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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines April 22, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, April 22, 2009.

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FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  SEC accuses Morgan Peabody Inc. CEO of allegedly misappropriating funds
"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused the owner and chief executive officer of Morgan Peabody Inc. of misappropriating millions of dollars from the $9 million he raised from 100 customers in nine states of three securities based on real estate investments. David A. Williams, a Sherman Oaks, Calif. broker, allegedly sold debentures and promissory notes issued by three funds he controlled, according to the SEC civil complaint filed April 20 in Los Angeles."

WEB-ONLY  |  Computer chip antitrust case sparks allegations of discovery violations, proposed sanctions
"A discovery dispute in a computer chip antitrust case has mushroomed into allegations of discovery violations against some plaintiffs and proposed sanctions by a court-appointed special master that could hamper the plaintiffs' case. A stinging recommendation called for limits on third-party data that could be used by the plaintiffs' experts to bolster efforts to certify a class of indirect purchasers of static random access memory. SRAM is used in a host of consumer electronics, from cell phones to servers."

WEB-ONLY  |  Former GC of Peregrine Systems sentenced to one day in custody, six months home detention
"The former general counsel of Peregrine Systems, Richard Nelson, has been sentenced to one day in custody and six months of home detention for his role in alleged accounting fraud at the software firm, according to court documents filed on Monday."

WEB-ONLY  |  Embattled Blagojevich likely to receive more money to hire attorneys
"Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is likely to get additional funds soon to hire more lawyers for his criminal defense team after a federal judge in Chicago said he'd be willing to release some of the ex-governor's campaign funds under certain conditions. "

WEB-ONLY  |  Tired of mile-long law review articles festooned with footnotes? Here's a Web-based, user-friendly alternative.
"Are you interested in legal issues but shudder at the thought of wading through massive law review articles riddled with footnotes? A new Web site just might be the answer. Legalworkshop.org aims to bring content from some of the most prestigious law reviews in the nation to a wider audience by offering condensed version of articles translated from scholarly language into plain English, and at no cost."

WEB-ONLY  |  A handful of Houston associates take a short-cut to gaining trial experience by volunteering as prosecutors
"Forget doing behind-the-scenes work on big commercial cases. Five associates at Houston's Andrews Kurth will get to play prosecutor for the next 19 weeks, handling misdemeanor criminal cases through the city of Houston's Volunteer Prosecutor Program. The five associates started training for the program this week, learning the docket and the court system in Houston, whose municipal courthouse has one of the busiest dockets in the nation."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on April 22, 2009 (boomark / email).