Selections From National Law Journal Daily Headlines October 8, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2"><strong>Source:</strong><em>NLJ.com</em> October 8, 2008.</font></p>
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Law school clinics brace for investor claims</font></a><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"As investors endured another market meltdown this week, 14 law school clinics devoted to helping small investors with claims against their brokers are bracing for an expected onslaught of claims from small investors with big problems. The law schools have married the needs of small investors, whose losses are not big enough to make it feasible to hire lawyers, and law students, who gain hands-on experience in research, argument and legal writing on real cases that may range from $3,000 to $25,000 in losses." </font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRTTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE
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Senate signs record number of treaties </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Even as Congress hurried to complete the recent financial bailout legislation, the Senate finished work on an apparent record number of treaties, giving its advice and consent to issues ranging from the control of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships to suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism to anti-doping in sports. "</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRTTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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As market plunges, law firms comfort nervous associates </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"What's a law firm to do about nervous partners and associates who are waiting for the other shoe to drop? A number of firms are reassuring attorneys amid the current financial upheaval by calling meetings to inform associates that their jobs aren't on the line."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRTTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Voting rights group intervene in Wisconsin voter purge case </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Campaign Legal Center, the League of Women Voters, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and other civil and voting rights groups are seeking to intervene in a suit by the Wisconsin attorney general, which, they contend, would purge state voter rolls in violation of a federal election law." </font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRTTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Feds join case against McKesson</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The federal government has joined the owner of a Jackson, Mississippi medical supply company in his claims of illegal kickbacks in whistleblower action against McKesson Corp., its surgical supply unit and a group of nursing homes. The government filed a complaint Monday against seven entities, including McKesson, the nation's largest pharmaceutical distributor, accusing the firms of structuring arrangements for medical supplies allegedly to allow Medicare to be billed for nonexistent supplies." </font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRTTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Volatile market may offer opportunities for law firm mergers </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"There were 14 new law firm mergers and acquisitions announced in the United States in the third quarter of 2008, according to a new report. Third quarter deals are down from 26 last year. But so far this year, there have been 58 deals, which is outpacing last year's number of 44."</font></font></p>
<p><font color="#333333"><font size="2"><strong><font color="#000000">OPINION<br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --></font><font color="#336699"><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRTTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVST" target="_blank">STATE COURT JUDGES
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What would Adams say?</a></font></strong><br/><font color="#333333">"The brilliance of John Adams was deftly captured in the recent HBO mini-series. Adams might well have foreseen some of the more radical proposals circulating in today's America cloaked in the veil of 'judicial accountability.' And more than a few voices in our nation seem now to question the foundational premises of constitutional democracy laid out so eloquently by Adams and his compatriots. Collectively, a growing tide of attacks is having a startling impact on public trust and confidence in our courts." </font><br/></font></font></p>
