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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 22, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source:NLJ.com, December 22, 2009.

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Securities class actions may have hit their peak

"After three years of significant growth, federal securities class actions dropped off slightly in 2009 ? a sign that the flurry of activity spurred by the credit crisis has died down."

 

UC-Irvine's second class of law students will pay half tuition

"The University of California, Irvine School of Law will provide scholarships to cover at least 50% of annual tuition for students arriving in August 2010. The school opened its doors five months ago to an inaugural class of 60 students, all of whom received full tuition scholarships for three years."

 

Former DLA partner opens anti-counterfeiting boutique firm

"Joseph Gioconda has spent the past 13 years counseling corporations on how to protect their brands and fight counterfeiters. This week he opened the Gioconda Law Group with five attorneys in New York. The NLJ spoke with Gioconda about the new firm and counterfeiting issues."

 

OPINION

Shifting constituencies

"Constitutional trends sometimes switch political valence. A decade ago, free speech was a cause favored by liberals; states' rights, a cause favored by conservatives. In litigation before the current U.S. Supreme Court, the lineup is now typically the opposite."

 

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on December 22, 2009 (boomark / email).