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National Law Journal: Selections From Legal Times Afternoon Update February 9, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, February 9, 2010.

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Veteran Military Judge To Head Fort Hood Hearing

"The Army has picked veteran military judge Col. James Pohl to head the pre-trial investigation -- Article 32 hearing -- into whether sufficient evidence exists to proceed with the court-martial of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the alleged shooter in the Fort Hood massacre. "

 

DOJ Continues Fight for Deloitte Records on Appeal in D.C.

"The Justice Department wants to convince a federal appeals court in Washington that the accounting firm Deloitte should be forced to give up tax documents stemming from auditing services provided to Dow Chemical Company"

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Administrative Law Judge Sues HUD for Discrimination and Retaliation

"An administrative law judge has filed suit against the Department of Housing and Urban Development, claiming a superior interfered with his docket and refused to let him hear certain cases after the judge lodged a discrimination claim."

 

ABA Endorses New Procedure for Judicial Pay Hikes

"The American Bar Association's House of Delegates today voted to ask Congress to make it easier for federal judges to receive cost-of-living pay increases when other federal employees get them. Passage of the change would remove a continuing source of friction between judges and Congress."

 

Report Criticizes Influence of Plaintiffs' Lawyers

"Opponents of the plaintiffs' bar stepped up their rhetoric today with the release of a report trying to detail the lawyers' influence in Washington"

 

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on February 10, 2010 (boomark / email).