Message-ID: <8051687.1075858617659.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:54:43 -0800 (PST) From: lists@corp.law.com To: newswire-html@majordomo.law.com Subject: Today's Legal News, October 30, 2001 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: "law.com" X-To: newswire-html@majordomo.law.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \MTAYLO1 (Non-Privileged)\Taylor, Mark E (Legal)\Inbox X-Origin: Taylor-M X-FileName: MTAYLO1 (Non-Privileged).pst A D V E R T I S E M E N T [IMAGE] =09 =09[IMAGE] =09 =09career center seminars legal newswire customer service = free email =09 October 30, 2001 =09 =09 [IMAGE] Supreme Court Sits in Different Courthouse as Anthrax Hits Even C= loser to Home American Lawyer Media The U.S. Supreme Court met Monday not = in its regular home, but at a nearby federal courthouse, where it may meet = for days to come. Anthrax spores have been discovered in the basement of th= e Supreme Court building in addition to the Court's remote mail facility, w= here they were found last week. The new argument location did, however, rev= eal the answer to one of the enduring mysteries about Chief Justice Rehnqui= st. Visit the U.S. Supreme Court Monitor Shearman & Sterling Foresees= 10 Percent Cutback in Associate Ranks The National Law Journal Citing the= impossibility of "maintaining a boom-economy work force in a weak economy,= " New York-based Shearman & Sterling is proceeding with plans that may resu= lt in about a 10 percent cutback in its associates. In a memo circulated fi= rmwide late Friday, senior partner David Heleniak explained that the 805-la= wyer firm was forced to act by simultaneous drops in both activity levels a= nd attorney attrition. Full Text New Sentencing Guidelines for Bioterr= orism Take Effect This Week The Associated Press Federal judges have 450 p= ages of guidelines to help them sentence defendants for wrongdoings ranging= from money laundering to drug trafficking, but crimes involving chemical a= nd biological weapons are not on the list. Judges are left largely on their= own in sentencing defendants for bioterrorism. But starting Thursday, new = federal sentencing guidelines will cover such crimes, and the result will b= e tougher sentences. Full Text Special Circumstances Not Required for R= everse Bias Claim New York Law Journal A white male portfolio manager who = said he was fired from his job because of his race is not required to alleg= e any "special circumstances" to support his claim of reverse discriminatio= n, a federal judge in New York ruled. 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