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

Legal Research

: New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines August 12, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source:NLJ.com, August 12, 2009.

Subscription required for online access:

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

"U.S. attorney the latest prize in competition to build white-collar practices in L.A.

This week's announcement that Thomas O'Brien, the sitting U.S. attorney for the Central District of California, would join Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker in the fall marked the latest in a string of significant hires designed to build white-collar defense practice groups in Los Angeles. While a number major firms have had prominent white-collar practices in Los Angeles for decades, others have been trying to catch up. "

 

Associate hire gets plaintiffs' firm booted from case

"A federal magistrate judge has booted a Boston plaintiffs' law firm from an overtime case because of a conflict created when it hired a laid-off Seyfarth Shaw associate. While the judge said that the conflict question was "admittedly close," he determined that the former Seyfarth associate had material information that was substantial to the case, creating a conflict of interest requiring Lichten & Liss-Riordan's disqualification"

 

Playing civil defense for Blagojevich

"Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is bringing a new pro bono attorney onto his legal team to defend three civil cases over his alleged corrupt governance practices. Blagojevich has hired Jay Edelson, a Chicago partner with KamberEdelson who is best known for his plaintiffs' work, such as recent lawsuits against companies that sold tainted pet food that injured and killed people's pets."

 

Center will study the globalization of law

"Indiana University Maurer School of Law has launched a Center on the Global Legal Profession to scrutinize legal systems and the practice of law worldwide. Directed by William Henderson, the center will promote research and scholarship on the globalization of the profession. ."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on August 12, 2009 (boomark / email).