Hi again folks, the post on June 07 in Overlawyered (http://www.overlawyered.com/) this week shows why it is a good thing to be on fee-deciding committees.  The post titled “Update: Judge unseals shell case fee carve-up” points out how out of 32 law firms and 79 lawyers in a class action suit, those five on the committee for deciding lawyer’s fees managed to divert almost half of the 6.6 million at stake to their own five firms.  Dane Ciolino, Loyola Law School ethics professor who filed a petition to have the committee records unsealed, unearthed the matter. 

To read about juror disqualifications and the principles followed in such disqualifications, read the series of posts at Deliberations (http://jurylaw.typepad.com/deliberations/) which is rapidly becoming one of my favorites.  A more formal analysis of the subject can be found at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP’s, Scotusblog (http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2007/06/analysis_barrin.html) where the June 04 post gives the “Analysis: Barring jurors in death penalty cases.”

Now, to come to a critical issue, it seems that Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter may have negative implications for women plaintiffs trying to admit pay discrimination claims under Title VII.  The June 6 post titled “One Management-Side Response to Ledbetter” at the Workplace Prof Blog (http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/) presents a good summing-up of the situation.
 
The Workplace Prof has a point there, and Ledbetter leans too much toward employers.