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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines Decemvber 18, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com. December 18, 2009.

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Slight boost seen in number of part-time attorneys

"The percentage of attorneys working part time ticked up slightly in 2009, despite fears that the unstable economy would prompt fewer people to seek reduced-hours schedules."

 

Cities offer legal shield to caregivers facing workplace bias

"Caregiver bias is so big a problem that cities are passing their own laws to prevent employees from being penalized at work because of their duties at home, according to a new report"

 

Defending alleged terrorist is solo's second multiple-murder case this year

"Chicago lawyer John Theis, who will defend alleged terrorist David Coleman Headley, is no stranger to mass-murderers who face the federal death penalty. Theis represented mob hitman Nicholas Calabrese in a federal trial that was Chicago's biggest mob case in decades."

 

OPINION

Britain's new Supreme Court

"Justices are now independent of Parliament, so they may well become more activist".

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Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).