On a party-line vote, the House Oversight Committee charged Eric Holder after the Obama administration invoked executive privilege to withhold documents related to a failed gun-running operation.
At a crucial hearing in the patent wars between the two technology giants, Richard Posner said an injunction barring the sale of Motorola phones would have "catastrophic effects" on the company.
Overselling a job opportunity to a coveted recruit might be commonplace, but firms can pay a price if managers fail to follow through on promises they make when wooing a new hire.
FREE SPEECH - Tatro v. Univ. of Minn.
OPINION – A mortuary science student posted several comments on Facebook about dissecting cadavers and joked about taking out her aggression in class and about stabbing someone with a trocar, in violation of a policy against speaking disrespectfully about cadavers or dissection outside the lab. University discipline did not violate student’s First Amendment rights. (Minn.)
ANTITRUST - In re Flonase Antitrust Litig.
OPINION – Indirect purchasers of Flonase who allege that GlaxoSmithKline PLC improperly filed sham citizen petitions with the Food and Drug Administration to block cheaper, generic versions of the nasal spray from entering the market have won limited class status. (E.D. Pa.)
CIVIL PROCEDURE – Khor Chin Lim v. Courtcall Inc.
OPINION – “Receipt” of a document under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 77(d), (here a notice of dismissal of the plaintiff’s case), does not take place when mailed by the clerk, and does not take place only when opened and read. Receipt does not have an unusual meaning: it is when the document is delivered to the address of the litigant or of their counsel. (7th Cir.)
BEAR STEARNS COLLAPSE - S.E.C. v. Cioffi
MEMORANDUM - The federal district court reluctantly approved the SEC’s civil settlement with Ralph R. Cioffi and Matthew M. Tannin after their acquittal in criminal prosecution. Current law requires the settlement to take into account the gains by defendants and not the losses to victims of wire fraud and securities fraud, in this case allegedly more than a billion dollars. (E.D.N.Y.)
RECUSAL - DaSilva Moore v. Publicis Groupe
OPINION – U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Peck, who recently issued a first-of-its-kind order directing the use of predictive coding in discovery in a gender-discrimination class action, has refused to recuse himself from the case over the alleged “appearance of partiality.” (S.D.N.Y.)
Litigator Herbert Washer joins Cahill Gordon & Reindel as partner; Herrick, Feinstein adds Leslie Chervokas as counsel.
The lawsuit, which seeks class-action status, claims the social network violated promises to consumers by not having better security in place when more than 6 million customer passwords were stolen.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to remove the distinction between public and private possession of the drug, but the GOP-led Senate said they have "no plans" to take up the bill this legislative year.
The parties believe settlement talks in a high profile patent lawsuit would be helped if a federal judge pushed back certain deadlines in the case, according to a court filing.
Regulators approved a Dodd-Frank rule that requires stock exchanges to force the companies that list on them to meet certain compensation standards.
The 4th Circuit rejected Lee Farkas' claims that the trial judge had violated his Fifth Amendment rights by instructing the jury improperly.
Former Penn State coach does not testify; jury deliberations in the closely watched case could begin by the end of the week.
At a conference on criminal trends in New York, members of the legal community discuss everything from regulatory crimes to child porn.
Christian Gossett argued in a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court that local judges cannot overrule a state law allowing qualified gun owners to carry a concealed weapon.
Robert Sweet found no proof that Roseanne Zito, who was let go from the firm in 2008, was fired because she was an older woman.
The firm becomes the latest U.S. shop to apply for an outpost in South Korea following a 2011 free trade agreement.
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