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National Law Journal:: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update January 25, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, January 25, 2010.

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Wilmer Posts 7% Increase in Profits Per Partner

"Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr's profits per partner climbed by about 7% last year and gross revenue dipped slightly, the firm said Monday. The firm's PPP rose from $1.08 million to $1.16 million in 2009, an increase that William Perlstein, co-managing partner of the firm, attributed to "at least a dozen" partners leaving the firm to join the Obama administration."

 

DOJ, Ticketmaster Settle Merger Case

"Seeking to bolster competition in the ticket service arena, Justice Department antitrust regulators today announced a proposed settlement with Ticketmaster Entertainment and Live Nation that would require what officials called 'significant' changes to their planned merger."

 

Supreme Court Ends Confrontation Case, Non-Orthogonally

"During oral arguments Jan. 11 in Briscoe v. Virginia, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spent considerable time defending the precedent at issue, Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, in which he wrote the majority opinion. That was the Confrontation Clause decision finding that forensic evidence needed to be presented in person, not by affidavit, so it could be tested in cross-examination."

 

Nigeria Hires Patton Boggs

"Patton Boggs has signed a $1 million-a-year contract to advise the Nigerian government on its relations with the United States, lobbying records show." 

 

NRA Will Argue in Second Amendment Case

"The Supreme Court this morning granted a motion by the National Rifle Association for argument time March 2, when the justices will consider whether the Second Amendment individual right to bear arms applies against state and local restrictions on firearms. The NRA will take an unspecified number of minutes from the plaintiffs who are challenging Chicago's gun restrictions, and who are represented by Alan Gura of Gura & Possessky of D.C. and Virginia. "

 

D.C. Circuit Approves Internet Ban on Defendant Who Solicited Sex with Minor

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a child pornography appeal, has joined what it called an emerging consensus among the circuits that a complete ban on Internet usage is appropriate for defendants who use the web to victimize children"

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Committee Set to Vote Thursday on U.S. Attorney Nominee Machen

"The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to back Ronald Machen for confirmation as United States attorney for the District of Columbia, a committee spokeswoman said today."

 

Ethics Groups Want Changes to Obama Lobbying Ban

"A group of nonprofits that lobby have sent President Barack Obama a letter requesting changes in the year-old executive order restricting lobbyists from jobs in the administration. The letter, dated Jan. 21, describes the current ban as well-intended, but flawed. They want to revise who is covered by the law."

 

Wizards' Crittenton Pleads Guilty to Gun Charge

"Washington Wizards player Javaris Crittenton pleaded guilty today to a misdemeanor for bringing a handgun into the Verizon Center last month, prosecutors and Crittenton's lawyer said. Senior Judge Bruce Beaudin of D.C. Superior Court sentenced Crittenton, 22, to a year of unsupervised probation."

 

Defense Lawyers in Blackwater Case Dismayed Over DOJ Appeal

"The Justice Department's decision to appeal the dismissal of charges in the Blackwater manslaughter case is drawing rebuke from the criminal defense lawyers who represent the accused guards."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 26, 2010 (boomark / email).