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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines January 5, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, January 5, 2010.

"The U.S. Supreme Court announced late Monday that it had dismissed an important pending case over prosecutorial immunity after being alerted that the dispute had been settled. The action stops in its tracks a case that could have produced a landmark decision that many believed would have reined in the longstanding tradition that prosecutors cannot be held liable for their actions as prosecutors."

 

Former partner gets a second shot at Sonnenschein in fees dispute

"Former Sonnenschein partner Douglas Rosenthal will get a second shot at litigating damages in a compensation battle against his old firm ? if he wants to. The D.C. Court of Appeals has granted Rosenthal, now a partner at Constantine Cannon in Washington, a new trial for a portion of what he claims the firm owes him for generating about $18 million in fees while representing clients suing the Libyan government for the terrorist bombing of a Pan Am jet in 1988."

 

Cardiologists file last-ditch suit to stop cuts in Medicare reimbursement

"The clock is ticking for heart specialists who have sued the federal government over pending Medicare cuts. The cuts, which will reduce reimbursements to private cardiologists by almost 40%, are scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 15. In a last-ditch effort, the American College of Cardiology is seeking to enjoin implementation of the cuts in a lawsuit filed last week in federal court in the Southern District of Florida."

 

Ten lawyers leave L.A. firm to start a new one

"Ten lawyers, including six partners, have left Los Angeles-based Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro to start their own firm, Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside. Founding partner Keith Elkins said that alternative billing structures, which have become more prevalent in the current economic downturn, played a role in the group's decision to start their own firm. "

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