1. Here at the Hiring Conference.... 1 hour ago   permalink

Here at the Hiring Conference....
Www.thefacultylounge.org

So we've made it half way through the AALS hiring conference.  Any stories anyone wants to share?  Best interviews?  Worst interviews? (no names necessary)

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2. Court Transfers Part of Patent Case Involving Microsoft to Texas - Corporate Counsel 6 hours ago   permalink

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NEU - alternative Stromerzeugung - fair-News.de   —  These headlines do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the patent law firm v. Kreisler Selting Werner. Please also review the disclaimer

3. Pauly: Limiting the Tax Exclusion for Employment Based Health Insurance 3 hours ago   permalink

Pauly: Limiting the Tax Exclusion for Employment Based Health Insurance
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog

Mark V. Pauly (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School) has published Limiting the Tax Exclusion for Employment Based Health Insurance: Are Improved Equity and Efficiency Enough?, 62 Nat'l Tax J. 555 (2009). Here is the abstract: Removal or limitation of the current exclusion of employment-related health benefit payments from taxable income...

4. 9th Circuit Vindicates Judge for His Ruling in Bizarre Murder-for-Hire Case 6 hours ago   permalink

Law.com

Conservatives on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rode to the rescue of one of their own on Thursday, finding that Judge Richard Tallman didn't botch a bizarre murder-for-hire case in Idaho. The en banc decision from Judge Carlos Bea reverses an earlier opinion that blasted Tallman for refusing to grant defendant David Hinkson a new trial. ...

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Long wait about over for Baltimore judge   —  It's been nine years since federal Judge Andre Davis of Baltimore was first nominated to fill the "Maryland seat" on the federal Court of Appeals. It's been seven months since President Barack Obama re-nominated Davis for the same position--which has remained vacant, thanks to political stalemate in Washington, since the death of Judge Francis D. ...

5. Ayers: The Undertraining of Lawyers and its Effect on the Advancement of Women and Minorities 5 hours ago   permalink

Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog

Irene Segal Ayers (NYU) has published The Undertraining of Lawyers and its Effect on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in the Legal Profession, 1 Duke F. for L. & Soc. Change 71 (2009). Here is the abstract: The undertraining of law students documented in a century’s worth of critiques...

6. DOJ Pushes 'Comprehensive Approach' to Discovery Reform 6 hours ago   permalink

Law.com

At an ABA panel discussion Thursday, U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman underlined his and others' support for strengthening a federal rule that spells out the government's obligation to turn over favorable evidence to defense lawyers. To address the judiciary's concern, the Justice Department is implementing a mandatory annual training program ...

7. Boston Scientific to Pay $296 Million in Settlement 6 hours ago   permalink

Law.com

Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Friday it will pay $296 million to settle a DOJ investigation into the company's Guidant unit. The investigation involved product advisories issued by Guidant in 2005, a year before Boston Scientific paid $27 billion for the heart device maker. Throughout 2007, Boston Scientific agreed to various ...

8. New England Marriage Campaign 9 hours ago   permalink

New England Marriage Campaign
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New England is on the forefront of the marriage equality movement. GLAD’s historic 2003 victory in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health made Massachusetts the first state in the country to grant same-sex couples the rights and respect of full marriage equality. Although initially an old 1913 law was used to prevent most non- ...

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9. Pay-to-Play? Not so much 9 hours ago   permalink

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An article published earlier this year may puncture the long-held belief that elected public pension fund trustees solicit (and receive) election contributions from plaintiff-side law firms in exchange for favorable treatment when those trustees are selecting outside counsel to represent the pension fund in securities litigation.

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10. "SCHUMER ANNOUNCES ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION HAS AGREED TO TRANSLATE VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS INTO ASIAN ... 10 hours ago   permalink

Rick Hasen / Election Law

"SCHUMER ANNOUNCES ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION HAS AGREED TO TRANSLATE VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS INTO ASIAN LANGUAGES BEFORE START OF 2010 PRIMARIES"

11. Stanley Kutler on Wisconsin Judicial Election Controversy 11 hours ago   permalink

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12. Final Brief Filed in Libertarian Party of New Hampshire Presidential Substitution Lawsuit 12 hours ago   permalink

Richard / Ballot Access News

Here is the Libertarian Party’s response brief in Libertarian Party of New Hampshire v Gardner, the federal case over whether unqualified parties should be allowed to use stand-in presidential candidates on their petitions. Although it is short (only five pages), it has a good compendium of other federal court decisions that say in some [...]

13. Former top judge to lead Working Families Party probe 14 hours ago   permalink

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The labor-backed political organization hires former New York state Court of Appeals Judge Judith Kaye to review its operations after critics charged it skirted certain laws.

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14. Two Independents Elected to Virginia Legislature This Week 14 hours ago   permalink

Richard / Ballot Access News

On November 3, the two Virginia state legislators who were running for re-election were re-elected. They are Lacey Putney in the 19th district, and Watkins M. Abbitt in the 59th district. Putney was re-elected with 64.1% of the vote. His only opponents were a Democrat, Lewis Medlin, who got 20.6%, and a Constitution Party [...]

15. U.S. Supreme Court Receives Request to Hear Petition Privacy Case 16 hours ago   permalink

Richard / Ballot Access News

On November 6, the proponents of privacy for Washington state referendum petitions asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their appeal. Here is the brief. As noted earlier, on September 10 the U.S. District Court in Washington state had ordered the Washington Secretary of State not to release the names and addresses of [...]

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Cert Petition Filed in Washington Referendum Signer Disclosure Case   —  You can read it here. UPDATE: More from Ballot Access News on other suits raising similar issues....

16. Patent Prosecution Tips: Drafting Preambles 15 hours ago   permalink

Dennis Crouch / Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)

In a recent posting on Patently-O , I asked for advice on whether it is a better practice to use a generic preamble (e.g., "A method comprising") versus a more detailed preamble (e.g., "A method for content selection of digital media stored in a memory…., the method comprising"). Ron Slusky has provided his suggestions in ...

17. Paul Hollander on the Fall of Communism 16 hours ago   permalink

Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy

This fall is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and other events associated with the collapse of communism. Paul Hollander, a sociologist who has written numerous works on communism and Western attitudes towards it, has an op ed in the Washington Post, noting some of the lessons of the communist [...]

18. ‘Tis the Season: Cleary Matches Cravath Bonuses 16 hours ago   permalink

‘Tis the Season: Cleary Matches Cravath Bonuses
Ashby Jones / WSJ.com

This just in: Cleary Gottlieb has matched the Cravath bonuses we reported early this week. The memo reads as follows (click here to read the PDF): -- MEMORANDUM FOR ALL ASSOCIATES ON THE U.S. SALARY SCALE Re: 2009 Bonuses On behalf of the partners of the Firm, we are pleased to announce year-end bonuses for associates in good standing on the U.S. ...

19. BT Wins Again: Second Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment and $175,000 Fee Award 17 hours ago   permalink

Julie Ahrens / Stanford Center for Internet and Society

After years of litigation based on spurious allegations of copyright infringement, BT was vindicated again this week when the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of the case on summary judgment and the award of $175,000 in attorneys' fees to BT. The Second Circuit's summary order (attached) confirms that plaintiffs cannot ...

20. November 3 election results for Libertarian candidates 17 hours ago   permalink

Www.lp.org

Dan Halloran was elected to the New York City Council in District 19 (Queens). He was nominated by the Republican, Conservative, Independent and Libertarian parties.

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