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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines January 19, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, January 19, 2010.

 

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Rule Reversal

"Candidate Barack Obama promised to patch up the regulatory state. Twelve months into his presidency, he's lived up to his promise at some agencies and not made much progress at others. A look at the enforcers of environmental, securities, food and drug, employment, antitrust and telecom rules."

 

Recruiting woes elude easy fixes

"On Jan. 7, NALP released a proposal that, if adopted, would present the most significant change to law firm campus recruiting in decades."

 

In marriage trial, a shifting cast

"When the federal challenge to Proposition 8 was announced, Theodore Olson and David Boies became media darlings. But as the evidence moved into dryer territory, they receded into the background as a different set of lawyers platooned into action."

 

Mentally ill plaintiffs hope to be heard now

"This year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will issue regulations that would make it easier for mentally ill individuals to clear the Americans With Disabilities Act's most basic hurdle?proving that they have a disability and therefore have standing to sue."

 

New ethics cop turns up the heat on Congress

"Two years ago, the House of Representatives, voted to establish the Office of Congressional Ethics. Founding staff director and chief counsel Leo Wise has been making waves in his campaign to investigate complaints against lawmakers and help quell public outrage over a series of scandals involving House members."

Football and federal power at high court

"The U.S. Supreme Court returned to the bench with gusto last week, tackling issues ranging from the antitrust status of the National Football League and the power of the federal government to detain sexual predators, to the confrontation clause rights of defendants. The Court was also drawn into a major controversy over plans to broadcast the San Francisco trial on California's Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage."

 

Ogletree Deakins opens in Las Vegas, bringing branch count to 36

"Ogletree Deakins, the nation's third-largest labor and employment law firm, opened a new office in Las Vegas to meet a growing need for employment lawyers in Middle America, it said. That brings the firm's total number of offices to 36. The firm is also eyeing Denver and the Pacific Northwest as its next new locations."

 

1st Circuit holds Massachusetts winery law unconstitutional

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit recently ruled that a Massachusetts law barring large wineries from directly shipping to the state's consumers is unconstitutional. "

 

Parties to NBC ruckus lawyer up

"The clash over NBC's late night television shows, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and The Jay Leno Show, stopped being a laughing matter once the lawyers got involved".  

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