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National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update January 14, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NYLJ.com, January 14, 2010.

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Law School Case Gets Supreme Court Star Power

"In the Supreme Court battle between the Christian Legal Society and the University of California Hastings College of Law-- a potentially major First Amendment challenge on this term's docket-- both sides have added star legal talent to handle the likely April arguments. "

 

Agencies Pitch in to Help Haiti

"Barack Obama at a press conference today told the heads of key U.S. government agencies to make Haiti "a top priority" for their departments. But it's not just the obvious responders like the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department helping out in the wake of the massive Jan. 12 earthquake."

 

Former DOJ Fraud Section Chief Goes to Weil Gotshal

"he former top prosecutor in the Justice Department's Fraud Section is joining the Washington office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges as co-chair of the firm's investigations and criminal defense practice. Steven Tyrrell, who had led the Fraud Section since 2006, will work with Thomas Frongillo, a partner in Boston, to head up the firmÂ?s criminal defense practice."

 

O'Connor Will Keynote Forum on Supreme Court Election Cases

"In her continuing campaign to spotlight the way in which state judges are selected, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will speak Jan. 26 at a Georgetown University Law Center forum on two Supreme Court decisions affecting the debate -- one of which has still not been announced."   

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