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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 14, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, July 14, 2009.

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Sotomayor pledges 'fidelity to the law'

"Answering criticisms that her heritage and gender will influence her judging, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday that her judicial philosophy is "simple: fidelity to the law." She spoke on the first day of a historic confirmation hearing that is likely to result in her becoming the first Hispanic justice â?? and third woman â?? on the nation's highest court."

"Watch this video of The National Law Journal's Tony Mauro and David Ingram analyzing the first day of the Senate confirmation hearing. Follow today's hearing on The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times and via Twitter. You can also watch the hearing live at PBS.org, where The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle is providing analysis and commentary."

 

Chicago firms filing suits over cemetery reburial scheme

"At least six Chicago law firms have lined up to represent people who fear their relatives' graves at a cemetery southwest of the city may have been dug up or topped with another grave in an illegal scheme to make money on the sale of more burial sites."

 

Calif. Supreme Court declines to review 'judicially sanctioned extortion'

"The California Supreme Court has denied a petition to review an asbestos liability case in which a Los Angeles judge blasted the plaintiff's firm, Waters & Kraus, for engaging in a "type of judicially sanctioned extortion." Meanwhile, the firm's managing partner says, 'The trial judge in his order cast some aspersions on us and our conduct, and invited the court to reconsider this on appeal. But the intermediate appeal court and the Supreme Court declined to do that and reaffirmed that what we did was entirely proper.' "

 

Public Citizen Litigation Group names new director

"Public Citizen Litigation Group senior attorney Allison Zieve this month was named director of the Washington-based public interest advocacy organization, brining a background in administrative law and federal pre-emption to Public Citizen's top post." 

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