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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines October 15, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>NLJ.com, </em>October 15, 2008.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Subscription needed for online access: </font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp</font></a></p> <p> </p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="665" border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="8"><font size="2"> </font></td> <td valign="top" width="410"><!-----ISSUE DATE------> <p class="issuedate"><font size="2">October 15, 2008</font></p><!-----ISSUE DATE------><!-- entering multi --><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><b>TODAY'S NEWS</b></font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | As Heller is sliced and diced, many associates are out in the cold</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"As large groups of partners at Heller Ehrman have jumped on board other law firms in the past few weeks, one contingent of attorneys has been noticeably absent from some of the moves: associates. To be sure, some associates at Heller Ehrman have landed jobs alongside the partners with whom they worked. About one-quarter of the more than 200 associates employed at Heller in the weeks before its dissolution, which its partners approved on Sept. 26, have announced moves to other firms."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | Clifford Chance lays off 20 associates from U.S. litigation, dispute resolution practice</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Clifford Chance is laying off 20 associates from its U.S. litigation and dispute resolution practice. The cuts will be in the London-based law firm's New York and Washington offices."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | States, cities face a flurry of court actions over voter registration, absentee voting</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"As the presidential election nears, states and cities across the United States face a flurry of court action affecting the handling of voter registrations, and in Vermont, a Justice Department lawsuit alleges violations of absentee voting law."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | Subprime mortgage lenders not popular with potential jurors</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"When it comes to juries, subprime mortgage lenders won't win popularity contests anytime soon. A survey completed earlier this month of adults eligible for jury service found they overwhelming believe that subprime mortgage lenders knowingly made risky loans."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | High court declines to review FedEx disability discrimination case</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a punitive damages award against Federal Express Corp. which had argued, in a disability discrimination case, that adoption of a compliance policy and an internal grievance policy for handling employee complaints showed, as a matter of law, that it acted in good faith to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | Broadcom co-founder, federal prosecutors decline to withdraw plea bargain in backdating case</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Broadcom Corp. co-founder Henry Samueli and federal prosecutors in the criminal backdating case involving the Irvine, Calif.-based broadband communications manufacturer have declined to withdraw a plea agreement that the federal judge overseeing the case has said would "\'erode the public's trust in the fundamental fairness of our justice system.' "</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | Wisconsin Judicial Commission files complaint over child rape ad</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"A state agency tasked with monitoring judicial misconduct in Wisconsin has filed a complaint over a television ad that aired earlier this year in support of Michael Gableman, who now sits on the state's Supreme Court. The Wisconsin Judicial Commission filed the complaint with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, charging that Gableman, who was then a judge of the Burnett County Circuit Court, wrongfully mischaracterized his opponent's role in the release of a convicted child rapist."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | Ill. law school poised to help wrongly convicted on a shorter path to pardon, compensation</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University's School of Law is planning to file petitions on Wednesday for certificates of innocence on behalf of four people who have had their convictions overturned. They are the first such filings under Illinois' new law, which allows people who have served time in prison for a conviction that was later reversed, dismissed or set aside to petition for a certificate of innocence in circuit court rather than waiting for the governor to grant a pardon."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRSTBQTVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank">WEB ONLY | Water seepage destroys thousands of books in Florida Supreme Court's law library</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Florida Supreme Court has erected a safety fence outside its building and is beginning repairs to its basement, where water seepage has destroyed some 12,000 books during the last two years."</font><br/></font><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --></td></tr></tbody></table>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on October 15, 2008 (boomark / email).