Legal Research

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines June 10, 2008

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, June 10, 2008.

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FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  ISPs gain ground over e-mail disclosure
"Internet service providers are challenging subpoenas served to them in civil litigation cases, and courts are beginning to rule in their favor. ISPs received a boost recently from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which denied a State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. subpoena asking AOL to disclose various e-mails tied to an insurance claim. The court held that the Stored Communications Act prohibits ISPs from disclosing e-mail contents in response to a civil subpoena."

FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE  |  Howrey on the hunt
"Howrey's Northern California branch is on the hunt for lateral hires. "We plan to increase our size by 50% to 70% in the next three to four years," said Henry C. Bunsow, the Northern California managing partner for Howrey. 'I think the market is ready for that and Howrey is now a well recognized name in Northern California,' he said. The Washington-based firm currently has 67 lawyers divided between its San Francisco and East Palo Alto, Calif., branches."

WEB-ONLY  |  Fresh wave of class actions hit restaurants over alleged false nutritional information
"Four nationwide restaurant chains face new class action lawsuits over allegedly printing false nutrition information on their menus. The lawsuits allege that much of the menus' nutrition information is inaccurate and that independent laboratory analysis shows that the fat content for some food items is double or triple the amount listed."

WEB-ONLY  |  Maine court's ruling leaves future of proposed law school in doubt
"The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine last week rejected a petition by Husson College in Bangor, Maine, which sought to enable its would-be law school graduates to take the state's bar exam even though the school would not have accreditation by the American Bar Association. Until the college obtains permission for its law school graduates to sit for the bar exam without ABA accreditation, the school will not move ahead with the program, said Husson College President William Beardsley."

WEB-ONLY  |  Texas judge forms panel to reform state's criminal justice system
"A Texas judge has announced the establishment of a group in order to upgrade and reform the state's criminal justice system. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Barbara Hervey said the Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit will initially consist of 12 people, including Texas lawyers, judges, law professors and a senator."

WEB-ONLY  |  Number of state, federal prisoners in U.S. grew slightly in first half of 2007
"The number of state and federal prisoners in the United States grew by 1.6% in the first half of 2007, which is lower than the 2% growth for the same period in 2006, according to new data from the Department of Justice. The DOJ said the slower growth in the prison population can be attributed to the 10 states with the largest number of prisoners in 2000: Texas, California, Florida, New York, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana. During the first half of 2007, growth in these states rose by 0.7%, down from 2.3% during the first half of 2006."

WEB-ONLY  |  A decade after Bill Clinton left office, one of his appellate court nominees likely to be confirmed
"In a horse-trading deal brokered between Michigan senators and the White House, a U.S. Senate vote next week is likely to confirm the nominations of Raymond M. Kethledge along with Helene N. White, both of Michigan, to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. White was first nominated by Clinton in the 1997 but her nomination died without action while Republicans controlled the Senate during Clinton's tenure. In turn, Bush's nomination of Kethledge stalled."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on June 10, 2008 (boomark / email).