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LAW.COM Newswire Highlights January 31, 2008 (UPDATE)

By David Badertscher, PLL

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The following is an update to the LAW.COM Newswire Highlights posted earlier today.

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Elite U.S. Firms Struggle to Attract Senior Partner Hires in London
Legal Week

"Lateral partner hires among elite U.S. firms in London have slowed during the last year, according to research from Legal Week, which illustrates the uphill struggle faced by American firms attempting to recruit leading names in the U.K. The survey of hiring trends at 23 U.S. firms in London found they made a total of 65 lateral hires in 2007, up from 58 the previous year but down on 2005, when hiring activity peaked and 70 lawyers were recruited. "

Wesley Snipes' Trial Offers Perfect Script for IRS to Discourage Activists
The Associated Press

"Even Hollywood couldn't have written a more ideal script for the Internal Revenue Service than actor Wesley Snipes' tax-fraud trial. Snipes is being cast by prosecutors as a villainous example of the dangers of joining with Internet-fueled activists who claim the IRS has no authority to collect taxes. He is on trial in Florida with two tax protesters in one of the biggest criminal cases in IRS history. The jury in the trial passed its first full day of deliberation Wednesday without a verdict".

Texas Judge to Weigh Contempt Charges Against Prosecutor for Deleted E-Mail
The Associated Press

"The e-mail scandal engulfing one of Texas' most powerful prosecutors will come to life in a courtroom as a federal judge tries to decide whether he should be punished for deleting more than 2,500 messages after he was ordered to produce them. Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal could be fined or jailed if he is found in contempt of court Thursday. Among the hundreds of e-mails Rosenthal has handed over are dozens of pornographic, racist and political messages, along with love notes between the married prosecutor and his secretary."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).