Legal Research

Selections from NLJ.com Daily Headlines March 12, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

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WEB-ONLY  |  Judicial Conference adopts national rules on judicial misconduct
"The Judicial Conference of the United States has adopted the first nationally binding judicial discipline rules, curtailing the decentralized self-regulatory system that let individual circuit's set their own standards. The federal judiciary's policy-making body, meeting behind closed doors Tuesday, set uniform standards among the circuits and closed "jurisdictional gaps," according to 2d Circuit Judge Ralph K. Winter, chair of the Conduct Committee that compiled the reforms."

WEB-ONLY  |  Paul Weiss attorney to represent Spitzer
"New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has selected Michele Hirshman, part of a high-powered white-collar defense team at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, to represent him in the criminal probe pertaining to his alleged involvement as a client in a prostitution ring. Hirshman served as the first deputy attorney general under Spitzer when he was New York State Attorney General."

WEB-ONLY  |  Federal appeals dip by 12% in '07, criminal prosecutions climb
"Federal appeals courts saw 12% fewer appeals filed nationwide during fiscal year 2007, while federal trial courts saw an up tick in criminal prosecutions mostly related to sex offenses, according to newly released caseload statistics."

WEB-ONLY  |  ABA law student group tackles depression
"This month, the American Bar Association Law Student Division will launch a mental health initiative with the goal of helping law students who are battling depression and anxiety. "It's something that no one talks about," said Daniel Suvor, a third-year student at George Washington University School of Law and chairman of the 51,500-member group."

WEB-ONLY  |  Driven by asbestos problem, a court relocates
"A Massachusetts superior court is moving out of its current home, a Cambridge building beset by asbestos problems, while the state assesses its options for the building and remaining district court personnel. The court's move to suburban Woburn, Mass., is slated for Friday with plans to open the court for business on Monday, March 17."

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