The Fair Political Practices Commission has delayed plans to post judges’ financial disclosures online, sympathizing with jurists who complained that easy electronic access to their annual Statement of Economic Interests would aid hot-tempered defendants and litigants looking for revenge.

For the second straight year, a record number of patent holders filed infringement claims at the U.S. International Trade Commission. The fiscal year 2011 filings were up so much that the commission is planning to build a third courtroom to accommodate the caseload, which shows no signs of slowing.

The D.C. Circuit has refused to erase an SEC order permanently barring a lawyer from associating with an investment adviser or an investment company.

In the first federal lawsuit over Google’s recently announced privacy changes, the Electronic Privacy Information Center is suing the Federal Trade Commission, claiming that Google’s plans to streamline privacy settings for 60 different services and products beginning March 1 would violate a consent order the search giant reached with the FTC last fall.

The ABA has advocated for more inclusion of women, but the organization’s leadership remains largely male. A report by the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession found a few causes for concern, including the 10 percent drop in the percentage of women serving as section or division chairs.