Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Legal Research Blogs -> New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

OR PHONE (866) 635-1838 for Bankruptcy Help, (866) 635-6190 for Divorce,
(866) 635-2689 for Personal Injury or (866) 635-9402 for Criminal Defense

Find a Local Lawyer

Bankruptcy (866) 635-1838
Divorce (866) 635-6190
Personal Injury (866) 635-2689
Criminal Defense (866) 635-9402

Legal Research

: New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines January 9, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

ADVERTISEMENTS

Source: NLJ.com, January 9, 2009.

Subscription needed for online access:

http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp

WEB-ONLY | Kirkland looks to trim several senior associates, income partners
"Kirkland & Ellis is edging some senior associates and income partners toward the door as part of its regular annual evaluation process, perhaps being carried out with a bit more gusto given the difficult economic times. Kirkland is not alone in trimming from the ranks of income partners. Jenner & Block, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Mayer Brown are among the Chicago-based firms that have asked some of their nonequity partners to exit."

WEB-ONLY | Fallout from the Indian outsourcing scandal, and how companies can protect themselves
"Revelations of long-term accounting fraud at an Indian outsourcing company set off alarm bells for U.S. corporations that rely on Indian vendors for back-office functions such as information technology and customer service. We spoke with Hunton & Williams partner and outsourcing expert Randall Parks about legal questions raised by the scandal, including outsourcing contracting and the effectiveness of U.S. corporate governance laws on foreign companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges."

WEB-ONLY | Webb pushes back to keep representing defendant in 'Blago' related case
"Winston & Strawn attorney Dan Webb pushed back against federal prosecutors in a bid to keep representing William Cellini, a Chicago area businessman indicted last October on fraud and other charges for allegedly trying to extort campaign contributions for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich."

WEB-ONLY | Midsize North Carolina firm lays off 13 attorneys, 15 staffers
"The latest law firm to announce layoffs is Charlotte, N.C.-based Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, a 225-attorney firm, which axed 13 attorneys and 15 staffers on Thursday. Severance of up to three months was given to the attorneys, who were all junior level."

WEB-ONLY | Unwrapping the shroud of the multistate bar exam
"Some of the mystery surrounding that rite of passage that every lawyer must endure to become admitted to the bar was uncovered at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting on Thursday in San Diego when a panel of bar exam professionals discussed a possible expansion of the multistate bar exam."

WEB-ONLY | Aliens in deportation proceedings don't have right to effective counsel, U.S. AG opines
"Aliens in deportation proceedings do not have a constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel, according to an opinion by Attorney General Michael Mukasey, reversing a legal position followed by many federal courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals for the last two decades."

WEB-ONLY | Lawyer appointed to probe $38.5M debt owed Seattle company by defunct Dreier firm
"Steven J. Reisman, a partner in New York's Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, has been appointed to investigate allegations that 360networks, a Seattle-based provider of communications services, and its creditors are owed up to $38.5 million in funds from the now defunct Dreier LLP."

WEB-ONLY | 7th Circuit makes it tougher for plaintiffs to keep securities class actions in state court
"The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has made it tougher for plaintiffs to keep securities class actions in state court by holding that the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act's preference for federal jurisdiction trumps the Securities Act of 1933."

WEB-ONLY | Army vets sue CIA, DoD for failure to care for thousands subjected to secret drug experiments
"Six aging Army veterans have sued the CIA and the Defense Department for alleged failure to care for veterans subjected to secret drug and psychological experiments from the Cold War through the Vietnam War era. The suit alleges that thousands of troops were subjected to tests of nerve gas, dozens of different drugs and, in some instances, implants near the brain as part of mind-control experiments between the 1950s and at least 1976."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 09, 2009 (boomark / email).