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National Law Journal: Selections for Legal Times Afternoon Update December 15, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, December 15, 2009.

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Hogan and Lovells Partners Approve Merger

"Partners at Hogan & Hartson and Lovells signed off on their megamerger in separate votes that ended at midnight on Monday. The move is one of the last big hurdles before the two firms officially set up shop, which is planned for May 1."

 

D.C. Agrees to Pershing Park Settlement of $8.25 Million

"The District of Columbia will pay $8.25 million to settle a class action brought by protesters rounded up in mass arrests during the 2002 Pershing Park demonstrations. Plaintiffs' lawyers today announced an agreement in principle with the District that would bring an end to nearly eight years of litigation".

 

Women Fare Well in Wilmer's Year-End Promotions

"Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr has announced its year-end promotions, and women have done particularly well this year. Of the nine counsel being moved up to partner, five are women. "

 

D.C. Circuit Takes Up Presidential Oath Case

"Atheist lawyer Michael Newdow, who has unsuccessfully challenged religious trappings of presidential inaugurations past, took his latest dispute--this one involving Barack Obama's inauguration--to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today."

 

FDA Opens Office in Mexico City

"The Food and Drug Administration is going global. The agency announced today that it will open an office in Mexico City - the FDA's 10th new international office in the last 13 months. "

 

Congress Appropriates More for Legal Services

"The 2010 spending package on its way to President Barack Obama's desk will give the Legal Services Corp. a much smaller boost than some Democrats had hoped for--but a boost nonetheless. It will also allow the agency's grant recipients to pursue attorney fees for the first time in more than a decade."

 

D.C. Convict Released After 28 Years; Not Yet Exonerated

"A District of Columbia judge this morning ordered the immediate release of a man who had spent 28 years in prison, after new DNA testing showed he may have been wrongly convicted of murder."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).