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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 29, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, September 29, 2009.

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Looking for ad space? See the Cook County clerk's Web site

"Dorothy Brown, the circuit court clerk for Cook County, Ill., has found a new way to raise revenue for her cash-strapped operations: selling advertising to law firms on her office's Web site."

 

More companies read e-mail over employees' shoulders 

"The economy has employers extra jittery about company secrets getting out, so nervous that they're hiring staff just to monitor outbound e-mails. A recent study found that 38% of large U.S. employers are monitoring outbound e-mail to prevent data leaks. And it's not just inappropriate use of e-mail that has employers worried. Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook are also compounding data leak fears."

Federal judge will join Girardi & Keese

"Stephen Larson, the federal judge who recently announced that he could no longer afford to sit on the bench, will join plaintiff's firm Girardi & Keese in Los Angeles as a partner."

 

Attorney who accused Toyota is referred to the State Bar of California

"A judge has referred a former in-house attorney for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. to the State Bar of California for possibly violating the rules of professional conduct by disclosing confidential attorney-client information."

THE PRACTICE

VOIR DIRE

"New Jersey Superior Court goes to the dogs; staples wound workers ? and the plaintiff's case; Shakespeare plays a part in making dinner part of a reprimand; the dangers of hugging and misdirection in this week's column."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 29, 2009 (boomark / email).