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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 17, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemNLJ.com, /emDecember 17, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Subscription needed for online access: /font/p#13; pa href=http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp target=_blankfont size=2http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp/font/a/p#13; pbr/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 22, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699 size=2ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT target=_blankFROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  In rare move, judge rejects settlement in backdating case /a/b/fontbr/font size=2font color=#333333In a highly unusual move, a federal judge has rejected KLA-Tencor Corp.'s request to terminate a derivative action and refused to accept its settlement terms in an options backdating suit. U.S. District Judge James Ware cited concerns about fairness and the independence of one member of the board of directors' special litigation committee for refusing to dismiss the case./fontbr/br/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 22, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU target=_blankFROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  Fla. law school takes 'naming rights' concept to a new level /a/b/fontbr/font color=#333333While all law schools seem to be launching naming rights campaigns to raise funds these days, St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami has taken the concept to a new level. Not only is the small private law school selling naming rights to its school for $10 million, it is also offering donors the opportunity to have their names plastered on the student center, law library, conference room, annexes, breezeways, classrooms, instructor's offices, and a new center for global justice./fontbr/br/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 17, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW target=_blankWEB-ONLY  |  Susman Godfrey launches investigation of Madoff collapse /a/b/fontbr/font color=#333333Susman Godfrey announced on Tuesday that it has launched an investigation into the collapse of Bernard Madoff's New York investment firm, which allegedly defrauded investors out of some $50 billion. /fontbr/br/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 17, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY target=_blankWEB-ONLY  |  Fundraiser for Blagojevich to change plea in tax fraud case /a/b/fontbr/font color=#333333Christopher Kelly, a fundraiser for embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will change his not-guilty plea with respect to federal tax fraud charges in a case not directly related to the current probe of the state's top official. /fontbr/br/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 17, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA target=_blankWEB-ONLY  |  Executions hit 14-year low in 2008; new death sentences hit 30-year low /a/b/fontbr/font color=#333333Executions hit a 14-year low nationally, with 37 in 2008, and new death sentences fell to a 30-year low, according to a year-end report by the Death Penalty Information Center. /fontbr/br/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 17, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB target=_blankWEB-ONLY  |  Federal bankruptcy filings surge by 30%; business filings up by 49% /a/b/fontbr/font color=#333333The total federal bankruptcy filings jumped up by 30% for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, with business filings climbing by 49% in the same period, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. /fontbr/br/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 17, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC target=_blankWEB-ONLY  |  Calif. high court to consider consent as a defense to lewd conduct with a minor /a/b/fontbr/font color=#333333The California Supreme Court has taken up the question of whether consent may be a defense to a charge of lewd conduct with a child under 14 by means of force or duress. The court agreed to review a divided appellate panel decision that overturned three counts against a 19-year-old accused of kissing and fondling a 13-year-old cousin and an 11-year-old neighbor. /fontbr/br/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 17, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD target=_blankWEB-ONLY  |  Director of FTC's policy planning office to join Business Software Alliance /a/b/fontbr/font color=#333333Maureen Ohlhausen, director of the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy Planning for the past four years and head of the agency's Internet Access Task Force, is leaving the agency to become technology policy counsel at the Business Software Alliance. /fontbr/br/!--commentsListSize 0--!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --!-- December 17, 2008 --!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --font color=#336699ba class=headline href=http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSSRCCQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSR target=_blankWEB-ONLY  |  A law professor talks about the crisis of Canada's unprecedented suspension of Parliament /a/b/fontbr//fontfont color=#333333 size=2font size=2The Canadian government granted Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to Parliament until Jan. 26, 2009. The move allowed Harper to avoid a nonconfidence vote in the House of Commons that would have brought down his minority Conservative government. University of Toronto law professor Lorraine Weinrib spoke with the NLJ about this historic development./font/font/p

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