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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines March 31, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, March 31, 2009.

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WEB-ONLY  |  10th Cir. rejects $300,000 charitable tax deduction claimed by McVeigh's lawyer for donation of discovery materials
"A federal appellate court recently rejected a $300,000 charitable tax deduction claimed by the lead defense counsel for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh for the lawyer's donation of discovery materials in the McVeigh prosecution to a university. A panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that the discovery materials are excluded from the Tax Code's definition of 'capital asset' because they were prepared or produced for McVeigh's defense counsel, L. Stephen Jones."

WEB-ONLY  |  Amex wins a rare national class action trial over overcharge allegations
"In a rare case of a national class action going to trial, American Express Co. has defeated a consumer class action in California alleging that it overcharged customers as much as $310 million for travel insurance. The win was all the more unusual because it came at the end of the plaintiffs' 11-week trial presentation of evidence and without American Express putting on its case."

WEB-ONLY  |  Federal prosecutors appeal ruling on attorney-client privilege in Broadcom case
"Federal prosecutors in the criminal stock options backdating case involving Broadcom Corp. have appealed a recent decision finding that certain statements made by William Ruehle, the former chief financial officer of the Irvine, Calif.-based technology company, are protected under the attorney-client privilege."

WEB-ONLY  |  Jackson Lewis extends reach into Nebraska, absorbs Omaha-based Berens & Tate
"The national labor and employment law firm Jackson Lewis will extend its reach into Nebraska by absorbing the smaller, Omaha-based law firm Berens & Tate. Kelvin "Kelly" Berens, who is currently the managing partner at Berens & Tate, will now assume that title for the Omaha office of Jackson Lewis."

WEB-ONLY  |  Former CEO of KB Home pleads not guilty in backdating case
"The former chief executive officer and chairman of KB Home, Bruce E. Karatz, has pleaded not guilty to charges of awarding himself and others with millions of dollars of backdated stock options. If convicted, he faces up to 415 years in prison."

WEB-ONLY  |  Univ. of Maryland School of Law names first African-American dean
"Phoebe A. Haddon, a constitutional and tort law scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law, has been named the ninth dean of the University of Maryland School of Law. She is the first African-American to serve as dean in the law school's 185-year history"

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 31, 2009 (boomark / email).