In the latest volley by pharmaceutical defendants seeking alternative forums to Pennsylvania state court, drugmaker Pfizer has asked that almost 50 cases that have been removed to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania be consolidated into one multidistrict litigation.

Jerone English, director of e-discovery for Intel, speaks to LTN magazine’s editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about how rank-and-file lawyers can get up to speed on the latest electronic data discovery policies and procedures.

A federal judge has dismissed a putative class action brought by shareholders of the Washington Post Co., which owns the for-profit educational behemoth Kaplan. The decision is the latest in a string of adverse rulings for plaintiffs firms that filed securities suits against for-profit education companies in 2010.

In the latest settlement in a massive antitrust case against major airlines that has yielded almost $500 million in settlement awards to date, freight forwarders and companies that ship goods by air won $15.8 million from El Al Israel Airlines.

Hewlett-Packard announced Monday that general counsel Michael Holston will leave after almost five years at HP, the latest in a string of high-profile departures. David Healy, co-chair of mergers and acquisitions at Fenwick & West, will serve as interim counsel while HP searches for a permanent replacement.