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Holder Signals Greater Openness with OLC, State Secrets
AG Eric Holder--confirmed 75 to 21 last night and sworn in today--wrote that he would review "significant pending cases" in which the government asserted a state secrets privilege and that he would seek to minimize the use of that privilege,...

"AG Holder Demands Review of Bush-Era State Secrets"
"AG Holder Demands Review of Bush-Era State Secrets": David Kravets has this post at Wired.com's "Threat Level" blog.

"AG Holder reviewing all state secrets claims"
"AG Holder reviewing all state secrets claims": The Associated Press provides this report.

Bill Would Limit Judges on State Secrets
Lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation that might make it more difficult for federal judges to scuttle lawsuits in which the government claims state secrets might be exposed...

Holder orders DOJ review of US state secret assertions
[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday ordered a review of all government claims invoking the state secrets privilege. A spokesperson for the Department of Justice (DOJ) said that each state secrets claim will be reviewed to make sure the privilege was invoked only in lawful situations...

Lawmakers Reining in Judges on State Secrets
U.S. Lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation that might make it more difficult for federal judges to scuttle lawsuits in which the government claims state secrets might be exposed...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

Stacy Schneider
Stacy Schneider offers to be Britney Spears Lawyer for Free

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.

State Street Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
State Street Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

State Street Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
State Street Corporation 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info
Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info

Dell Inc
Settles 34-State Lawsuit