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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines March 17, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, March 17, 2009.

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FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  Group asserts that reducing attorneys' work hours makes more sense than layoffs
"The Project for Attorney Retention has argued for months that having attorneys work reduced hours makes better business sense than layoffs, and now the group says it has the numbers to prove it. According to their latest analysis, reducing associate working hours ? and their salary in accordance ? actually will save a firm more money than cutting associate jobs."

WEB-ONLY  |  In a first, bankruptcy judge rules Calif. city can void union contracts
"In the first ruling of its kind, a bankruptcy judge held the city of Vallejo, Calif. has the authority to void its existing union contracts in its effort to reorganize, holding public workers do not enjoy the same protections Congress gave union workers at private companies. "

WEB-ONLY  |  Ex-top aide to Detroit's fallen mayor is out of jail, but won't return to law school any time soon
"The former top aide and mistress of Detroit's fallen mayor has completed her jail sentence for lying under oath, but she won't be going back to law school anytime soon. Under the conditions of her probation, Christine Beatty, who was at the center of Detroit's text message scandal that brought down ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, cannot attend law school during the next five years that she is on probation. "

WEB-ONLY  |  N.Y. revokes license of W.Va. doctor accused of falsely diagnosing thousands of plaintiffs in asbestos cases
"The New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct has revoked the license of a West Virginia doctor, Ray A. Harron, who was accused of falsely diagnosing thousands of plaintiffs in asbestos cases with silica and asbestos-related diseases. Harron of Bridgeport, W.Va., has already surrendered his medical licenses in Texas, Florida and Mississippi as a result of similar allegations of fraud on the courts, according to court records."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 17, 2009 (boomark / email).