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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines June 23, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, June 23, 2009

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Intellectual property trade groups support Kappos as PTO director

"Influential intellectual property trade organizations that have battled the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for years are throwing their support behind President Barack Obama's nomination of International Business Machines Corp. in-house attorney David J. Kappos to lead the patent office. Kappos is a board member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Intellectual Property Owners Association, which have each issued public statements favoring Kappos' nomination."

 

In a settlement, Michigan insurance company agrees to pay for autism treatments

"In what plaintiffs' lawyers are calling a landmark autism case, a Michigan insurance company has agreed to reimburse at least 100 families for costs involving treatments for their autistic children. The $1 million class action settlement from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan comes amid a legislative wave in which a growing number of a states are passing laws that require insurance companies to pay for autism treatments and screenings."

 

Supreme Court steps back on Voting Rights Act

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday stepped back from a major showdown over the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act, ruling instead that because jurisdictions covered by the law can seek to be exempted from its provisions, it was unnecessary for the Court to decide whether the statute should be scrapped altogether"

 

Attorney's defense of amorous pal draws reprimand

"The Louisiana Supreme Court has knuckle-wrapped a New Orleans attorney for his conduct while representing a fellow attorney who was involved in a romance with a client. "

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on June 23, 2009 (boomark / email).