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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines January 23, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, January 23, 2009

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FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  Metadata grows in legal import
"A very small thing called "metadata" is getting bigger, at least in legal significance. Attorneys say that lawsuits demanding the production of metadata ? the digital DNA of a document ? have increased in recent years. And courts are honoring many of those requests when they are made early on, and relevance is shown. "

FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  DNA collection from arrestees causes alarm
"A new rule that expands the collection of DNA samples to individuals arrested for federal crimes has been welcomed by prosecutors, while defense lawyers are raising concerns over privacy issues, Fourth Amendment protections and more."

WEB-ONLY  |  Federal court: A company's tax accrual work papers are protected work product
"A company's so-called tax accrual work papers, prepared with the assistance of in-house and external counsel, are protected work product, a federal appellate court has ruled in an important case closely watched by an anxious business and legal community."

WEB-ONLY  |  R.I. AG must reimburse paint companies in groundbreaking public nuisance suit
"A Rhode Island judge has ruled that the state's attorney general must reimburse three paint companies more than $242,000 in costs incurred in a groundbreaking public nuisance lawsuit."

WEB-ONLY  |  As a new trial hearing looms in the Chevron human rights case, the lead lawyer discusses the rigors of defending Big Oil
"A decade-long legal battle claiming human rights violations against oil giant Chevron Corp. by a group of Nigerian villagers ended last month in a jury victory for Chevron, but lawyers for the Nigerians are seeking a new trial and, failing that, have pledged an appeal. Jones Day's Robert Mittelstaedt, who led the defense team representing Chevron, talked with us about the high-stakes case"

WEB-ONLY  |  Blagojevich sued over empty seats on state education funding advisory board
"Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, a Chicago organization focused on social justice issues related to housing and education, said it has sued embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich over his failure to fill empty seats on a state board that advises the state's legislature on minimum education funding levels."

WEB-ONLY  |  Dreier case takes one small step forward in Canada
"The same day that Mark Dreier appeared in a New York court, he received another hearing date north of the border for his charge of impersonating another lawyer there. Dreier was not present in a Toronto court on Thursday morning, the first scheduled hearing date since he was arrested in that city in December for allegedly impersonating a lawyer from the Ontario Teachers' Pension "Plan.

WEB-ONLY  |  SEC taps deputy GC as acting GC
"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission tapped deputy general counsel Andrew N. Vollmer as acting general counsel. Prior to joining the SEC in 2006, Vollmer was vice chairman of WilmerHale's securities department."

OPINION

SOLICITOR GENERAL'S OFFICE  |  Course correction needed
"President Obama's nomination of Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan to be the next solicitor general inspires reflections not only about who should be the solicitor general, but also about what should be the role of the SG. Under Bush, the Office of the Solicitor General has repeatedly sought to provide legal immunity to big business and state governments at the expense of the legal rights of ordinary Americans. Under Kagan, the OSG should change its course. Toward that end, we propose some principles to guide it."

 

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