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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines April 21, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, April 21, 2009.

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FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  High court will jump back into prosecutorial immunity, speedy trial issues
"The U.S. Supreme Court next term will jump back into questions surrounding prosecutorial immunity and speedy trial requirements in two cases, one involving prosecutors' immunity from suit for fabricating evidence in a case's investigative phase, and the other concerning whether pretrial motion preparation counts under the federal Speedy Trial Act. "

WEB-ONLY  |  Executives: Obama administration's transparency demands linked to bailout funds will trigger more litigation
"The Obama Administration is asking too much of Corporate America in terms of transparency, setting it up for more whistleblower lawsuits and more regulation. That's what a new online poll of more than 1,500 executives, released on Monday, concluded, as more than half of the respondents claimed that it's impossible to meet the transparency demands required in exchange for bailout funds."

WEB-ONLY  |  U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald takes on a new role: witness in federal witness security case
"Patrick Fitzgerald, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, found himself in the witness stand for a change, testifying in Chicago in the first case of a breach in the federal witness security program."

WEB-ONLY  |  D.C. Circuit rejects Mayer Brown's effort to force IRS disclosures on settlement objections
"A federal appeals court rejected Mayer Brown's effort to force the Internal Revenue Service to disclose its settlement objections and assessment of litigation hazards in resolving claims against illegal tax shelter schemes known as lease in/lease out. "

WEB-ONLY  |  Blago's attorney to seek release of campaign funds
"Chicago attorney Sheldon Sorosky, who is representing former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, plans to file a motion in court seeking the release of money from the ex-governor's campaign fund so that more lawyers can be hired to defend Blagojevich."

WEB-ONLY  |  Federal prosecutors fight move to dismiss campaign-related indictment against L.A.-based lawyer
"The federal government has rebutted claims to dismiss its indictment against Pierce O'Donnell, the lead attorney representing Hurricane Katrina victims in a trial against the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers that began on Monday."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on April 21, 2009 (boomark / email).