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The Recorder

Facebook Deputy GC Details Plan to Increase User Data Privacy, Transparency

Facebook's vice president and deputy general counsel Ashlie Beringer co-authored a blog post detailing how the company is attempting to make its privacy tools and settings easier to find.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Rapper DMX Receives 1-Year Prison Sentence for Tax Evasion

DMX, 47, was convicted of not paying $1.7 million in taxes between 2002 and 2005.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Study Shows LA's Legal Market Has Recovered Following '08 Crisis

A new analysis by the Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy at UCLA looks at how law firms in Los Angeles have adapted to market conditions within the past decade.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Rejects Ex-Drinker Associate's Libel Claims Against Partners

A California appeals court found Drinker Biddle partners' negative reviews of a former associate were opinions, and not actionable.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Gilead Accuses Teva of Infringing Hep C Drug as Sales Decline

Gilead Sciences Inc. on Tuesday sued to stop a rival drugmaker from bringing a generic version of Sovaldi to market, as the company continues its campaign to protect the hepatitis C treatment amid rapidly declining sales.
3 minute read

Daily Report Online

Court of Appeals Won't Review $30M Hand Verdict Reversal

The plaintiffs counsel says letting the opinion stand as good law will affect all accident cases in Georgia where defendants say they didn't mean to do it. The defense says the appeal was meritless.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Anonymous Treasury Department YouTuber Seeks to Block Government Request for Data

The self-described whistleblower asked a federal judge in Northern California to block a subpoena from Treasury's Inspector General's Office seeking to identify who posted a pair of YouTube videos criticizing the minority hiring and promotion practices of the Office of Financial Research.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Covington & Burling Absorbs German Firm for Frankfurt Launch

Washington-based Covington is planting a flag in the European financial hub with six new partners from Frankfurt's Heymann & Partner Rechtsanwälte.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Citing Fraud Rap, Court Denies Sharpe James' Bid for Professor Pension

A three-judge Appellate Division panel said in an unpublished opinion Tuesday that James' conduct while in office, though it did not involve his work with the college, was of such a nature that he should not receive credit for a year he spent as a senior fellow and a department director at Essex County College.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

In-House Counsel Want 'Appropriate Fee Arrangements,' Data Can Help Them Get There

"I've never met a lawyer who hired a contractor to build their house depending on how long it takes to build it," Cisco deputy GC Steve Harmon said of changing discussions about fee arrangements.
3 minute read

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