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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 18, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, September 18, 2009.

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FTC prepares to require less hype in praise of products

"The controversial promotional practice of "astroturfing" ? flooding the Internet with bogus product reviews ? is about to hit the dirt. The Federal Trade Commission is revising its 29-year-old guidelines on product endorsements, and lawyers are warning that phony online reviews will not be tolerated. "

 

Tangled discrimination case ends in $4.5 million malpractice award

"Waiting more than a year to inform a client about the outcome of her case was a costly mistake for a Florida law firm. A jury awarded a woman $4.5 million because her attorney at Becker & Poliakoff waited 13 months to tell her that her employment discrimination case had been dismissed."

 

Betty Anne Waters wins $10.7M for brother's wrongful murder conviction

"A federal judge awarded more than $10.7 million to the sister of Kenneth Waters, who died six months after serving more than 18 years for a wrongful murder conviction. Betty Anne Waters, who was a high school dropout with two children at the time of her brothers' imprisonment in 1983, earned a GED, attended college and then law school specifically for the purpose of getting her brother released from prison"

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Federal Circuit finds methods of adjusting drug dosages to be patentable

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that a medical treatment method is patentable in a closely watched case that is expected to aid the field of personalized medicine. At least one patent attorney is also speculating whether humans developed from a manufacturing process are now eligible subject matter for patenting."

 

'Innocent' former executive fights SEC's bid to seize $4 million

"The Securities and Exchange Commission's attempt to claw back more than $4 million in compensation from the former CEO of an auto parts retailer raises "constitutional questions of the gravest magnitude," the defense argues in a motion to dismiss. The defense argues that the SEC's interpretation of Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is unprecedented and conflicts with previous cases the commission has brought against corporate executives under the statute."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 18, 2009 (boomark / email).