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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines January 14, 2010

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, January 14, 2010.

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Justices wary of granting NFL antitrust immunity

"After oral argument in the titanic battle Wednesday over the antitrust status of the National Football League, it did not seem that the NFL would have an easy touchdown in its long quest for baseball-like immunity from antitrust laws."

 

Chicago Law School's new dean has big plans

"As the new dean at University of Chicago Law School, Michael Schill plans to make a big impact at the 108-year-old institution. Schill, the former law dean at UCLA School of Law, spoke with the NLJ about raising money, building upon the school's reputation for groundbreaking work in law and economics and boosting the number of faculty"

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Simple collections case balloons, leading to $2.3M in attorney fees

"A federal judge in Massachusetts awarded a computer-leasing company more than $2.3 million in attorney fees and about $479,000 in costs for a case that began as a "simple claim" to collect $300,000."

 

Circuit panel grills both sides in conduit campaign contributions case

"A federal appeals panel hearing oral arguments in the government's criminal case against attorney Pierce O'Donnell drilled lawyers on both sides about 'muddy' points they made about the intent and scope of a federal law governing campaign contributions. "

 

7th Circuit blasts lawyer in fee dispute with ex-partners

"Illinois class action lawyer Rex Carr's drive to squeeze $20 million in compensatory damages out of his former law firm partners in a fee dispute slammed into a major barrier this week."

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