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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 17, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, September 17, 2009.

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L.A. judge says he can't afford to remain on federal bench

"A federal district judge in Los Angeles has announced that he his resignation because he can no longer afford to remain on the bench. U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson, who upheld a $100 million jury verdict in the "Bratz" case, said that the failure by Congress to increase judicial salaries made it impossible to support his seven children, all under age 18. "

 

Suit says even Ronald McDonald House has to pay overtime

"Nonprofits may have noble intentions, but they can still be accused of bad acts. That's what the Ronald McDonald House Charities of South Florida is learning after getting hit this month with an overtime claim by a former employee. The group, well-known for housing families to keep them near their sick children during hospital stays, is being sued in federal court for allegedly denying overtime to an assistant house manager in Miami."

 

K&L Gates grabs one-fourth of Kelley Drye's Chicago lawyers

"K&L Gates' new Chicago office, created earlier this year when the firm merged with Bell Boyd & Lloyd, has lured its first group of Chicago laterals ? from Kelley, Drye & Warren. The six-lawyer move cut Kelley Drye's Chicago head count by about one-fourth. "

 

THE PRACTICE

INADMISSIBLE

"Former AG Michael Mukasey returns for the unveiling of his official portrait; lawyers on both sides of tort reform express disappointment with President Obama's proposal for a medical malpractice compromise; Covington beefs up its antitrust practice; former SG Gregory Garre joins Latham; and the Supreme Court's newest justice Sonia Sotomayor settles into her seat on the bench."

 

OPINION

What public access? 

"The most effective way to teach law students how to conduct legal research is to provide hands-on training, but one of the most important tools, PACER, is off limits."

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