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The percentage of first-time takers of the bar exam that passed was slightly lower in July 2010 than it was in July 2009. Stanford Law School graduates had the highest passing percentage of any California accredited school.

Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Silver-Greenberg says banks are raising minimum payments to try to force late fees, charging for credit protection insurance without permission, and attaching all kinds of fees to prepaid cards that aren’t covered by new federal regulations.

A day after ABC News reported that Toyota’s own techs had experienced sudden unintended acceleration in vehicles that were then repurchased in an apparent attempt to hush up the situation, the auto giant had whipped up its PR machine to report that there was in essence nothing to worry about.

ABC News is reporting that Toyota southt to hush up problems with Sudden Unintended Acceleration by buying back two of its vehicles after its own technicians experienced the problem.

The traditionally anti-litigation business umbrella group decides to embrace the art of legal weaponry to overcome regulation it considers bad for business.

The Daily Journal’s Gabe Friedman had a very nice piece on the looming legal tug-of-war over punitive damages in cases against Toyota alleging sudden unintended acceleration that results in death or injuries.

We all know that old Mark Twain saying that “figures don’t lie, but liars figure.” Was he envisioning the Chambers ILR as he penned that enduring insight?