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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines September 24, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source:NLJ.com September 24, 2009.

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Prosecutors find allies in campaign contributions case against attorney

"The Federal Election Commission and good-government group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have come to the defense of the government's criminal campaign contributions case against attorney Pierce O'Donnell. In a brief filed Wednesday with the 9th Circuit, the commission called a trial judge's ruling throwing out most of the case 'absurd.' "

 

Chicago judge wins prestigious award

"Judges from California have won the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence three times, judges from New York have won it twice, but this year, for the first time since the award started up in 1996, a judge from Illinois ? Chicago no less ? will take it. Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans will be presented with the National Center for State Courts award on Nov. 19 at a dinner at the U.S. Supreme Court, where Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. will deliver the honor."

Federal Circuit holds licensee lacks standing to sue without patent holder

"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently clarified its prior case law in a ruling spelling out when a licensee can sue an alleged patent infringer without involving the patent holder as a co-plaintiff. The decision ruled that Harvard licensee AsymmetRx Inc. lacks standing to bring a patent infringement case without Harvard."

 

Being a good associate is not enough 

"Treating yourself as just an employee won't get you far, says Robert Bohn, a senior associate in the government contracts practice group in McKenna Long & Aldridge's Los Angeles office. To give himself a foot up at the firm, Bohn has been developed a hybrid corporate transactional practice focused primarily on government contract-specific due diligence within the defense and aerospace industry."

 

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