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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines August 20, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, August 20, 2009.

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GC didn't split stock options with ex-wife, but that wasn't contempt

"Thomas A. Wooters, executive vice president and top in-house counsel for LoJack Corp., has beaten a contempt judgment, but he still must kick in additional alimony to his ex-wife for money he made in company stock."

 

Survey suggests that law firm economics may be stabilizing

"The legal industry is not poised to make a miraculous recovery in the immediate future, but for the time being things aren't getting any worse. That's the gist of the latest Hildebrandt International Peer Monitor Economic Index"

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Ethics panel: Ex-prosecutor in Washington broke federal law

"According to a professional responsibility hearing committee in the District of Columbia, former assistant U.S. attorney G. Paul Howes was dishonest, interfered with the administration of justice and committed a crime when he doled out thousands of dollars in federal witness money to jailed informants and to individuals who were not in fact witnesses."

 

Federal Circuit limits overseas patent liability

"An en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling in a closely watched case has narrowed the reach of U.S. patent laws covering companies' overseas sales and production"

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Law firm's good deed goes punished

"A small Virginia law firm learned some hard lessons after a legal secretary stole more than $42,000 from the firm while on probation for stealing from a judge months earlier."

 

OPINION

Alas, no disciplinary action

"Based on the factual evidence, it is improbable that bar disciplinary action would be taken against the lawyers who wrote the infamous torture opinions. But we should not disregard the problem set forth by this unfortunate set of circumstances. "

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on August 20, 2009 (boomark / email).