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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines October 22-23, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>NLJ.com, </em>October 22-23, 2008.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Subscription needed for online access: </font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp</font></a></p> <p><font size="2">OCTOBER 22, 2008</font></p> <p><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 27, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699" size="2"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | For a hiring edge, associates should think international</a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"In order to better serve the global needs of their clients, firms are increasingly offering opportunities for young lawyers to gain experience working overseas. In 2005, DLA Piper put in a component in its summer program that calls for about 10% of the class to spend about two weeks in places ranging from London to Beijing, said Benjamin S. Boyd, the firm's national hiring partner. The current economic turmoil illustrates the importance of having lawyers who are willing to work globally, Boyd said.'</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 22, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Irvine, Calif., law school gets new name, offers first class full tuition scholarships </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The new law school at the University of California, Irvine has dropped its original name, the Donald Bren School of Law, and plans to offer full tuition scholarships to students who enroll in the school's first semester in fall 2009. Donald Bren, the billionaire chairman of the Irvine Co., a real estate firm, gave $20 million to the law school last year." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 22, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Amid cuts, firms insist they're growing </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Even as large Chicago law firms are pushing some lawyers out the door, they say they're growing by hiring new attorneys. Just before news broke last week that Sonnenschein planned to cut 25 lawyers, the firm announced the prior week that it was opening a Zurich office with two new partners and the prior month that it was expanding its patent litigation team with two new lawyers in Palo Alto, California. While Jenner & Block cut 10 partners in recent weeks, managing partner Susan Levy is adamant that her firm is 'still growing.' " </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 22, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Colo. federal judge embroiled in sex scandal resigns</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Colorado's federal Chief Judge Edward W. Nottingham, who recently presided over the insider trading trial of former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio, resigned Tuesday. Nottingham's resignation comes in the midst of complaints of judicial misconduct dating back to August 2007 and allegations in widely reported news accounts in Colorado of involvement with strip clubs and prostitutes that became public during a divorce."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 22, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Former senior Milberg Weiss partner asks for no prison time in kickback case </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"David Bershad, a former senior partner at Milberg Weiss, now called Milberg, is asking for no prison time as part of the government's kickback case against the law firm, even though the U.S. Probation Office is recommending 18 months, according to sentencing papers filed on Monday." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 22, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Loyola latest to offer dual degree, with a twist: J.D. and tax LL.M. </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, will provide a joint J.D. and tax LL.M. program next year, the first of its kind in the nation, according to the law school. The joint program, anticipated to start during the fall of 2009, allows students to earn a J.D. and tax LL.M. master's degree in three years the amount of time it normally takes to complete a J.D. program. In contrast, most tax LL.M. master's degrees require that students complete another year of law school."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 22, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | After shuttering its Charlotte office, Dewey & LeBoeuf opens up in Abu Dhabi </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">Dewey & LeBoeuf has announced plans to open offices in the Middle Eastern cities of Abu Dhabi and Doha by early 2009. The announcement comes after Monday's news that the firm will close its Charlotte, N.C., office. Earlier this month the firm said it would close offices in Jacksonville, Fla.; Austin, Texas; and Hartford, Conn by early 2009. </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 22, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | U.S, E.U. complete long drive to modernize extradition treaties </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">The United States and member states of the European Union have completed a long-running effort to modernize extradition treaties, expanding coverage to emerging new offenses, such as cybercrime, and providing, for the first time, for prosecutor-to-prosecutor extradition requests. </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 22, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Fate of mold-ridden federal courthouse once Noriega's jail is up for grabs</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">The mold-ridden, historic David W. Dyer Federal courthouse in downtown Miami could be put on the auction block. The General Services Administration, which owns all federal courthouses, said a study is under way to determine the feasability and cost of renovating the building. After the study is completed, GSA will then decide whether to renovate the courthouse or to sell it. But any plan to sell the building would likely be met with resistance and even outrage from some in the Miami legal community.</font><br/></font></p> <p><font size="2">OCTOBER 23, 2008:</font></p> <p><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 27, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699" size="2"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Firms learn a lesson on being candid about layoffs</a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"Clifford Chance's latest round of attorney layoffs was supposed to unfold according to a carefully choreographed sequence of events. Law firm leaders spent a month developing a plan for how to tell 20 associates that they were being let go, and how to break the bad news to the rest of the firm and the media. But information is difficult to control in the Internet age, and rumors of the layoffs hit the popular legal gossip blog Above the Law before the firm was prepared to release a statement."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 23, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Closer scrutiny called for Dept. of Agriculture </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Government Accountability Office called Wednesday for tighter oversight of the U.S. Department of Agriculture handling of discrimination complaints by minority farmers to address a backlog of complaints." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 23, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Vagueness of Maryland's flexible leave act is making some lawyers dizzy </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"A new Maryland law that lets employees lump together any unused paid leave days, including vacation, sick or comp days, to care for an ill family member has employers in a state of confusion. Management-side lawyers say the law, called the Maryland Flexible Leave Act (MFLA), is loaded with ambiguities that could create numerous pitfalls for employers". </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 23, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Pfizer settlement over marketing of Celebrex contains far-reaching restrictions </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Pfizer Inc.'s $60 million settlement with the attorneys general from 33 states and the District of Columbia for litigation about the company's alleged off-label marketing of pain medication Bextra and arthritis drug Celebrex includes a sweeping list of new marketing and advertising restrictions for the pharmaceutical company." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 23, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | A Kentucky law school will shutter its doors by the end of the year </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Barkley School of Law formerly known as the American Justice School of Law has announced that it will close at the end of the year. The problem-plagued Kentucky law school is withdrawing its application with the state for a license to operate in 2009. The decision comes at the end of a turbulent year for the Paducah, Ky., institution, during which it faced a lawsuit, disturbing allegations by students, dwindling enrollment, new leadership, a name change and finally, a bankruptcy filing". </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 23, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Illinois employers face new liabilities over child porn on company computers </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Illinois employers are facing new liability concerns involving the discovery of child pornography on company computers. Management-side lawyers are warning employers about a new but little-known law that requires all computer technicians and technology workers to report any child pornography discovered while working on electronic equipment." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 23, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | FCC's NASCAR sponsorship triggers an interesting legal hypothetical </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"As part of its digital television (DTV) outreach effort, the Federal Communications Commission, in a somewhat unorthodox approach, is sponsoring the NASCAR No. 38 entry with driver David Gilliland in three races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The FCC paid $350,000 for its DTV ad to appear on Gilliland's driving suit and Ford racer hood. The money is part of a federal grant to educate the public about the transition to DTV."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 23, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRTBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | ABA urges next president to address attorney-client issues and more </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The American Bar Association issued a call to the next president, whoever wins the election, to address pressing justice issues, including judicial selection, immigration, attorney-client privilege and presidential signing statements. ABA President H. Thomas Wells Jr. urged the president-elect and the Senate to resolve delays and political wrangling that has marked the judicial nomination and selection process in recent years by creating citizen advisory panels."</font></font></p>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on October 23, 2008 (boomark / email).