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<title><![CDATA[9th Circuit Backs Government's State Secrets Claim in Rendition Case]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Terror suspects who claim they were tortured abroad at the hands of the U.S. government have lost their latest attempt to sue the private American company they say was involved in their abduction as part of an "extraordinary rendition" program under the Bush administration. The 9th Circuit, in a 6-5 opinion that delves into the scope and application of the state secrets doctrine, issued an en ban<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[HP Faces Uphill Battle to Stop Hurd From Taking Oracle Job]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:11:10 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard's legal team will have a hard time persuading a judge to stop former CEO Mark Hurd from becoming president of Oracle Corp., employment law experts say. HP sued Hurd on Tuesday, claiming that he violated a confidentiality provision of his severance agreement by accepting the post at Oracle. Without explicitly saying so, HP's complaint relies on the doctrine of inevitable disclosure<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Associate Tech Survey 2010: Less Tech Lowers Morale]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:11:04 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In a recession, should firms reduce tech investments to conserve cash or increase them to win a competitive advantage when the economy turns around? If your firm's goal is to boost tech-savvy associate morale, the results of the 2010 Associate Tech Survey say ramp it up.<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hodgson Russ Partners Sued Over Fla. Office Closure]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:11:04 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Claiming breach of contract and other charges, five former partners from the defunct Boca Raton, Fla., office of Hodgson Russ are suing top partners of the Buffalo, N.Y.-based law firm. The former Boca Raton partners insist they were blindsided by the firm's decision last year to close the office, which they claim violated their rights under the firm's partnership agreement. The shutdown came in <br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Legal Sector Gained 1,000 Jobs  in August]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:11:06 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly employment report for August was released Friday and the news was still a bit glum overall -- the U.S. economy lost a total of 54,000 jobs. But the news for lawyers and legal industry employees was a bit brighter. The legal sector handed out 1,000 jobs last month, marking the second straight month of improved numbers for the industry. The country's overall <br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FDIC's New Power to Dissolve Companies Raises Concerns]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:11:05 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s new power to take over and liquidate nonbank companies whose failure would jeopardize the financial system is intended as a "third way" between bankruptcy and bailout. But the prospect of a new regime for dissolving megacompanies -- one with almost no judicial oversight and in which creditors' rights are few -- is sending shockwaves through the bankruptcy bar<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Botox Maker to Pay $600 Million in Settlement Over Off-Label Uses]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:11:04 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Allergan has agreed to pay $600 million in criminal and civil penalties and plead guilty to one misdemeanor count of "misbranding" its drug Botox as part of a global settlement with the federal government over off-label uses of the drug. As part of the plea deal, Allergan agreed to drop its First Amendment legal action against the government, which critics said threatened the entire federal regul<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Associates Survey 2010: They Survived Economic Downturn, but Now What?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:11:06 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Many people would consider Am Law 200 midlevel associates to be extremely fortunate. While thousands of their colleagues lost jobs, these young lawyers are gainfully employed with salaries in the six figures. In many ways, once their student loans are paid off, midlevel associates' prospects seem bright. But that's not how they see it. Maybe it's the post-traumatic stress syndrome from watching s<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plaintiffs Lawyers Say Oil Spill Fund Unlikely to Deter Litigation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:11:38 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The $20 billion compensation fund for victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has begun taking applications, but plaintiffs lawyers doubt it will significantly forestall litigation. It could even lead to a new wave of lawsuits. Many of their clients, especially large businesses, are unlikely to seek final settlements anytime soon, they said. The claims process might not give them enough time t<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paul Allen Sues 11 Companies, Including Google and Apple, for Patent Infringement]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:09 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Billionaire Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, filed suit Friday in federal court against 11 Internet search and e-commerce companies, including Apple, Google and Facebook, alleging that they are using technology developed at his now-shuttered California laboratory, Interval Research Corp. The suit lists alleged violations of four technology patents developed at Interval Research in the 1990s, <br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plaintiffs Lawyers in 9/11 Cases Lose Bid to Recoup $6.1 Million in Interest]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:00:27 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Plaintiffs lawyers in the 9/11 respiratory cases cannot pass on to clients some $6.1 million in interest costs associated with financing the massive litigation, a New York federal judge ruled Friday. Even though the lead lawyer marshaled opinions by bar associations, court cases and experts to show that borrowing to finance litigation and passing the cost to clients is both legal and ethical, the<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Federal Judge Sanctions Tech Company Over Handling of E-Discovery]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:00:17 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A judge has sanctioned a leader in flash drive technology for mishandling e-discovery in what the judge called a "David and Goliath-like" struggle. The judge ruled he would instruct the jury to draw a negative inference from the fact that SanDisk, which has a market capitalization of $8.7 billion, had lost hard drives from laptops issued to two ex-employees, the plaintiffs. The judge noted that S<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paul Weiss and Lowenstein Ordered to Pay $1.96 Million for Filing Frivolous Suit Against Ron Perelman's In-Laws]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:21 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After finding in June that Paul Weiss and Lowenstein Sandler had filed a frivolous suit on behalf of billionaire Ronald Perelman in a family dispute over hundreds of millions of dollars, a New Jersey Superior Court judge has rejected the firms' arguments for mercy and ordered them to pay $1.96 million in legal fees to the defendants, Perelman's former father-in-law and brother-in-law. The judge f<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Calif. Legislature OKs Expedited Jury Trials]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:00:39 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A bill that provides for expedited, streamlined jury trials in California has cruised out of the state Legislature with a unanimous vote. Insurers and both the plaintiff and defense bars are enthusiastic about the system, which proponents say would not only cut litigation costs for plaintiffs, defendants and insurance carriers, but also help to ease the burden on courts. Civil filings continued a<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pepper Hamilton Sues FDIC Over Legal Fees]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:03 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pepper Hamilton has sued the FDIC after it classified as unsecured Pepper Hamilton's claims for fees involving work done for the FDIC and a division of bankrupt Advanta Corp. The law firm also raised claims of quantum meruit, unjust enrichment, common fund doctrine and a declaration that the FDIC's disallowance is void. The attorney representing Pepper Hamilton said that, if the firm wins the cas<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Minn. Bridge Collapse Victims Get $52 Million Settlement]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:01:11 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Attorneys for the victims of the bridge collapse that killed 13 people in Minneapolis in August 2007 announced Monday that they had reached a settlement with the engineering company responsible for inspecting the bridge. In negotiations held this past weekend, URS Corp. agreed to pay $52.4 million to more than 100 people who sued the company in Minnesota state court. The settlement announcement c<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ex-Attorney Charged With Embezzling $1 Million From Clients, Firm]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:03 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Former Pennsylvania attorney Jeffrey Abramowitz has been indicted on charges of embezzling more than $1 million from his clients by lying to them about the settlements of their cases. The indictment alleges that Abramowitz told some of his firm's clients that funds from their civil lawsuits and other transactions would be held in escrow by the firm, and then deposited the funds into his personal <br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Salmonella Outbreak Draws Litigation]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:00:22 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Seattle food illness plaintiffs law firm Marler Clark filed what it believes is the first lawsuit linked to the nationwide recall of 380 million eggs. Managing partner Bill Marler said the firm has been investigating salmonella outbreaks linked to restaurants in various states, but the cause of the illnesses wasn't clear until last week's recall. He said the firm has about 30 potential cases that<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Judge Approves Less Than Half of Milberg's 'Unusual' Added Fees Request]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:00:20 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal judge in New York has slashed what he called an "unusual" request for additional fees by Milberg for a 2006 settlement of a securities class action against Nortel Networks. Milberg, its Canadian co-counsel and the claims administrator asked for $2.77 million in fees and expenses not included in their 2007 fee applications. Judge Richard M. Berman, citing the "very substantial" $38 milli<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[9th Circuit Reverses $29 Million Fee Award Over Procedural Problem]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:00:41 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court has snatched away a $29 million fee award that two law firms received for serving as lead plaintiffs counsel in a California backdating securities class action against Mercury Interactive Corp. A 9th Circuit panel on Wednesday vacated a lower court ruling granting the fee award to New York's Labaton Sucharow and Glancy Binkow & Goldberg of Los Angeles, holding that the dis<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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