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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 8, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, December 8, 2009.

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Justices likely to leave accounting oversight board as is

"The U.S. Supreme Court appeared inclined to leave well enough alone Monday and not tinker with the structure of an accounting oversight board created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.'

 

Law students try to shift climate policy in Copenhagen

"As most law students cram this week for their impending final exams, a pair of 2Ls from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law will make the rounds at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen discussing their research on climate change and human rights."

 

More than half of executives surveyed worry about cuts to compliance departments

"Following widespread cuts in corporate compliance and internal audit departments, 56% of corporate professionals are at least as worried or more worried about securities lawsuits than they were two years ago, according to a recent poll."

 

Before benefits run out for 3 million in early 2010, Congress urged to act

"Time is running out for Congress to act on an unemployment insurance program that's set to expire on Dec. 31, leaving more than one million people with no benefits in January and another 2.2 million more by March."

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