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Farmville Creator Zynga Sued Over Privacy Breaches

Posted on October 21, 2010
The plaintiffs struck the same day that The Wall Street Journal reported on online game company Zynga and other Facebook applications leaking private user information.

Exhibit A: Your Facebook Profile

Posted on October 21, 2010
With the explosion of social networking Web sites, more and more litigants are finding that their private tweets, pokes, and posts can wind up being used as evidence in court.

Viacom Taps Ted Olson for YouTube Appeal

Posted on October 21, 2010
Viacom's copyright battle with Google's YouTube unit got a little hotter on Thursday with news that Viacom has hired the appellate maestro from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

Is the Law School Model Ready for a Tune-Up?

Posted on October 21, 2010
According to the folks who attended the second FutureEd conference on reforming legal education last week, change is coming.

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American Indians Settle Long-Running Government Loan Discrimination Lawsuit

Posted on October 21, 2010
The $680 million settlement will include payments to thousands of American Indian farmers who claim they were unfairly denied federal agricultural loans. Their lawyers stand to earn as much as $60 million in attorneys' fees.

J.C. Penney Turns to Skadden for Poison Pill Defense

Posted on October 21, 2010
The firm is advising the department store chain in its efforts to stave off activist investor William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Mangement, represented by Kirkland & Ellis.

The Bankruptcy Files: Lehman Lawyers Break $1 Billion Billable Barrier

Posted on October 20, 2010
While megachurches, flower nurseries, and satellite phone providers filed for bankruptcy in the past few weeks, lawyers working on unwinding what remains of defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers finally broke the $1 billion billable mark.

Seventh Circuit Reverses Course on NCAA Ticket-Distribution Decision

Posted on October 20, 2010
It may not be "One Shining Moment" for the NCAA and its lawyers at Loeb & Loeb, but it comes pretty close.

Ex-Greenberg Lawyer Pleads Guilty to $500,000 Fraud

Posted on October 20, 2010
A former Greenberg Traurig associate pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing nearly $500,000 from the firm between 2002 and last year, when the scheme was discovered and he was fired.

Boies Schiller Fee Dispute is New York?bound

Posted on October 20, 2010
In the game of hot potato over jurisdiction in the fee dispute between Boies, Schiller & Flexner and a former client of the firm, New York, apparently, is now "it."

Hedge Fund Deals Mean Work for Am Law Firms

Posted on October 20, 2010
Davis Polk, Paul Weiss, and Schulte Roth are among the firms to land roles on a pair of hedge fund transactions announced on Wednesday.

Former Jenkens Partner Pleads Guilty in Tax Scheme

Posted on October 20, 2010
Erwin Mayer, one of three former Jenkens & Gilchrist partners indicted last summer over their roles in multi-billion dollar tax shelter scheme, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, fraud, and tax evasion on Tuesday.

The Careerist: Les Femmes Fatigu�es

Posted on October 20, 2010
Oh, I am so bummed. Just when I thought French women had it made--secure careers, long vacations, and subsidized child care, not to mention luscious food and luscious sex lives--word comes that their world is not so fantastique.

Countrywide Bondholders Set to Sue Bank of America

Posted on October 20, 2010
The bondholders' lawyer, Gibbs & Bruns partner Kathy Patrick, says BofA could be on the hook for $20 billion for allegedly violating contractual underwriting standards on mortgage-backed securities issued by Countrywide.

Survey Shows Companies Keeping Work In-House

Posted on October 20, 2010
A new Hildebrandt Baker Robbins report says legal departments cut back on overall spending between 2008 and 2009, with spending on outside counsel taking the biggest hit.

Mental Health Records Off-Limits in Baker & McKenzie Wrongful Termination Suit

Posted on October 20, 2010
A Chicago federal judge refused to grant the firm's request to go on what he called a "scavenger hunt" for evidence in an ADA suit filed by a former associate.

DOJ Slaps Antitrust Suit on Blue Cross in Michigan

Posted on October 19, 2010
Hunton & Williams is defending Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan in a Justice Department suit that calls the insurer's contracts with hospitals anticompetitive.

Federal Task Force Probing Whether Banks Made Illegal Foreclosures

Posted on October 19, 2010
Did banks break federal law by filing fraudulent court documents in the foreclosure process? The Obama administration's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force wants to know.

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

Posted on October 19, 2010
A patent litigator with a Ph.D. in electrical engineering joins Quinn Emanuel; Orrick adds a partner in New York; and the former associate general counsel for Oracle is now a partner at White & Case. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and law firm releases to thechurn@alm...

Facebook Gets Poked by Congress

Posted on October 19, 2010
The social network empire opts to handle a congressional inquiry about a privacy breach internally.

Grappling with the E-Discovery Monster

Posted on October 19, 2010
E-discovery practice groups are sprouting all over. But they don't all look alike.

WaMu Disclosure Statement Approved

Posted on October 19, 2010
A Delaware bankruptcy judge will sign off on an order approving a disclosure statement filed in connection with WaMu's proposed reorganization.

Televisa, NII Holdings Deal Collapses

Posted on October 19, 2010
The companies have terminated an investment agreement that would have given them a chunk of Mexico's mobile phone market.

Boies, Schiller Fires Back at Ex-Client's Neglect Claims

Posted on October 19, 2010
Former client G.K. Las Vegas is suing Boies, Schiller, claiming that star litigator David Boies neglected its case. That's just not true, according to Boies, Schiller's recent motion to dismiss.

The Careerist: The Jock Advantage

Posted on October 19, 2010
To the list of cultural advantages enjoyed by men at the workplace, you can add the jock factor. Call it affirmative action for athletes.

Nevada Senator's Legal Bills Mount

Posted on October 18, 2010
U.S. Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) is mired in multiple ethics investigations over an alleged attempt to cover up an affair with a female staffer. His campaign has recently paid out more than $500,000 to 12 law firms working on the matter.

Amid Merger Talks, Squire, Sanders Loses Head of Litigation in London

Posted on October 18, 2010
While Squire, Sanders talks merger with Hammonds, partner Rod Cowper leaves for Edwards Angell.

St. Jude Acquires AGA Medical for $1.3 Billion

Posted on October 18, 2010
Gibson, Dunn and Fredrikson & Byron on a deal that brings together two makers of cardiovascular medical devices.

Inside an E-Discovery Debacle

Posted on October 18, 2010
Earlier this year, when a federal magistrate judge exonerated six of Qualcomm's outside lawyers from sanctions that could have derailed their careers, it was big news. But exactly what went wrong in the massive e-discovery failure that prompted the sanctions?

The Legal Strategy Behind The Fox-Cablevision Dispute

Posted on October 18, 2010
For angry New York sports fans, who weren't able to watch Game 1 of the National League Championship Series over the weekend, the good news is that Fox and Cablevision are back at the negotiating table to try and settle their dispute over retransmission fees.

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