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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines June 8, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, June 8, 2009.

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Law firms make easy pickings for embezzlers

"Embezzlement is a growing problem for law firms, say accountants, practitioners and trade groups. Since March alone, at least 12 people have been in court for stealing from law firms."

 

Sotomayor's balancing act

"Sotomayor's 2d Circuit ruling in a child porn case defies both liberal and conservative labels. And it will be one of dozens of cases that will determine how she fares with the Senate in her confirmation hearings."

 

Military JAG Corps report recruitment surge

"Law firms may not be hiring right now, but Uncle Sam is still looking for a few good men ? and attorneys are taking note. The U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force report a surge in applicants for Judge Advocate General's Corps jobs in recent years, according to recruiters and military attorneys. Snagging a position as a military attorney is more competitive than ever."

 

Defining activism on the bench

"Judicial activism means different things to different people. In a quest to give more meaning to the phrase, legal scholars and political scientists continue to seek the best measure of judicial activism."

 

No activist judge, says new book

"Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's published majority opinions in the last eight years do not paint a portrait of an activist judge, according to the co-author of a new book on measuring judicial activism."

 

Life in the limelight for new attorney general

"If you haven't seen Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. in public, on Capitol Hill, at a commencement ceremony, on television, under klieg lights on a dais somewhere, someplace ? perhaps you're simply not trying. In his first 100 days in office, Holder has scarcely gone more than two days without being beheld by the public".

 

Tax havens lobby to keep their names out of the law

"A bill that would create a list of foreign tax havens, and give the U.S. Treasury Department new tools to impose sanctions on them, has set off an intensive lobbying push by locales that don't want to be named in the legislation."

 

Prosecutor demands prosecutor back off

"A rare public turf battle between the two sets of prosecutors has heated up in D.C. The U.S. attorney's office, which handles not only crimes under federal law but most crimes under D.C. law in Washington, says the local attorney general does not have the authority to pursue charges against a public school employee over thousands of dollars of meal and entertainment expenses including a $225 strip club tab."

 

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