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National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update September 4, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, September 4, 2009.

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Supreme Court Opens Up to C-SPAN

"A new justice joining the Supreme Court is something of a mixed blessing, it turns out. While Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. called it "an exciting part of life at the Court," Justice Clarence Thomas noted, "You have to start all over; the chemistry is different," and Anthony Kennedy added, "It's stressful for us, because we so admire our colleagues." These comments and more will be aired starting Oct. 4 on C-SPAN, part of a weeklong series of programs on the Court that resulted from unusual access to the Court."

 

Obama Will Publish White House Visitor Logs

"For the first time in history, the White House is planning to publish its visitor logs -- a move the Obama administration called a sign of the president's 'commitment to an open and transparent government.' "

 

PTO Chief Taps Agency Vets for Top Jobs

"Now that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has a director at the helm, a new senior management team is moving into place. David Kappos, the just-appointed PTO director and undersecretary of commerce for intellectual property, has nominated longtime PTO executive Robert Stoll to the position of Commissioner for Patents and Margaret Focarino as Deputy Commissioner for Patents."

 

 

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 08, 2009 (boomark / email).