Headlines • Labor Lawyers Predict NLRB Fumble on Football Decision • ABA Jobs Corps Targets Access to Justice 'Paradox' • In Senate, Optimism Grows for Patent Reform This Year • Attorneys Line Up to Argue over Target Jurisdiction • Top Verdicts of 2013: Lag in IP Awards Pegged to Federal Circuit Ruling • Debtors' Prison — It Still Exists in 21st Century America • Demonstrators' Free Speech Claims Meet Skeptical Justices • ACA's Contraceptives Mandate Could Hinge on Kennedy • Hulu Sued Over Alleged Automatic Subscription Renewals • Class Action Blames Fitness Wristband for Skin Irritation Labor lawyers are skeptical that a decision by a National Labor Relations Board official in Chicago giving football players at Northwestern University a green light to unionize would survive judicial scrutiny. Read More » The American Bar Association will pay between $5,000 and $15,000 to organizations that come up with good ways to match unemployed law school graduates to unmet legal needs for the poor. Read More » The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to move forward on patent system reform as soon as next week, and senators expressed optimism Thursday that compromise on key proposals could allow a bill to pass this year. Read More » Minnesota is one obvious place to coordinate approximately 100 lawsuits filed over Target Corp.’s data breach, but a divided gathering of plaintiffs lawyers argued Thursday for alternative jurisdictions in Illinois, California, Louisiana and Colorado. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Stop Shipping Profits Out The Door In 'Stop Shipping Profits Out the Door,' law firms will discover how leveraging innovative shipping solutions can improve their bottom line. This white paper explains how web-based tools prevent shipping mistakes, improve accountability, and inform decision-making, ultimately reducing labor costs and unallocatable expenses. Click here for more information. | For the first time in years, intellectual property cases contributed no billion-dollar jury verdicts in 2013. In fact, IP recoveries decreased significantly both in number and in dollar amount when compared with 2012. Read More » Underfunded criminal and civil courts are functioning as abusive collection agencies. Read More » The U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely on Wednesday to protect Secret Service agents from being sued for violating the free speech rights of demonstrators. Read More » The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared split along ideological lines as it struggled with whether for-profit corporations and their owners can claim a religious exemption from the federal requirement that employee health insurance policies cover contraceptive services. Read More » The online streaming service Hulu LLC faces a class action lawsuit over automatic renewals that allegedly were done without warning or the affirmative consent of consumers. Read More » A lawsuit filed in San Diego against the maker of a fitness-tracking wristband seeks class status and economic damages, alleging the company misled consumers by promoting, advertising, marketing and selling the Fitbit Force as safe and effective. Read More » | 
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