Daily news and blawg watch up on Insitelaw: Two tribes go to War?Click here for Insitelaw They are both distinguished lawyers. They both hail from the same part of the profession… but they are now taking diametrically opposing views on the legality of the Iraq ... world… I do not accept Lord Bingham's conclusions, which do not, I am afraid, take proper account of the text of Security Council Resolution 1441 nor its negotiating history," Mr Straw said. The Guardian: Top judge: US and UK acted as ' ...
November 18, 2008 06:12 am

Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 11/17/08

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... , Inc. in his Retirement Plan Blog Greening the Detroit Bailout - Washington, DC lawyer Peter Gray of McKenna Long & Aldridge on the firm's Climate Change Insights ... , Pension Risk Matters Confusion Arises Over Who Owns the Mortgage - Business litigation lawyer Angelo Tartaro on Rogers & Tartaro's Business Litigation Blog Buying a ... Family Law Blog Credential Inflation: Portrayals, Proceedings and Prose - Ohio lawyer Kevin LaCroix of OakBridge Insurance Services in his blog, The D & O ...
November 17, 2008 09:37 pm
... . says it is fining Citigroup Global Markets Inc. $300,000 for its failure to reasonably supervise the commissions that clients were charged for stock and options trades. Citigroup Global Markets is Citigroup Inc's brokerage and securities arm. FINRA says that between April 2002 and January 2006, then-Citigroup representative Juan Carlos Hernandez charged 27 clients unreasonable commissions that substantially exceeded the firm's calculated rate for appropriate charges. One client was reportedly ...
November 17, 2008 09:31 pm
... s Petition here) The defendant was involved in the Enron mess. He was charged with conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, securities violations, insider trading and for laundering the money related to the insider trading. The jury found him not guilty of ... estoppel, when a first jury necessarily decides a certain fact against a party, that same party is prevented (or what as we lawyers say, is "estopped") from again trying to litigate that same fact at a later trial. However, what happens when a first ...
November 17, 2008 08:49 pm
... food during the day while they're in court. The decision came after defence lawyers argued their clients have a hard time staying alert during proceedings because ... a provincial jail and have their cases tried in provincial court but security is handled by Durham police. Durham police are expected to feed the inmates but recently, ... food but you can halt the proceedings until food is provided," said defence lawyer Daniel Brown. Durham police officials say the prisoners' budget was cutting into their ...
November 17, 2008 07:25 pm
... guy Mark Cuban got slapped by government regulators for insider trading today. Here's why the Securities and Exchange Commission says Cuban, who owns the Dallas Mavericks and made a fortune selling ... like he's fighting charges, we've got a call in to find out which lawyer he'll be using. (He's keeping uncharacteristically mum on his blog, which makes us think he's actually listening to whichever lawyer he hired.) Question for readers: It takes some chutzpa for the SEC to go after a big name like ...
November 17, 2008 06:38 pm

Finding People and Public Records

(CM Law Library Blog)
... materials I prepared for two recent presentations. The National Business Institute presentations concentrate on free Internet resources. Among other topics, the materials cover finding neighbors and relatives; social security numbers; locating assets; criminal records, information on lawyers, judges & expert witnesses and jury verdict research. These resources will be incorporated into research guides on ...
November 17, 2008 05:25 pm
... 's arbitration competition: I would like to congratulate the arbitration competition team on their great performance at the ABA arbitration competition this past weekend. It was the first time each member of the team had competed, yet they managed to secure an arbitrator judge's vote in each of the two rounds. Their evaluation forms include many positive comments. Here are some highlights. Lily Chan and Josh Speirs prepared a "well organized" opening statement and summation. They made "good use ...
November 17, 2008 03:46 pm

RBC Dominion Securities Inc. v. Merrill Lynch

(Toronto Employment Law Blog)
In its recent decision in RBC Dominion Securities Inc. v. Merrill Lynch, the Supreme Court of Canada has reinforced an employee's duty to provide reasonable notice of resignation as well as, reestablished an employee's duty of good faith ... fair resignation notice. This is much like an employer's duty to provide fair termination notice to an employee. Daniel A. Lublin is a Toronto Employment Lawyer focusing in the law of wrongful dismissal. He can be reached at dan@toronto-employmentlawyer.com
November 17, 2008 03:25 pm
... claims until their work injury is at maximum medical improvement. I would be happy to hear any questions you may have about settling your Workers' Comp case. Thanks for reading, Eric ___________________________________________ Eric L. Johnson, Esq. Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability Attorney Ziff Law Firm, LLP 303 William St., Elmira, NY 14902 Tel: (607) 733-8866 Fax: (607) 732-6062 Toll Free: 1-800-943-3529 Email: ejohnson@zifflaw.com Web: http://www.zifflaw.com Share on ...
November 17, 2008 05:10 am
... businesses." They "warn that the new, more Democratic Congress will overturn US Supreme Court rulings in the areas of securities regulation, federal preemption, union organizing, employment and civil rights -- all to the benefit of the plaintiffs' bar," which they say "will lead to a flood of new litigation that will hurt businesses." Trial lawyers, however, "say planned changes are necessary to restore a 'civil justice' system decimated by the outgoing Bush administration." Linda ...
November 17, 2008 05:07 am
... WL 4567128 (Bankr.D.Minn.)) that held that a debtor who elected to use the exemptions in the Bankruptcy Code forfeited the protection of Social Security law for a substantial back benefits check. The decision acknowledged that other courts had held differently. And in California, ... found in the Bankruptcy Code, this decision should have no effect in my cases. Yet it is a heads up to lawyers to keep thinking about these issues, since things you take for granted as fixed may not be a certain as you ...
November 16, 2008 07:32 pm
... million in back taxes and penalties in part stemming from the company's use of a type of transaction the IRS has called "abusive," securities filings show. The tax dispute puts AIG - recipient of a $150 billion federal bailout - in the peculiar position of effectively ... will win: Hold on there TaxGirl! How do you know the IRS is right on this issue and AIG is wrong? As a tax lawyer do you often make the assumption that the government is infallible? I don't. Your claim that AIG schemed to use the ...
November 16, 2008 05:16 pm
... found Mulligan's liable in the amount of $192,100 for knowingly providing an inadequately secured premises. The bar's owner argued that Mr. Stanfield's suit was barred ... any other business - they have a duty of reasonable care and adequate security. Our firm represents crime victims and people injured as a result of dangerous ... affirm the long-standing Georgia rule that holds businesses liable for failing to insure the security of their patrons. Of course, it's always a good idea to avoid bar fights ...
November 16, 2008 03:12 pm

Criminal Law Terms You Should Know

(Jacksonville Criminal Attorney Blog)
Retainer - A fee paid to a Jacksonville criminal lawyer to secure legal representation for your criminal charges. Retrial - A new trial in a case that has already been tried. Right to Counsel - If you are facing criminal charges, you have a constitutional right, which is guaranteed by the 6th Amendment, to be represented by a criminal lawyer even if you can't afford to hire one. Ruling - The outcome of a judge's decision on some point of law. Scofflaw - A ...
November 16, 2008 06:05 am
... about a new product on the market called TarpX which is a load control system. TarpX is a product which makes it easy to secure loads in the bed of a pick up truck. According to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, unsecured loads cause an estimated 25,000 ... transporting furniture or hauling a load of junk to the dump and they don't always realize they need to secure that load. Often, motorists believe that, when hauling a heavy item like a couch or a refrigerator, the item does not have to be ...
November 16, 2008 03:37 am
... close to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, has clashed for years with administration hawks, first as the lawyer for the White House National Security Council and then as legal advisor at the State Department. Beginning early in the Bush ... R. England, the No. 2 civilian in the Pentagon. Officials said that England was intrigued by the proposal, but that lawyers at the Justice Department had raised questions about the wisdom of formal recognition. By recognizing the standard as "customary law," ...
November 15, 2008 10:30 pm
... operating permit . Weeks later, it reopened. Then in September, the Toronto-based owner of Castleberry's sold the brand name and other assets to Hanover Foods. The Castleberry's botulism scare was so unusual (most of the 25 to 30 cases in the U.S. each year are related to foods canned at home) that it became the subject of a scientific case study funded by the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. You can read the study here.
November 15, 2008 03:19 am
... operating permit . Weeks later, it reopened. Then in September, the Toronto-based owner of Castleberry's sold the brand name and other assets to Hanover Foods. The Castleberry's botulism scare was so unusual (most of the 25 to 30 cases in the U.S. each year are related to foods canned at home) that it became the subject of a scientific case study funded by the National Center for Food Protection and Defense, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. You can read the study here.
November 15, 2008 03:19 am

Legal News - LexBlogosphere: 11/14/08

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... while others are LexBlogosphere veterans. Dallas School District Issued Fake Social Security Numbers To Employees - Texas attorney Robert A. Kraft in his Immigration Law Answers Blog ... Rainmaker Blog California DUI Case - Is there a right to plead guilty? - Scottsdale lawyer Dan Jaffe on his DUI Law Blog Advancing Excellence in America's ... Home Blog "Blonde Jokes" Support Workplace Emotional Distress Claim - Portland lawyer Dennis Westlind of Stoel Rives in the firm's employment law blog, World of ...
November 15, 2008 01:16 am
 
 

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