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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 10, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: NLJ.com, September 10, 2009.

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Pro-business ruling likely in high court campaign finance case

Tony Mauro 

"A majority of the Supreme Court appeared poised Wednesday to reverse or limit a line of precedents that have allowed the government to ban corporate and union expenditures in election campaigns. After an extraordinary 90 minutes of oral argument, it seemed likely that the Court, swayed by arguments in favor of First Amendment rights for corporations, may embark on a new course that critics say could unleash a flood of corporate wealth into elections that are already awash in more regulated kinds of campaign spending".

 

Policyholders filing more suspicious claims ? or are they?

Tresa Baldas 

"Could be another sign of the economy: More Americans are filing suspicious insurance claims this year, making allegedly bogus efforts to collect on everything from broken glass to car fires, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. In a report released Sept. 9, the NICB, a trade group for the insurance industry that monitors fraud, said that roughly 41,600 "questionable claims" were reported by insurance companies in the first half of 2009, compared with 36,700 in the first half of 2008 ? a 13% increase"

 

Firms find hope of recovery in China's rebound

"Law firm leaders identify how the recession had changed their China practices, which practices had suffered the most and which offices had fared the best."

Angst over data retention ruling may be misplaced

" 'Adams' actually was in line with legal precedent and evolving best practices at U.S." corporations."

Rule changes at the PTO remain in limbo

"All depends on whether Kappos decides to challenge injunction against their implementation."

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).