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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 4, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>NLJ.com, </em>December 4, 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><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCDDQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank"><font size="2">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Law firms consider the Grinch maneuver: laying off between Thanksgiving and Christmas </font></a><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"Will Santa be delivering a pink slip this holiday season? That's a question many law firm associates are no doubt asking, as job cuts at major law firms have cast a pall over the legal industry. In the past, the corporate world has considered dumping employees during the holiday period between Thanksgiving and Christmas a move worthy of the Grinch. But the spiraling economy means that traditional holiday niceties may be sidelined as harsh financial realities take precedent. "</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 8, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCDDQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Overcharged mortgage loan borrowers ask to be recognized as crime victims </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"More than 100 borrowers who were overcharged on mortgage loans as a result of a wire fraud conspiracy have asked a federal appellate court, in a case of first impression, to recognize victims of financial crimes as "crime victims" under the federal Crime Victims' Rights Act, and entitled to restitution." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCDDQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Another law firm freezes its billing rates </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Levenfeld Pearlstein, a Chicago law firm with 75 lawyers that targets middle-market clients, won't raise its billing rates for services next year after learning that 2009 corporate legal budgets will be under pressure." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCDDQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Reed Smith lays off 115 support staffers in U.S. offices </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Reed Smith staffers are the latest to find themselves on the law firm chopping block. The firm laid off about 115 support staffers from its U.S. offices on Wednesday, and it is in the process of eliminating seven more staff positions and 11 associates in its London office." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCDDQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | 16% jump in those taking LSAT </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The number of prospective law students taking the LSAT jumped more than 16% in the past year, an increase that many anticipated since the American Bar Association began recognizing, in ranking and admission criteria, the highest test score, rather than the average score, of those who take the exam more than once. "</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCDDQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Bar exam pass rates climb in several states </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Passage rates for the July bar examination rose in several states with historically high numbers of applicants, including California, Massachusetts and New York and in the Multistate Bar Examination portion of the test used in most jurisdictions." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 4, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCDDQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Voluntary confession should not bar DNA testing in murder appeal, psychologists' group asserts </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"In an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the American Psychological Association has asserted that a voluntary confession should not bar the use of DNA testing for a convicted murderer. The APA asserts that numerous psychological factors can cause suspects to confess to crimes they did not commit and that voluntary confessions should therefore not conclusively establish guilt."</font></font></p> <p><font color="#333333"> </font><font size="2"><strong>OPINION<br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 8, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCDDQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSU" target="_blank">ERIC HOLDER | Remember the memo</a></font></strong><br/><font color="#333333">"Former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is Barack Obama's choice for U.S. attorney general. There has been much focus on Holder's apparent complicity with Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich and on the possibility of Holder's being our first black AG. Both threaten to divert the Senate Judiciary Committee from an area far more important in determining Holder's fitness. The Holder Memo, issued in 1999, has likely had more impact on respect for constitutional values than anything else he did while at DOJ."</font><br/><br/></font></p>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on December 04, 2008 (boomark / email).