The 4th Circuit has ruled that the ADA requires the Washington Redskins and operators of FedEx Field to provide song lyrics and other aural content to deaf fans.

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Since enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, attorneys in the field say only about 12 cases have gone to trial in 15 years. But some legal observers say last week’s verdict in a securities fraud class action against BankAtlantic Bancorp may nudge that door open a little bit as plaintiff attorneys look to capitalize on the nation’s appetite for holding financial institutions accountable for the recession. “It is certainly going to be a blueprint for plaintiffs attorney to look at,” said former Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Richard Serafini, who is now of counsel for Ruden McClosky in Fort Lauderdale.

A stir recently erupted in the securities class action bar after Southern District of New York Judge Harold Baer Jr. issued an order in a case against Gildan Activewear, directing two of the largest firms in the field, Labaton Sucharow and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, to “make every effort” to put at least one woman and one minority lawyer on the case

When Facebook announced it would let users create vanity URLs for their profiles, the news touched off a frenzy among brand owners fearing their names could get hijacked. There was no mass brand-jacking: Was the threat of social networks overblown? No, say lawyers in the field.