Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines October 9, 2008
By David Badertscher, PLL
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<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, </em>October 9, 2008.</font></p>
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Lawyers worry about liability if banks holding client trust accounts fail</a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"Following the failure of California's IndyMac and the very real potential of other bank collapses, lawyers have been flooding bar associations with questions about whether they would be responsible for client trust accounts if a bank fails. In response, bar associations have been posting guidance to lawyers on their Web sites, holding internal meetings on the issue and issuing formal ethics opinions."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRYRQUVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE
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Kozinski faces misconduct complaint </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Alex Kozinski faces a new misconduct complaint that accuses him of illegally disabling court software in 2001 that was intended to detect improper staff Internet downloads of movies and music. The 80-page complaint, filed Sept. 27 by Beverly Hills attorney Cyrus Sanai, who has filed complaints against Kozinski in the past, also includes the first formal complaint against Kozinski for making sexually explicit images available on a public website, alex.kozinski.com."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRYRQUVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Jurors' new life: time for shopping, child care services and movies</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Courthouses around the country have taken initiatives to better accommodate potential jurors and help limit the number of no-shows. While flat-screen TVs, computer terminals and free wireless Internet have become common in many jury assembly rooms, some courthouses have gone even further to make jurors more comfortable."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRYRQUVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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New federal rule pre-empts state tort claims related to seatbelt injuries</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration once again has launched a "pre-emptive" strike against state personal injury suits by inserting a pre-emption provision in a new rule governing seat belt safety, according to consumer and trial lawyer groups."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRYRQUVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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DOJ, FBI have new authority to reopen unsolved Civil Rights-era crimes</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"President Bush has signed into law new authority for the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI to reopen, investigate and prosecute unsolved Civil Rights Era crimes."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRYRQUVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Litigator chosen to replace judge who resigned over DUI arrest</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tapped Sherin and Lodgen litigator Frank J. Bailey to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts. Bailey's appointment follows this year's departure of bankruptcy Judge Robert Somma, who resigned following a New Hampshire drunk driving arrest on Feb. 6."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRYRQUVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Mass. high court to explore key legal questions on attorney's lien statute, patent prosecution work</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sent legal questions about whether lawyers can use the Massachusetts attorney's lien statute to collect money for patent prosecution work to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. If the state Supreme Court does rule that lawyers can attach a lien to patent work, the 1st Circuit wants to know if the lien survives when the party that hired the lawyer sells the patent or patent application."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRRYRQUVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY
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Appellate court agrees to stay court order on subpoenas over U.S. Attorney firings</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has agreed to stay a federal district court's order that White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten Miers and former White House Counsel Harriet Miers comply with U.S. House Judiciary Committee subpoenas regarding the forced resignations of nine U.S. attorneys."</font><br/></font></p>
