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D.C. Circuit Dodges Roberts Recusal Flap
Two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit have brushed aside a sticky ethics question that had plagued their former colleague, Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. The judges refused to consider a request that the circuit void an earlier ruling which upheld the Bush administration's authority to try terrorism suspects in military tribunals. In an unusual motion, a terror suspect had attempted to intervene, requesting that Roberts disqualify himself from the case.Firm Accused of Copying Multistate Bar Examination Test Questions
In a suit that could have national implications for how law students prepare for the bar exam, the National Conference of Bar Examiners has accused a California company of illegally copying questions from the Multistate Bar Examination for use in bar exam preparation courses. In the suit, NCBE claims that employees of Multistate Legal Studies Inc. have attended bar exams in several states for the sole purpose of copying questions to be used in its prep courses.Gallup Mistake Invalidates Copyright
After four years of litigation, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed a copyright infringement suit brought by Gallup Inc. -- the consulting firm best known for the Gallup Poll -- after finding that it never properly registered a copyright for its "employee satisfaction survey." Gallup claimed in its suit that Kenexa Corp. had misappropriated the Gallup Q-12 employee survey and hired away more than a dozen Gallup employees who were knowledgeable about the survey.
Ballard Spahr Facing Gender Discrimination Claim
Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll has lost its attempt to halt a gender discrimination claim before it began by a real estate partner in the Baltimore office.Montgomery McCracken Raising Starting Salary to $125K
Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads will raise the starting salary for first-year associates to $125,000, citing the "need to stay competitive for the best and the brightest," says Chairman Stephen Madva. Montgomery McCracken says it's in a growth mode and that its merger with Crawford Wilson & Ryan at the end of May would probably not be the last. The 170-lawyer firm is looking to grow to "comfortably over 200 attorneys," Madva has said.Possible Safeguard General Counsel Change in Works
There could be a major shake up in the legal department of investment holding company, Safeguard Scientifics, which is responding to the collapse of Internet stock prices. Sources say that after nine years as the company's general counsel, James Ounsworth will be stepping down and will be replaced by Morgan Lewis & Bockius' N. Jeffrey Klauder, who joined Safeguard as senior vice president.It's a moot court for transactions attorneys
Last month the Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law in Philadelphia hosted a first-of-its-kind transactional lawyering competition, which drew 12 teams from 10 law schools and is part of a fledgling movement among legal educators to better prepare students to be dealmakers.
$26 Million Tortious Interference Suit Ends in Defense Verdict
If business is war, then what tactics amount to war crimes when two companies are in direct competition? A Philadelphia jury handed up a defense verdict in a $26 million case in which Chelsea Property Group Inc., the world's largest operator of outlet malls, was accused of sabotaging a Poconos-area businessman's attempts to create his own outlet center in the area. Jurors were instructed on a state "competitor's privilege" defense to claims of tortious interference with prospective business relations.Sweeping Effects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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