Headlines • New Maryland Law Dean is Tax, Campaign Law Expert • Ninth Circuit Sustains Attorney's Extortion Conviction • Jury Selection to Begin for Second Terror Trial • Whistleblower Barred from Double-Dipping Against Verizon • Compliance: A Special Report • Mislabeling Lawsuit Against Whole Foods Proceeds • Appeals Court Pushes Judge in Gas Suit to Speed It Up • Settlements Pending for Los Angeles Schools, Homeless • Judge Reinstates Claims Against Goldman Sachs • Credit Card Companies Narrowly Escape Antitrust Class Action Donald Tobin, a professor at Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law, will be the next dean of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Read More » A California attorney serving prison time for attempting to extort money from the lawyer representing a rabbi in an immigration visa fraud investigation has failed to convince a federal appeals court to reverse his conviction. Read More » Sponsor Spotlight: Expand Your Knowledge & Network Experience intensive training that gives you a competitive edge and qualifies for CLE credit. Attend American University Washington College of Law's summer law programs in D.C. Learn the latest policies and network with experts in diverse fields of law including intellectual property, anti-corruption, hotel and tourism law, public policy, health law, environmental law, litigation skills, and more. For details, Visit | As in the case against recently-convicted Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, jurors in Mustafa Kamel Mustafa's trial will see images of the Sept. 11 attacks, the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole and pictures of the late Osama bin Laden. But there are several differences between the two trials that begin with the proximity of the defendants to bin Laden. Read More » An appeals court has tossed a False Claims Act case against Verizon Communications Inc., ruling that the suit is barred by an earlier case in which the same whistleblower netted a big settlement. Wilmer Hale Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr advised Verizon. Read More » The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is undertaking a major review of the disclosure requirements for public companies, opening an opportunity to home in on material information of true value to investors. Read More » A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a class action lawsuit against Whole Foods Market California that accused it of mislabeling several food products as natural when they contain artificial ingredients. Read More » A federal appeals court has directed a lower court judge to make up his mind about whether an arbitration agreement pertains to a class-action dispute over a business deal. Read More » Pro bono organization Public Counsel has inked two class action settlements that would reinstitute funds to struggling schools and homeless residents in the Los Angeles area affected by California’s budget crisis. Read More » After throwing out a putative class action against Goldman Sachs twice before, a federal judge has switched gears on the mortgage securities suit brought by Detroit police and fire retirees and allowed it to proceed. Read More » Somewhat grudgingly, a federal judge in New York tossed claims that American Express, Discover and other companies used meetings organized by lawyers at Wilmer and Ballard Spahr to cook up a conspiracy to preempt consumer class actions. Read More » | 
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