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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines April 28, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, April 28, 2009.

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SPECIAL REPORT  |  Lawyers brace for swine flu pandemic
"Lawyers are getting swept up in the current event topping this week's news cycle: the deadly swine flu epidemic. Employment lawyers' phones are ringing with calls from worried employers who are seeking advice on how to prepare for a potential biological crisis. Meanwhile in Mexico, where the outbreak of the virus was first reported and where more that 1,600 people have become sick, lawyers are taking more aggressive courses of action to prevent exposure to the disease, including donning surgical masks in their law offices."

WEB-ONLY  |  'America's Sheriff' gets 5 1/2 years in prison
"Former Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona, once dubbed "America's Sheriff" by Larry King, was sentenced by a federal judge to 5 1/2 years in prison and ordered to pay a $125,000 fine after being convicted on one count of witness tampering."

WEB-ONLY  |  L.A. firm with Dreier ties closes shop
"Mason Miller, a boutique transactional entertainment firm with ties to disgraced New York attorney Marc Dreier, has dissolved as its name partners, John Mason and Darrell Miller, have joined separate law firms."

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EARLY BIRD  |  Recruiting the future lawyers of America
"How one lawyer infiltrated sixth-grade science camp in an effort to indoctrinate the future law school class of 2022"

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