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National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update September 9, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, September 9, 2009.

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Supreme Court Majority Critical of Campaign Law Precedents

"The Supreme Court appeared poised this morning to overturn or limit precedents that upheld bans on corporate and union expenditures in election campaigns. After an extraordinary 90 minutes of oral argument in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, it appeared that four justices -- Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Samuel Alito Jr. -- were ready to vote against the commission, which enforces the ban, on First Amendment grounds. A fifth justice, Clarence Thomas, asked no questions as is his custom, but he has been critical of the precedents in the past and is counted as a sure vote against most forms of campaign regulation. "

 

Without GOP Support, Leahy Pushes for More Judges

"Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) introduced legislation Tuesday that would add nine permanent seats to the circuit courts and 38 to the district courts. It would also add some temporary judgeships on both levels, make five temporary judgeships permanent, and extend a temporary judgeship in the Northern District of Ohio. The bill has 17 cosponsors -- all Democrats."

 

BOA's Lawyers Fire Back at New York Attorney General

"Yesterday, the New York Attorney General's Office stepped up pressure against Bank of America in a letter that alleged the bank and its lawyers are impeding the investigation of the BOA-Merrill Lynch merger through the "indiscriminate" use of attorney-client privilege."

 

Crowell & Moring Answers Age Discrimination Allegations

"Crowell & Moring has filed an answer in the age discrimination suit filed against the firm by a former employee in July."

 

 

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).