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Judge's Unusual Order Revives Law Firm Diversity Issue

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A stir recently erupted in the securities class action bar after Southern District of New York Judge Harold Baer Jr. issued an order in a case against Gildan Activewear, directing two of the largest firms in the field, Labaton Sucharow and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, to "make every effort" to put at least one [...]

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Fla. Judge Says States' Health Law Challenge Can Go Forward

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A federal judge in Florida has rejected the Obama administration's motion to dismiss a challenge to the new health care reform law brought by 20 state attorneys general and four governors. The judge ruled that two key claims could go forward: the states' claim that the individual mandate to purchase coverage exceeds Congress' commerce clause [...]

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Judge Defends Filming TV Show Audition in Courtroom

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A California judge under fire for filming a TV show audition without the knowledge of litigants in her courtroom has denied that she violated judicial canons. San Diego County Superior Court Judge DeAnn Salcido also responded to charges that she failed to promote public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary. She denied that dozens [...]

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Citing 'Egregious Breach,' Judge Slashes BAR/BRI Fees

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The roller-coaster ride isn't over for plaintiffs lawyers attempting to recover fees in the antitrust case against the parent company of BAR/BRI. U.S. District Judge Manuel Real, citing an "egregious breach of McGuireWoods's ethical duties," on Monday granted $500,000 in fees to the firm -- significantly less than the $12 million originally awarded in a [...]

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Federal Judge Rules 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Unconstitutional

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A federal judge has ruled that policy prohibiting openly homosexual members from serving in the U.S. military is unconstitutional. Central District of California Judge Virginia Phillips issued her ruling late Thursday in Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America. Phillips found that the 1993 statute known as 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' impeded both the [...]

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Plaintiffs Lawyers in 9/11 Cases Lose Bid to Recoup $6.1 Million in Interest

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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 [...]

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Federal Judge Sanctions Tech Company Over Handling of E-Discovery

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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 [...]

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Judge Approves Less Than Half of Milberg's 'Unusual' Added Fees Request

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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 [...]

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New Orleans Federal Judge to Hear Consolidated BP Oil Spill Cases

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A federal judge in New Orleans will preside over the multidistrict litigation arising from the BP oil spill. On Tuesday, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered the wrongful death and economic and environmental damages actions against BP PLC and other defendants sent to U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in the Eastern District of [...]

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Calif. Federal Judge Reaches a Decision on Gay Marriage Ban

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Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has reached a decision on whether to uphold or overturn the voter-approved ban known as Proposition 8 and plans to publish his opinion today between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, court spokeswoman Lynn Fuller said. His verdict comes in response to a lawsuit brought by two [...]

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Former Gitmo Detainee's Speedy Trial Rights Not Violated in Bombing Case, Says Judge

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The speedy trial rights of accused terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani were not violated despite a delay of more than five years in bringing him to New York for trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Judge Lewis Kaplan said that Ghailani could not escape criminal charges for the al-Qaida conspiracy that included the 1998 bombings of [...]

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Judge Reduces Damages Award by 90 Percent in Boston Music Downloading Trial

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Judge Nancy Gertner of the District of Massachusetts has cut the damages verdict against copyright infringer Joel Tenenbaum for illegally downloading and distributing songs by 90 percent, to $67,500. The judge slashed the jury's award from $22,500 for each of 30 songs Tenenbaum was found to have willfully infringed, to $2,250 per song. Gertner called [...]

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Another Federal Judge Recuses From Oil Spill Cases

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On Tuesday, another federal judge in New Orleans stepped aside from handling oil spill cases, joining six colleagues who have recused themselves in recent weeks. That means only five of the 12 available judges in the Eastern District of Louisiana can hear litigation over the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Judge Eldon Fallon's departure may bolster [...]

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Courts Split on Staying Gulf Oil Spill Lawsuits

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Two federal courts on Tuesday came down on opposite sides of whether to stay lawsuits filed over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. An Alabama judge denied BP's request to stay a seafood processor's suit, holding that BP should answer the complaint now because it will have to at some point. A New Orleans judge [...]

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Parties in Toyota Securities Suit Told to Resolve Discovery Fight

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A federal judge in Los Angeles has declined a request by plaintiffs lawyers in a shareholder class action to force attorneys for Toyota to turn over documents provided to Congress, which has been investigating vehicle recalls associated with sudden unintended acceleration defects. Instead, the judge ordered the parties to reach a discovery agreement on their [...]

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Toyota Litigation Consolidated Before U.S. District Judge in Santa Ana, Calif.

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Nearly 200 lawsuits filed against Toyota will be consolidated before Judge James Selna of the Central District of California, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation announced Friday. The panel appeared to have been swayed by two arguments that Toyota's lead counsel maintained during a hearing last month in San Diego: Toyota's U.S. headquarters is [...]

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Day 44: Come to Our Law School. We Won't Judge You for Your Hawaiian Shirt.

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More Work Is Needed to Reach a Fair 9/11 Settlement, Judge Says

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A New York federal judge on Friday scuttled a proposed settlement of lawsuits filed by more than 10,000 Ground Zero workers seeking compensation for health problems triggered by their exposure to ash and dust spewed into the air after the 9/11 terror attacks. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, who has presided over the often bitter litigation [...]

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In Bad Omen for Mets Defendants, Judge Lifland Refuses to Dismiss Picard's $1 Billion Suit Against Family of Stanley Chais

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A Manhattan federal bankruptcy court judge has refused to dismiss a $1 billion suit that Irving Picard filed against the family of the late Stanley Chais, who was one of Bernard Madoff's largest investors. View full legal post on Law.com - Newswire Tags: bernard madoff, Omen, federal bankruptcy court, Picard, bad omen, Judge

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Judge Approves $601.5 Million Settlement With Countrywide

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A federal judge has approved a $601.5 million class action settlement between Countrywide Financial and its shareholders -- the largest securities agreement to come out of the housing crisis. View full legal post on Law.com - Newswire Tags: federal judge, countrywide financial, Countrywide, Financial, Judge

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