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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 26, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

<p><font size="2"><strong>Source: </strong><em>NLJ.com, </em>September 26, 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/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699" size="2"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQDCWAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVS" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | Heller Ehrman's fate echoes Brobeck's collapse</a></b></font><br/><font size="2"><font color="#333333">"The dissolution of Heller Ehrman revives lessons learned from the rapid collapse five years ago of another San Francisco law firm, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, whose partners faced liabilities for the firm's debt and lease obligations and numerous lawsuits. In many respects, Heller's past months have resembled Brobeck's last days: More than 50 partners have left in recent months, and merger discussions failed. The prospects for Heller's remaining 550 lawyers, who are spread throughout 14 offices, look bleak." </font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQDCWAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVT" target="_blank">FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE | A buzz about bridging pay gap</a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The gender pay gap has always been a sore subject bubbling near the surface of law firms across the nation. Now it has boiled over the top. A recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that women lawyers still earn far less than their male counterparts. The statistic didn't surprise anyone, but that didn't stop it from triggering a fresh round of debate on scores of blogs and within women's legal circles."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQDCWAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVU" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | U. of Michigan will let select students skip the LSAT </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The University of Michigan Law School is debuting a program in which a select group of students will be accepted without taking the Law School Admission Test, as applicants normally are required to do. The Wolverine Scholars Program will be open only to University of Michigan-Ann Arbor undergraduates who have completed at least their junior year and have a 3.8 grade-point average. Some in the legal community have criticized the change as an attempt to climb up the much-touted law school rankings." </font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQDCWAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVW" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Unions' ability to enforce review of company outsourcing takes a blow </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The ability of unions to enforce contract terms that allow review of company outsourcing decisions suffered a blow in the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a hard fought legal battle that included three arbitrations and three appeals. A dispute between Ameritech Corp. and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 21, in Illinois, centers on a contract provision that allowed the union to review any contracting out of company work that would cause layoffs or part-time work or prevent rehiring of employees with seniority. In addition, some of those potentially lost, outsourced jobs could be allotted to union workers."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQDCWAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVY" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Ten U.S. judicial nominees, solicitor general a step closer to confirmation </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"Ten federal judicial nominees and the acting solicitor general got one step closer to full Senate confirmation Thursday, even as the Senate has been preoccupied with a bailout measure for the national financial crisis. The committee avoided a repeat of last week's delay by approving Chairman Patrick Leahy's request for authorization to subpoena documents and opinions from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel related to interrogation techniques approved for use against terror suspects."</font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQDCWAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVA" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Mass. high court proposes revisions to rules governing contingency fees </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts' proposed revisions to the professional conduct rule governing contingency fee agreements are generating controversy in the rules committee about the payment guidelines when contingency cases move from one attorney to another." </font><br/><br/><!-- siteDateFormat MMMM d, yyyy --><!-- Style = headlineSummaryKickerNewsletter --><font color="#336699"><b><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQDCWAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVB" target="_blank">WEB-ONLY | Study: Juror questions, limits on lawyer presentations enhance jury trial process </a></b></font><br/><font color="#333333">"A Seventh Circuit Bar Association study that tested alternative trial concepts, including allowing jurors to ask questions of witnesses during trials and limiting presentations by lawyers, generally showed that the new techniques enhanced the jury trial process. More than 80% of jurors reported that being able to submit written questions to the witnesses helped their understanding of the facts."</font></font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="2"><strong>OPINION:</strong></font></p> <p><font color="#333333"><a class="headline" href="http://alm.rsys1.net/servlet/cc6?HtuYQDCWAQSVKIHKLjlkxJhmjlkQklHlLQgPQmkVaVSW" target="_blank"><font size="2">THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION | High court's fate is at stake</font></a><br/><font color="#333333" size="2">"Recently, conservatives have waged a campaign to capture the judicial branch. Even the U.S. Supreme Court now has four ultraconservative justices. Courts have gutted consumer protection and anti-bias laws, attacked free speech protections and undermined voting rights principles. A return to <i>Lochner</i>-era jurisprudence would mean that more laws protecting citizens would be crippled. Americans of all political stripes need to realize that the high court is on the ballot, and the stakes could hardly be higher."</font></font></p>

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