In the first case ever to challenge the constitutionality of prosecuting teens for "sexting," the 3rd Circuit has upheld an injunction that barred a Pennsylvania prosecutor from bringing child pornography ...
Wachovia Bank has agreed to pay $160 million to the federal government to resolve a charge that the bank willfully failed to effectively monitor for potential money-laundering activity in hundreds of billi...
The legal fee dispute between the Lehman Brothers estate's fee committee
and key law firms working on Lehman's bankruptcy gained momentum this
week, when three firms -- Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Jon...
The Snark takes some time to clarify the term "Cog." Notably, it doesn't just refer to Big Law associates. Here's a quiz that lets you know if you're a Cog, "The Man" (even if you're a woman), or a Consumi...
Some EDD cases deal with digital image file formats that are not forensic, bit-for-bit copies. But what about cases that, at a glance, don't need image files? "Is it due diligence or a waste of resources t...
Generic drug makers are applauding the latest change to the health care bill -- eliminating the ban on patent settlements. The measure, which was backed by the Federal Trade Commission, would in most cases...
Michigan's Thomas M. Cooley Law School dodged one legal bullet this week but got hit with another. Cooley was on the losing end of one case, in which a federal judge declined to dismiss a suit alleging tha...
A law professor's long-proposed study about affirmative action's effect on bar exams' pass rates has encountered another obstacle. In a tentative opinion released last week, San Francisco Superior Court Ju...
A federal judge has approved a class settlement resolving multidistrict litigation involving lead paint in Mattel toys. In approving the deal following a fairness hearing Monday, Judge Dale Fischer of the ...
The New York City Bar on Wednesday retracted a finding from a survey suggesting that deferred associates were not satisfied with the lawyers with whom they worked at public interest groups. Saying it had m...