The Supreme Court of New Jersey held that a criminal defendant's malpractice claim against his defense counsel accrued on the date the indictment was ultimately dismissed with prejudice, not when the appellate court in the criminal case reversed and remanded based on ineffective assistance of counsel.

On February 10, 2012, the President announced a revision to the Section 2713 mandate that would offer an accommodation for group health plans sponsored by religiously affiliated employers.

On November 9, 2010, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (as mandated by Section 343 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – the "Dodd-Frank Act") adopted rules providing for unlimited deposit insurance for noninterest-bearing transaction accounts from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2012.

In a decision likely to disappoint many defendants involved in the California asbestos litigation, California’s Second Appellate District upheld a trial court decision in which the trial judge refused to instruct the jury under a "sophisticated purchaser defense."