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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines May 29, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, May 29, 2009.

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In climate case, long delay by Sotomayor-led panel

"A major climate change lawsuit brought by eight states against five utilities has been pending decision for nearly three years before a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit on which Sonia Sotomayor is the presiding judge. "No one knows why the case has never been decided," said David Doniger, policy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate Center."

Connecticut and Maryland offer state tax amnesty programs

"Connecticut and Maryland are offering state tax amnesty programs in the wake of a six-month Internal Revenue Service amnesty program for taxpayers with unpaid offshore account income. Under both state programs, participants can avoid penalties and criminal prosecution and pay lower interest on back taxes."

Another strike against Seroquel plaintiffs

"A Delaware judge has thrown out a personal injury suit against AstraZeneca PLC on the ground that the plaintiff's medical expert did not sufficiently establish that the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel caused a woman to develop Type II diabetes."

ABA invites Obama to its annual meeting

"The American Bar Association is seeking to lure President Barack Obama to Chicago this summer as a speaker at its annual meeting. In light of the meeting taking place in the president's hometown this year and given his affinity for Abraham Lincoln, the famous Illinois lawyer turned president whose bicentennial is this year, the association figures it might have a chance of attracting Obama to the meeting, said ABA President H. Thomas 'Tommy' Wells." 

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