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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines June 26, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, June 26, 2009

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Supreme Court rules student strip search unconstitutional

"Ruling in a case that struck a chord with families nationwide, the Supreme Court on Thursday said that the strip search of a middle school girl in pursuit of drugs was a violation of her Fourth Amendment right against improper search and seizure. The justices also issued rulings in a Sixth Amendment case concerning forensic evidence, a dispute regarding the adequacy of programs for English language learners and a maritime law matter. The Court indicated that Monday will be the final decision day of the term."

 

Former N.J. prosecutor defends contract for Ashcroft

"Former New Jersey U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie told a House subcommittee Thursday that he did nothing wrong when he steered a multimillion-dollar contract to the firm of former Attorney General John Ashcroft. He said controversy over the no-bid contract ? worth as much as $52 million ? has been exaggerated by Democrats looking to derail his bid as a Republican running for New Jersey governor. Telling lawmakers he had a train to catch, Christie walked out of the hearing in frustration after 2 1/2 hours."

 

Senate confirms Koh as State Department legal adviser

"The U.S. Senate on Thursday afternoon confirmed Harold Koh to be legal adviser to the State Department. Koh, the outgoing dean of Yale Law School, will head up the department's legal staff, advising Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on a wide variety of issues. "

 

Akerman Senterfit building its health care practice

"With the political wrangling over health care reform heating up in Washington, Akerman Senterfitt has been beefing up its health care practice in recent weeks. The firm has added two shareholders and two of counsel to its health care team, plus a consultant. Practice chair Kirk Davis said that the additions are intended to help the firm deal not only with health care reform issues, but also with the health care fraud and other government investigations that are widespread in South Florida."

 

Six young lawyers hired to review documents in Blagojevich case

"A group of six young Chicago-area lawyers just landed a singular career opportunity: joining the legal defense team of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as pretrial contract lawyers, meaning they're likely to spend the next several months poring over 3.5 million pages of documents turned over by the prosecution."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on June 26, 2009 (boomark / email).