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HIGH DRAMA ANTICIPATED AS U.S. SUPREME COURT BEGINS NEW TERM
The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term promises early drama and potential landmark rulings, The National Law Journal reported this week as the justices returned Monday for their summer conference. Challenges to the power of the president, Congress and the judiciary command center stage, but the justices have also agreed to deal with an array of important questions including requirements for filing job bias charges with the EEOC, the First Amendment implications of certain state elections systems, and several matters impacting business and consumers. The Supreme Court also agreed Tuesday to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections and Indiana’s voter identification law.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1190624578793

TIME IS NOW TO UTILIZE PENSION PROTECTION ACT OF 2006
The Pension Protection Act of 2006, which allows IRA owners who are age 70½ and over to make tax-free distributions of up to $100,000 to tax-exempt charities, is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2007. In other words, there’s still time to consider contributions to worthwhile beneficiaries such as the NCBA Foundation Endowment and its newly established LANC Fund, which received a $100,000 gift from Hickory attorney Charlie Dixon via the PPA. For more information, contact NCBA Foundation Director of Development Tom Hull via the link below.
thull@ncbar.org

IN MEMORIAM
The NCBA has learned of the death of Darryll Walter Bolduc, 47, of Mooresville, who died Sept. 17. Also last week, Judge H. Emory Widener Jr. of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals died in his southwestern Virginia home at the age of 83. Widener held the distinction as the nation’s longest-serving federal appeals judge when he retired in July following 35 years on the bench.
http://www.ncbar.org/membership/memoriam/index.aspx

CEREMONIES WELCOME NORTH CAROLINA’S NEWEST ATTORNEYS
Swearing-in ceremonies large and small are taking place throughout North Carolina as the state’s newest attorneys take their final step toward admission to the bar. Ceremonies in Mecklenburg County (Thursday, Sept. 27), Durham County (Friday, Sept. 28) and Greensboro (Oct. 12) are on the horizon, while ceremonies in Orange, Forsyth and Wake counties have already been conducted. Access the link below for details; click here for general information regarding the swearing-in process provided by the State Bar.
http://www.ncbar.org/news/1/1833/index.aspx

DUKE TARGETS CRIMINAL JUSTICE, PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
Duke University announced plans last week to invest $1.25 million over the next five years to establish a center within its law school to promote justice in the criminal justice system and train lawyers to fight against wrongful convictions. Envisioned to address problems highlighted by the Duke lacrosse case, the center will incorporate and expand the Wrongful Convictions Clinic and Innocence Project. Associate Dean Theresa Newman, a former NCBA vice president who is actively involved in the existing programs, is expected to play a key role in the development of the new center.
http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/2007/09/law_center.html

WEB SITE OF THE WEEK
The Information Governance Engagement Area comes highly recommended by former Fairfax Bar Association President Sharon Nelson as “ongoing aggregation of key compliance, electronic discovery and enterprise content management news, views, notes and quotes from across the Internet.”
http://www.infogovernance.blogspot.com