"Palace revolt" by Nevada justices? Members of state high court spar over pace of decisions, chief's fitness

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Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice John C. Mowbray is faced with a call for his retirement by three of his associates. The dispute revolves around Mowbray's election-year call for opinions to be issued within 90 days, and for the names of judges who do not comply to be published. Justices Charles E. Springer, Thomas L. Steffan and Robert E. Rose accused Mowbray of politicking and then began to question the 73-year-old Chief Justice's competence to sit on the bench. The three judges have since implemented a rule creating a vice chief justice with the authority to take the place of an incapable or absent chief justice.

Officials and employees, Judges, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Nevada. Supreme Court

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One opinion, two controversies; 2nd Circuit limits copyright protection for software, approves court expert

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A 2d US Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Computer Associates International Inc v Altai Inc could make it harder to obtain copyright protection for computer software. The appellate judges affirmed a trial court ruling that Altai's Oscar 3.5 mainframe scheduling program did not infringe a comparable Computer Associates one. The acceptability of expert evidence appointed by the court in copyright infringement cases was another issue. Even though expert evidence is not used much in infringement cases, in computer infringement cases judges may feel they need help understanding the technical differences.

Software, Cases, Copyright, Copyrights, Software protection, Copy protection, Evidence, Expert, Expert evidence

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Battle over job decision deadlines; new rules to discourage offer-hoarding lead to revolt by 16 law schools

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A vote by National Assn of Law Placement (NALP) members in Jun 1992 recommended a shortening of the deadlines in its voluntary recruiting standards. This would shorten the amount of time law students can hold onto job offers before deciding on them and might lessen offer-hoarding by students in top schools. Approximately 82% of NALP's employer members favored the change, while only 53% of law school members did. Some law schools have revolted by announcing they would continue to abide by the old standards, posing the danger of a double standard.

Standards, Recruiting, Law students, National Association for Law Placement

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