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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 3, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>NLJ.COM, </em>December 3, 2008.</font></p> <p><font size="2">Subscription needed for online access: </font><a href="http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp</font></a></p> <p><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 8, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699" size="2"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Some firms will cut marketing, others see an opportunity</a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"Laid off attorneys, swank holiday parties and blockbuster associate bonuses already are casualties of the sputtering economy. It appears that law firm marketing budgets may be next. Law firms typically maintain their marketing costs year to year, but the dim financial prospects for 2009 mean firms are eyeing more drastic changes as they finalize their annual budgets. Some firms are cutting marketing department budgets as a cost-saving measure, while others plan to maintain or increase marketing budgets in 2009 in an attempt to build business while their competitors pull back."</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 8, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Conn.-based firm to freeze billing rates for existing clients through 2009 </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Pepe & Hazard announced a billing rate freeze throughout 2009 for existing clients. The Hartford, Conn.-based firm of about 60 lawyers instituted the rate freeze to 'shoulder some of the burden' the current economic climate has imposed on businesses, said managing partner Al Turco." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 3, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Univ. of Southern California's law school may modify the grading curve </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The University of Southern California Gould School of Law is the latest to consider grade reforms, but don't expect a sea change in Los Angeles. USC Law Dean Robert Rasmussen has proposed modifying the school's grading curve a more modest change than switching from letter grades to a pass/fail system, as several top law schools have done in recent months. Should the school adopt the proposed change, the average USC law student will graduate with a GPA that is 0.1 higher or about half a grade higher. "</font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 3, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Lawyer suing personal injury firm asks some Ill. high court justices to recuse themselves </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"A lawyer taking another stab at a legal malpractice case against the Chicago personal injury firm Corboy & Demetrio is asking some of the Illinois Supreme Court's justices to recuse themselves from hearing an appeal of the case because they received campaign contributions from the law firm." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 3, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | A Minneapolis lawyer litigating the I-35W bridge collapse explains how bridges 'talk to you' long before buckling </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Interstate 35W bridge across the Mississippi River linked the north and south of Minneapolis for decades until its collapse on Aug. 1, 2007, killed 13 people, injured 150 and ignited a national urgency to rebuild roads, bridges and other infrastructure. Richard Nygaard of personal injury law firm Schwebel, Goetz & Sieben recalled the day the bridge collapsed and explained why not all of the nation's bridges are as dangerous." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 3, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | U.S. agency sued for allegedly withholding records on relationship between cellphone use and traffic fatalities </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Center for Auto Safety has sued the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration under the Freedom of Information Act for allegedly "unlawfully withholding" records, including a study that shows the relationship between cellphone use by drivers and traffic fatalities"</font></font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2"><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVC" target="_blank"><font size="2">WEB-ONLY | Prosecutor in Kilpatrick case says he may have violated his plea deal </font></a><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's latest effort to salvage his law license has encountered a legal snag. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, who prosecuted the former mayor for lying under oath, sent a letter to Kilpatrick's lawyers, saying Kilpatrick may have violated his plea deal by fighting the revocation of his law license." </font><br/><br/><!--commentsListSize 0--><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- December 3, 2008 --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQSRCBYQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVD" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Illinois judges now required to take part in performance evaluation </a></b></font><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="2"><font size="2">"Illinois circuit and associate judges will now be required to participate in a confidential performance evaluation every five to six years as part of a new effort to improve the performance of judges and increase public confidence in the state's courts, the Illinois Supreme Court said."</font></font><br/></font></p>

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on December 03, 2008 (boomark / email).