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National Law Journal: Selections from Legal Times Afternoon Update March 29, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, March 29, 2010.

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Justices Hostile to Foreign-Cubed Cases

"U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared hostile on Monday toward so-called "foreign-cubed" securities fraud class actions in which the plaintiffs and stock issuers are foreign and the alleged fraud took place on foreign soil."

 

DOJ: Midwest Militia Planned Attack on Law Enforcement

"An indictment unsealed today in federal district court in Detroit charges six Michigan residents and three others for their alleged involvement in a Christian militia whose members had allegedly been planning to kill local, state and federal law enforcement in armed conflict in April."

 

Metro Wreck Headed for Trial in 2011

"Lawyers working on the fallout from the fatal Washington Metro wreck in June 2009 have agreed to go to trial next year to begin resolving victims' suits for compensation."

 

Australian Law Students Win Jessup Moot Court Competition

"The final round of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition was held this past weekend in Washington, and this year's champion hails from Down Under."

 

D.C. Bar Gears Up for Election Season

"The D.C. Bar nominations committee has announced who is in the running for some of the bar's top leadership positions. Vying for president-elect for the 2010Â?2011 term are Darrell Mottley, a partner at Banner & Witcoff, and Laura Possessky, a name partner at Gura & Possessky."

 

Ohio AG Explains Why He Won't Sue Over Health Care

"Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray cited his experience clerking for two U.S. Supreme Court justices in explaining today why he would not join a lawsuit to strike down parts of the federal health-care overhaul. "

 

Panel: Courts Wrong to Downplay Racial Effects

"For many Americans, the election of President Barack Obama symbolized the beginning of a new post-racial era. For a panel of six law professors speaking at Georgetown University Law Center on Friday, this line of thinking poses a serious threat to a half-century of racial progress."

 

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on March 30, 2010 (boomark / email).