Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Legal Research Blogs -> New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

Legal Research

: New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

National Law Journal: Selected Articles May 22, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: National Law Journal Online, May 22, 2009.

Subscription required for online access unless otherwise noted:

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp

Detainee advocate responds to Obama's Gitmo speech

Marcia Coyle

"The political-legal quagmire of Guantanamo Bay has jumped to the fore again this week with the President Obama's speech today and the Senate's blocking of funds to close the detention camp. In his speech, the president outlined five categories of detainees and how each would be handled in the coming year, with the exception of the most dangerous detainees who could not be tried in courts or military commissions. We asked Stephen Vladeck of American University Washington College of Law for his take on what the president had to say about solving the Gitmo problem. "

Sonnenschein announces associate pay cuts, performance-based compensation system

Lynne Marek 

"Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal next month will cut associate salaries as part of a broader effort to revamp its compensation, staffing, training and mentoring programs for the junior lawyers. The law firm will cut associate pay on June 1, reducing pay for first-year associates in big cities to $145,000 annually from $160,000, and next year will more broadly revamp associate compensation toward a performance-based system, Chairman Elliott Portnoy said in a memo on Thursday to all associates. At the same time, the firm will create a new associate-partner committee to flesh out new associate programs. "

FRONT PAGE:

Who will be the next Supreme Court justice?

U.S. attorney picks are under way

The Female Factor

MORE SELECTED HEADLINES:

Five lawyers involved in Detroit text message scandal charged with professional misconduct

Illinois federal judges grouse about lawyer attire in the courtroom

When government's involved in bankruptcy, it sits at head of table

DLA amends pay plan

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on May 22, 2009 (boomark / email).