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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines August 13, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, August 13, 2009

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Cleary's work for Iraq pays off

"Last year, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton raked in $4.3 million for helping Iraq balance its books. And though its paycheck this year stands to be significantly less, the past five years have been good ones for the small band of lawyers handling the much of the country's $120 billion in debt. Cleary Gottlieb partner Lee C. Buchheit and four other attorneys have brought in about $20 million in fees and disbursements since they took on the task of dealing with the wide variety of claims against Iraq for debt Saddam Hussein amassed during his reign. "

 

Everybody's thinking criminal records check after Michael Vick

"Michael Vick's reinstatement into the National Football League is creating a lot of buzz in the employment law arena, where companies seek advise about using criminal records to make somewhat lower-profile job decisions. Employment lawyers say the case serves as a timely reminder to employers to review how they can obtain employee criminal records and how they can use them in hiring and firing decisions".

 

'Disruption and inconvenience' planned for Chicago's federal courthouse

"Judges and lawyers who practice in Chicago should prepare for "some disruption and inconvenience" at the federal courthouse over the next few years. In a three-year construction project that starts next month, heating, ventilation, fire alarm and lighting systems will all be updated in the 45-year-old building."

 

D.C.'s lawyers face possible discipline over discovery

"Lawyers for the D.C. government are facing possible disciplinary action after failing to turn over or possibly even preserve evidence in a high-profile civil case alleging improper mass arrests, D.C. Attorney General Peter Nickles warned Wednesday. The warning is the latest twist in litigation related to the 2002 arrests of anti-globalization protesters in Pershing Park, near the White House."

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