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Feds Prevail in Spat with Former Acting Solicitor General

WSJ Law Blog - 3 hours 39 min ago
The Justice Department has won its bid to bar former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal from representing an electronics executive seeking to overturn his conviction in an important criminal price-fixing case.
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Dewey & LeBoeuf Readies Bankruptcy Filing

WSJ Law Blog - Fri, 2012-05-18 20:06
New York law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, said people familiar with the matter, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered institution.
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Watchdog Asks Judge to Uproot Pot Grower’s Bankruptcy

WSJ Law Blog - Fri, 2012-05-18 19:37
The feds are burned out with a medical marijuana grower that it suspects isn’t quite taking its bankruptcy case seriously.
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D.C. Circuit Rejects Challenge to Voting Rights Act

WSJ Law Blog - Fri, 2012-05-18 18:03
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today upheld the constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act -- the one that requires states deemed to have historically suppressed minority votes to get approval from the Justice Department or a three-judge panel before changing voting procedures.
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Lawyer Ads: Funny or Die?

WSJ Law Blog - Fri, 2012-05-18 15:54
Check out the seven funniest lawyer ads Martindale could find on YouTube.
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The IPO that Everyone Is Talking about. . .

WSJ Law Blog - Fri, 2012-05-18 15:13
The company filed for an IPO with the SEC last week that could raise as much as $120 million.
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The AM Roundup: Uncivil Fight, Breyer’s Bad Luck, More

WSJ Law Blog - Fri, 2012-05-18 12:36
Law Blog rounds up the morning's news.
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Document Dump: George Zimmerman Discovery File

WSJ Law Blog - Fri, 2012-05-18 00:02
Authorities in Florida have released hundred of pages of evidence, audio recordings and photos in connection with the prosecution of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
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In Class-of-One Case, Seventh Circuit Splits in Three

WSJ Law Blog - Thu, 2012-05-17 20:42
What happens when a federal appeals court, reviewing a case en banc, votes 5-5? It takes a majority to reverse a lower court's ruling, so the win goes to the appellee. It's a rare thing, the en banc tie, and it's even rarer that judges issue opinions in a deadlock, but that's what happened today in the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
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Potential Witnesses Revealed in Gupta Case

WSJ Law Blog - Thu, 2012-05-17 16:58
The upcoming insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co., could be quite the affair. Several corporate titans are among the potential witnesses.
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Rakoff Dismisses Copyright Claims against Westlaw, Lexis

WSJ Law Blog - Thu, 2012-05-17 16:45
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan threw out copyright infringement claims brought by lawyers who say LexisNexis and Westlaw are stealing the works of lawyers.
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The AM Roundup: Edwards, Clemens, Gupta, CDO Probe, More

WSJ Law Blog - Thu, 2012-05-17 13:01
Law Blog rounds up the morning's news.
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Prosecutors Seek to Overturn Judge’s ‘Book Report’ Order

WSJ Law Blog - Wed, 2012-05-16 22:17
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Otis Mobley Jr., a 23-year-old from the San Francisco Bay Area, faces charges that could put him away for a long time, including assault on a federal agent.Prosecutors say he orchestrated a bogus deal to sell a grenade launcher in the parking lot of a Chevy's restaurant in Richmond, Calif. Rather than hock a large weapon, Mr. Mobley, his 18-year-old cousin and an associate tried to rob the buyer of $1,000, according to prosecutors. The Justice Department . . . . .
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Gupta’s Lawyers Want To Highlight His Charity

WSJ Law Blog - Wed, 2012-05-16 22:01
Rajat Gupta's lawyers want to show at his insider-trading trial next week that the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. director is motivated by things other than money and introduce evidence of his charitable giving.
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And Then There Were None: Dewey’s Landgraf Exits

WSJ Law Blog - Wed, 2012-05-16 17:25
UPDATE: Apparently a few employees are still roaming the halls at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP's Manhattan offices. Make that 100, to be precise. On Wednesday the firm amended its WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) filing with the New York state Department of Labor to reflect the following:  there are 533 total employees, not 433, as stated in the initial May 8 filing. All but one 100 are still out of a job, though. . .
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Survey Says Post-Recession Shifts Are Here to Stay

WSJ Law Blog - Wed, 2012-05-16 16:35
In the years since the 2008 financial downturn forced law firms to trim lawyers and discount services, one question has loomed large: will the changes be permanent? Unfortunately, yes, according to a new poll of law firm leaders out Wednesday from the consulting firm Altman Weil Inc.
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Fired for a Sin or for a Blessing?

WSJ Law Blog - Wed, 2012-05-16 15:54
Jarretta Hamilton began teaching at Southland Christian School in St. Cloud, Fla., in 2008, got pregnant with her then-fiance, got married, was fired and filed a discrimination lawsuit.
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In Sleepy Clemens Trial, Jurors Keep Nodding Off

WSJ Law Blog - Wed, 2012-05-16 14:09
The trial of former ex-ace Roger Clemens on charges he lied about steroid use is in its fifth week, and already two jurors have been booted for sleeping on the job.
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Chris Clark, Dewey’s White-Collar Head, Leaves for Latham

WSJ Law Blog - Wed, 2012-05-16 13:34
Christopher J. Clark, the head of Dewey's white-collar defense practice, will join Latham & Watkins LLP as a partner. Unlike many other partners who've jumped off the Dewey ship, Mr. Clark is moving to Latham solo.
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The AM Roundup: Sentenced to Write Sentences, Fast and Furious, More

WSJ Law Blog - Wed, 2012-05-16 12:31
Law Blog rounds up the morning's news.
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