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Judicial elections will heat up, again
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher hasn't announced if he's going to run for re-election next year.The battles for state supreme court seats are heating up in at least six states as another year of expensive and hotly contested elections begins. Next year's races in Alabama, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin are expected to draw financial support from private interest groups.Group migrates from Paul Hastings
With half of its 18 offices located outside the United States, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky Walker often boasts about its global reach. But starting next month, the firm will no longer help clients move people from country to country.The firm's 17-lawyer immigration practice group, which is centered in Atlanta, will split from the firm Feb.Dismissing the JudgeLest She Dismiss You
Steven H. [email protected] day before alleged discovery abuses could have ended its two-year Fulton State Court suit against PricewaterhouseCoopers, a health care company dismissed and refiled next door at Superior Court.Atlanta-based Mariner Health Care made the switch last Thursday, averting the possibility that Fulton State Court Judge Susan B.High Court Seeks More Help From Solicitor General
Tony [email protected] the Supreme Court invites the solicitor general's office to express the government's views on a pending case, it is a reminder of the important role the SG plays at the high court.Rarely, if ever, does the Court reach out to any other law office for its opinion on whether it should grant review in a case.Supreme Court drama "First Monday" is dismissed by court insiders
Tony [email protected] WASHINGTON-The Sup-reme Court debuts this week as a vehicle for television drama, and it is more likely to have Washington's legal elite shouting "oy, vey" than "oyez."The show, "First Monday," airs, awkwardly enough, today, on a Tuesday. The second episode is set to broadcast three days later on Friday, in the time slot CBS has given it through the spring.Top 3 TARP banks to dole out $29B in bonuses
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase Co.'s investment bank, survivors of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, are set to pay record bonuses this year. The firms-the three biggest banks to exit the Troubled Asset Relief Program-will hand out $29.7 billion in bonuses, according to analysts' estimates.Give Up Your Fears Of E-Discovery
I speak on electronic data discovery four to five times per year. It never fails that most of the presenters at these events preach fear as the motivation for learning about e-discovery.Justice Alito's Finances Explain His Recusals
Justice Samuel Alito bowed out of roughly six dozen matters that came before the Supreme Court in the past 10 months with no explanation. Alito's latest report of his finances clears up the mystery.Justices in no hurry to bolt from bench
At her law clerks' reunion last June, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put the word out in no uncertain terms."If anyone asks you, 'When is she retiring'?" Ginsburg said, according to several who were there, "tell them I have a great role model in Justice John Paul Stevens, who is going strong at age 88.Trending Stories
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