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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines October 28-29, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>NLJ.com, </em>October 28-29, 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><font size="2">October 28, 2008:</font></p> <p><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 28, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699" size="2"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUWTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Judge denies Christensen's bid for a new trial </a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"A federal judge has denied a set of motions for a new trial filed by Terry Christensen, the lawyer who was convicted two months ago on charges of hiring private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap his opponent in a high-profile child support case. Christensen is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 17." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 28, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUWTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | 1st Circuit upholds dismissal of contempt charges against IP firm </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss contempt charges against intellectual property law firm Fish & Richardson and principal Geoffrey Harper. The court ruled that Harper, a civil litigator who is not a member of the Massachusetts bar, was unaware that he violated local rules because he received documents related to a discovery stay from the U.S. Attorney's Office without a letter noting they were under seal.' </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 28, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUWTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Federal court finds Tennessee wine law is unconstitutional, sends back for remedy </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"A federal appeals court Friday found Tennessee's wine industry law contains unconstitutional discriminatory restrictions on winery license requirements, but sent the case back to the trial judge to fashion an appropriate remedy. In addition, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did uphold the state's prohibition on selling and shipping wine directly to Tennessee consumers, whether by in-state or out-of-state wine sellers." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 28, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUWTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | JPMorgan Chase sues executive search agency for allegedly poaching employees </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"JPMorgan Chase Bank is suing an executive search agency for allegedly poaching several of its employees, including a top executive, and sending them to a competitor. According to the complaint, The IDW Group "solicited, induced, recruited and enticed multiple JPMorgan employees to leave JPMorgan for positions elsewhere." In particular, IDW is accused of recruiting Patrik Edsparr, one of JPMorgan Chase's most senior and valued executives, to join Citadel Investment Group." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 28, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUWTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Legal officials square off over retainer fee ethics rule in Illinois </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Professional Responsibility and the state's Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission are squaring off over whether an attorney ethics rule amendment on attorney retainer fees should be included in the code of conduct itself or as an attached comment to the amended rule." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 28, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUWTQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSR" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Schwarzenegger brushes aside judge's contempt threat over inmate medical care </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and prison officials brushed aside a federal judge's looming threat on Monday to hold him in contempt of court for failure to release $250 million to a court receiver as down payment for improved inmate medical care. During a tense hearing on Monday it was clear that the state does not plan to come up with the money by a Nov. 5 proposed deadline offered by an attorney for the inmates, James Brosnahan of Morrison & Foerster's San Francisco office."</font></font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2">October 29, 2008:</font></p> <p><font color="#333333"><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 29, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699" size="2"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUAYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Most pardons issued by Bush go to those convicted more than 20 years before </a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"Of the 157 full pardons issued by President Bush to date, almost two-thirds went to people whose convictions had occurred more than 20 years before they were pardoned, according to a leading pardon scholar, and every single pardon recipient had fully served their sentence years before they were pardoned." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 29, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUAYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Study shows plaintiffs winning more than half of state court civil trials </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Plaintiffs won in more than half of state court civil trials in 2005 and were more likely to get a favorable verdict in bench than jury trials, according to a new U.S. Department of Justice report. Plaintiffs won in 56% of all general civil trial cases. Judges ruled in their favor in 68% of the cases, while juries favored the plaintiffs 54% of the time."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 29, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUAYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Google to pay $125 million in book search settlement</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Google Inc. announced Tuesday that it would pay $125 million to settle two copyright suits with the Authors' Guild and five book publishers over its plan to digitize out-of-print books and samplings of in print works to share widely on the Internet. The settlement would be used to set up a Book Rights Registry, an independent nonprofit, to act as go-between for rights owners and Google, to collect user fees and distribute them to authors and publishers." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 29, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUAYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSR" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Ex-personal injury lawyer, alderman, heads to trial on alleged fraud counts </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Edward R. Vrdolyak, a former Chicago alderman and one-time personal injury attorney, will go on trial on Monday for his role in a fraudulent real estate transaction that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago says provided a $1.5 million kickback for Vrdolyak and an accomplice in the scheme." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 29, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUAYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSS" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Nixon Peabody affiliates with attorneys in Paris </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Nixon Peabody has extended its international reach by affiliating with a group of 25 lawyers in Paris. The team is led by the Parisian tax and corporate lawyer Arnaud de Senilhes and will serve clients in a number of areas, including intellectual property, private equity, finance, real estate, tax, labor and litigation."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- October 29, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRUAYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVST" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Minority- and women-owned firms form alliance to market IP staffs to Fortune 500 companies </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Two small Cincinnati firms, The Wolfe Practice, a women-owned law firm, and The Law Offices of Theodore P. Cummings, a minority-owned law firm, have formed an alliance to market intellectual property expertise to Fortune 500 companies. The two firms remain separate entities but work as co-counsel providing patent, copyright, branding and trademark services to major corporations. Cummings said the alliance gives them an advantage to corporations looking to cut legal costs." </font></font></font></p>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on October 29, 2008 (boomark / email).