Selections from the National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 2, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 8, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699" size="2"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE
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Lawyer fights, with no success, to deposit $7.7M in settlement checks from Pan Am Flight 103 litigation </a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">After more than a decade of litigation against Libya for the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and with the end nearly in sight because of a judicially approved settlement, a Washington lawyer's attempt to deposit four settlement checks for roughly $7.7 million into his trust account was rejected by Bank of America despite his presenting a notarized power of attorney." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 2, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Chevron cleared of human rights violations in Nigeria</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"A nine-member jury handed oil giant Chevron Corp. a complete victory Monday in a high-stakes battle by Nigerian villagers who accused the company of cooperating with the Nigerian government in human rights abuses of protesters at the company's off-shore Nigerian facilities. </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 2, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Key U.S. senator urges DOJ, Treasury to investigate fraudulent attempt to obtain bailout money </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Senator Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, commonly regarded as the "father" of the modern and strengthened False Claims Act, recently sent a letter to the departments of Treasury and Justice, urging them to investigate and prosecute aggressively under the act legitimate claims of fraud, waste or abuse in the distribution of government funds under the Troubled Assets Recovery Program (TARP) and the Capital Purchase Program (CPP)". </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 2, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Illinois judge fights mandatory retirement policy </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"An Illinois state court judge, who wants to stay on the bench despite a state law that would keep him from running in a retention race for his seat once he turns 75, told the state's top court last week that the law doesn't comply with the state's constitution." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 2, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Former Detroit mayor fights to retain law license </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Lawyers for ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick filed papers Monday with the Michigan Attorney Discipline Board, asking it to set aside a judge's order revoking Kilpatrick's law license for lying about an affair at a police whistle-blower trial that cost the city $8.4 million."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 2, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Key figure in Detroit's text-messaging scandal is sentenced </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Christine Beatty, the former aide to Detroit's ex-major Kwame Kilpatrick, pleaded guilty to two felonies for lying under oath about an affair with her boss, an admission that will cost her 120 days in jail, five years' probation and $100,000 in restitution." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 2, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCYTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Reed Smith's India expert takes a look at the long- and short-term effects of the Mumbai terrorist attacks </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai killed more than 180 people and injured even more. Reed Smith partner Ajay Raju said his phone has been ringing a lot since the attacks. Raju, who serves as vice chairman of the law firm's business and finance department, is also the chairman and chief executive of the Global Indian Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit organization he founded in 1999 which has more than 20,000 worldwide members. We asked Raju about the impact of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai." </font><br/></font></p>
