Sweep of Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act • Ninth Circuit Vindicates Publicity Rights of Hendrix Kin • A Fanatical Approach To Preparation • Legal Team Throws Out the Usual Playbook The latest blockbuster settlement was announced late Tuesday, when Morgan Stanley revealed it would pay $1.25 billion for selling faulty mortgage-backed securities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Read More » Longtime University of Pennsylvania Law School dean Michael Fitts has been named president of Tulane University in New Orleans. University officials unveiled their selection of Fitts during a press conference on Tuesday, although the word had leaked earlier in the day. Read More » Freddie Lee Hall sits on Florida's death row for the 1978 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old woman who was seven months pregnant. He should not be executed because, he claims, he is "mentally retarded." Read More » At the 10 law firms spotlighted here, it's all about skill, not size. The lawyers at these litigation shops, all of which have fewer than 51 attorneys, are as clever at practicing on paper as they are at wooing a jury. Many of these lawyers have honed their craft at the biggest and best firms in the nation and have opted, once they've gained crucial work experience, for a small-firm career. We've highlighted the special strategies and creative approaches they used in 2013 to help set precedent, right wrongs and save the day for the client. Read More » Banks that issued debit and credit cards to customers whose financial and personal data were hacked have joined the litigation against Target Corp. Meanwhile, fresh lawsuits are alleging retailers were well aware of the growing threat of such cybersecurity attacks. Read More » The high court had set Jan. 28 as the filing deadline for all amicus briefs in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius. A tsunami of opinions had reached the justices by the close of business that day. Read More » A federal appeals court weighed Monday whether a federal law criminalizing violence and property damage against animal-related organizations unconstitutionally allows prosecution of peaceful activities that disrupt the target's profits. Read More » A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of Washington's publicity rights law in a trademark dispute over the rights to singer and guitarist Jimi Hendrix's name and likeness. Read More » In early 2013, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic changed attorneys in a dispute in New York federal court over how the Southeast Asian nation would pay a $56 million arbitration judgment against it. It was a sobering assignment for the Laotian government's new counsel, MoloLamken. Read More » The experienced litigators at Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert, Nessim, Drooks & Lincenberg knew just when to use unusual trial strategies last year to catch their courtroom opponents off guard. Read More » | 
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