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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 21, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com July 21, 2009.

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Sotomayor responds to GOP follow-up questions

"Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday that she has "no personal views about the death penalty that would interfere with my obligation to apply the law as a judge." In written responses to questions following up on a range of issues raised at her confirmation hearing last week, Sotomayor also explained her decision to resign from the all-female Belizean Grove, a networking group of professional women, shortly before her confirmation hearing last week. "

 

Ex-Broadcom exec urges court to sustain 'misconduct' finding against Irell & Manella

"The former chief financial officer of Broadcom Corp. has urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to sustain a lower court that blasted Los Angeles-based Irell & Manella for "ethical misconduct" in a criminal backdating case. "

 

Securities plaintiffs running low on people to sue, begin looking abroad

"Federal securities class action activity has slowed in 2009, according to a report by the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse and Cornerstone Research. Securities filings declined by more than 22% during the first half of 2009 compared to the same period last year, when there was a surge of litigation against financial services firms."

 

UC Irvine teams up with law schools in Korea

"The University of California, Irvine School of Law has established a Korea Law Center to focus on issues involving U.S. and Korean law. The center, created in partnership with law schools at Seoul National University and Sogang University in Seoul, will offer legal education, certifications, mediation, expert witnesses, consulting, research and public policy studies, as well as a clinical program that primarily will provide legal advice to Koreans who want to do business in Orange County, Calif., where Irvine is located."

 

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