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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines January 13, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, January 13, 2010.

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Top judge, Judicial Conference tangle over video at Prop. 8 trial

"The fast-moving dispute over broadcast access to the federal trial on California's ban on same-sex marriage has triggered a dustup within the leadership of the federal judiciary."

 

High court struggles with child custody, sex offender cases

"In two starkly different challenges Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court vigorously questioned the federal government's power to detain sexually dangerous prisoners beyond their federal prison sentences and appeared sympathetic to arguments that a treaty requires a divorced American mother to return her child to Chile."

 

Federal Circuit: delays can't excuse government's failure to dispose of nuclear waste

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Tuesday rejected the federal government's argument that it could use 'unavoidable delay' as defense in the long-running, multi-billion dollar litigation over its failure to pick up spent fuel from nuclear utilities."

 

Pointed questions asked at installation ceremony for new U.S. attorney

"Chief Judge Mark Wolf of the District of Massachusetts followed a lengthy, laudatory Jan. 11 installation ceremony for Carmen Ortiz, the new U.S. attorney for that district, with questions that revealed his hopes that the office will target major criminals"

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Software developer seeks share of ConnectU's $65 million settlement with Facebook

"A Boston software developer is suing the now-defunct social media site ConnectU and its founders as well as Washington-based Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner for allegedly getting cut out of Facebook's $65 million settlement with ConnectU's founders"

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McDermott joins Big Law's shift to merit-based associate pay

"McDermott, Will & Emery announced on Tuesday that it will be shifting its associates to a merit-based pay system and will end lockstep advancement based on years served. Some associates will see their pay cut in the process as first-year salaries drop to $145,000 this year, said Jeffrey Stone, chairman of the 1,000-lawyer firm's management committee."

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