Holder Defends Record Before Judiciary Committee

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON • Holder Defends Record Before Judiciary Committee • Time Dwindles For Patent Litigation Reform Bill • Sham Wow Importer Sues Venable for Malpractice • 2013: The 'Year of the Mega Breach' for Consumer Data • Conservatives Plan Follow-Up Affirmative Action Attack • Huge Punitive Damages Award in Actos Bellwether Trial Holder Defends Record Before Judiciary Committee Members of the House Judiciary Committee grilled Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. for almost four hours today at an oversight hearing, pressing him on the enforcement of drug laws, the Affordable Care Act, domestic surveillance and the lack of criminal prosecutions stemming from the financial crisis. Read More » Time Dwindles For Patent Litigation Reform Bill The Senate Judiciary Committee needs to approve a patent reform bill this week—with broad bipartisan support—to give it a good chance of becoming law during this Congress, a former top intellectual property adviser to the committee said. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Sharpen Your Courtroom Skills Champion what matters to you through the Litigation Skills Summer Institute offered by American University Washington College of Law. The program features rigorous training in pre-trial and trial skills, including fact and expert witness depositions, civil trial advocacy, and litigating in a high-tech courtroom. Courses are held in the evening and on weekends from July 7 - 20th. CLE credit is available. Visit wcl.american.edu/trial/summer Sham Wow Importer Sues Venable for Malpractice A company that imports Sham Wow towel products to the United States is suing Venable for alleged malpractice, accusing attorneys of giving bad advice on customs matters and a government investigation—forcing the company to hire other lawyers to clean up the mess. Read More » 2013: The 'Year of the Mega Breach' for Consumer Data The "Year of the Mega Breach" was upon companies in 2013, with an explosion of cyberattacks that exposed the identities of hundreds of millions more consumers than in 2012, a new analysis from Symantec Corp. shows. Read More » Conservatives Plan Follow-Up Affirmative Action Attack Edward Blum, head of the one-man Project on Fair Representation, announced on Monday that he is targeting three major universities for potential legal challenges to their use of race in admissions: Harvard University, the University of North Carolina and the University of Wisconsin. Read More » Huge Punitive Damages Award in Actos Bellwether Trial A jury in Louisiana has awarded more than $9 billion in the first federal bellwether trial over claims that taking Actos increases the risk of getting bladder cancer. Read More »

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