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A U.K. athlete's sexual affair has triggered a free speech debate centered on revelations spread via Twitter. Now Twitter's general counsel is weighing in on the controversy, 140 characters at a time.
Litigator Stephen Susman discusses new Texas litigation reform that will impose a modified "loser pays" rule, among other changes. His take? "Because the bill had the support of both the trial lawyers and the tort reform people, you can be sure it won't have much of an impact."
After months of speculation about others who might be charged in Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion financing scheme, prosecutors served up an appetizer -- by charging four men with playing side roles in the fraud -- with promises of more to come.
A federal judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional, saying that the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision gives companies the same right to donate as individual citizens.
Moving the debate over law school graduate employment statistics into court, a 2008 grad who has been unable to find a full-time job as an attorney has filed a class action alleging a San Diego law school committed fraud by misrepresenting its statistics.
Andrew Adkins III, director of the Legal Technology Institute, discusses the advantages and risks of online practice management systems.
Eric Hunter, director of knowledge management at Bradford & Barthel, explains how his firm uses Google Apps to increase lawyer productivity.
The Internet has rendered the provision obsolete, Ninth Circuit chief says.
Sullivan & Cromwell has made a rare lateral hire in London, bringing in white-collar crime expert Louise Delahunty from U.K. firm Simmons & Simmons. Hers is the latest move in a series of lateral hires as firms prepare for the implementation of the new U.K. Bribery Act.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views
DLA Piper has begun arbitration proceedings against its former London litigation co-head Neil Gerrard over his departure to Dechert. The dispute centers on the date of Gerrard's departure and whether he should have served a period of gardening leave, a common practice among U.K. firms, in which lawyers see out their notice period on paid leave.Visit International News
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