Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines November 4, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>NLJ.com, </em>November 4, 2008</font></p>
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Two election law 'rock stars' talk about election reform and a possible 'Bush v. Gore II' </a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"They are the rock stars of election law, particularly in a presidential election year. Newspaper reporters, television newscasters and radio personalities seek their input on everything from whether Ben & Jerry's can legally give free ice cream scoops to citizens who vote on Nov. 4, to whether there will be a provisional or absentee ballot meltdown on election day. Life has gone from crazy to crazed just days before election day for Rick Hasen of Loyola Law School and Ned Foley of Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, but we caught up with them for our occasional Q&A series." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWYBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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An 'orgy of negativity' in Michigan judicial race </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Michigan's Supreme Court race has turned into the nation's nastiest judicial campaign, according to Justice at Stake, a nonpartisan organization that monitors judicial races. Michigan is one of a half-dozen fall court races marked by heavy spending and organized attempts by special interests, political parties and an emerging class of "super-donors" to pack courts with judges to their liking."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWYBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Fla. lawyers clash on eve of election </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Republicans and Democratic lawyers skirmished in Florida Monday, one day before the presidential election. The Democrats
fearful of a repeat of the 2000 election battle
were in Tallahassee state court Monday morning, explaining to a judge why they feared the Republicans planned wide-scale voter challenges."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWYBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Nevada throws another legal road block in way of proposed nuclear waste repository </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The state of Nevada recently threw another legal roadblock in the way of the proposed nuclear waste repository site at Yucca Mountain
the lack of which has resulted in multibillion-dollar liability for the federal government. Nevada's attorney general has asked the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to invalidate the EPA's final radiation standard for the high-level waste repository." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWYBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Last of Milberg conspirators sentenced</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"A federal judge has sentenced Steven G. Cooperman and Paul Selzer, the last two individuals in the government's criminal kickback case against Milberg, to four months in prison and six months of home detention, respectively." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWYBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Federal judges take on overflow cases; resolve thousands of civil, criminal actions </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"More than 60 federal trial and appellate judges around the country have taken on overflow cases from other circuits to help overcrowded courts resolve roughly 8,000 civil cases and 600 criminal cases; they have held 167 trials in 2008, according to the Administrative Office of the Courts." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWYBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Corporate attorney sues Citigroup for alleged interference with patent-pending bond financing plan </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Dreier corporate and securities partner Linda Grant Williams filed an antitrust lawsuit against Citigroup Inc. for allegedly interfering with the market's use of her patent-pending airline bond financing structure and pressuring her two former law firms to eject her from the partnership and end her employment." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- November 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRWYBQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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High-profile Chicago attorney pleads guilty to fraud charges</a></b></font><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="2"><font size="2">"Edward R. Vrdolyak, a former Chicago alderman and one-time personal injury attorney, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office that eliminated the need for a trial that would have started this week."</font></font></p>
