Semple: Merge the courts

(Australian Divorce Blog)
The review into the Family and Federal Magistrates Courts by former Attorney-General's Department bureaucrat Des Semple is recommending a merger of the two courts, according to the ABC. The ABC had on its ticker in its breakfast show this morning that the review recommended a merger.
November 21, 2008 07:26 am
... security detail stopped him from falling to the ground but it was clear he was very ill. Mukasey was speaking about the Bush legal legacy and the judges that would remainon the bench appointed by the Presidest after Bush leaves office. Mukasey himself was a judge when Bush tapped him for the job of US Attorney General after prior AG Alberto Gonzales left the job amid harges of corruption in the US Attorney firings. Mukasey was credited with stablizing the Justice Dept after Gonzales left office.
November 21, 2008 06:59 am
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November 21, 2008 06:16 am
... out before legal liability is incurred. A strong panel of speakers will be addressing an equally strong audience that includes in-house representatives of the pharmaceutical, luxury goods, household goods and healthcare, insurance, electronics, software, entertainment, leisure and public sectors. IPKat team blogger Jeremy is in the chair. Venue: Cafe Royal, Piccadilly (London). Brochure and booking details here. The Rapid Response Seminar on trade mark dilution in the wake of NEXT THURSDAY'S ...
November 21, 2008 05:45 am

11TH ANNUAL ESTATES AND TRUSTS SUMMIT

(Toronto Estate Law Blog)
... Jim Yager) New Strategies for Post-Mortem Tax Planning - The Eligible Dividend Rules and More (Heather Evans) Powers of Attorney and the Duty to Account - An Update (Liza Sheard) Powers of Appointment (Timothy Youdan) The Will is Not the Whole Picture ... of the Hospital, Retirement Home and Group Home (Wendy Griesdorf) The Vulnerability of Pre-Death Gifts (Eric Hoffstein) The Scope of the Attorney's Powers (Sender Tator) The Incapable Minor Turning 18 (Clare Burns) Remarks from the New Children's ...
November 21, 2008 05:21 am
One year after a deadly car crash involving State Trooper Matt Mitchell left two sisters dead and a man and his pregnant wife injured, a second Illinois personal injury lawsuit has been filed against him in St. Clair County Circuit Court. The motor vehicle crash occurred on November 23 when Mitchell, who was responding to a minor incident close to Mascoutah, lost control of his police-issued 2006 Chevrolet Impala while traveling at a speed of 126 mph. His car crossed the I-64 median close to ...
November 21, 2008 05:19 am

What the Court Staff Can and Cannot Do For You

(South Carolina Family Law Blog)
... these pro se litigants ask virtually every question imaginable of the Clerk of Court's staff. Many times, these people are attempting to obtain legal advice from the Court staff, which of course they cannot provide since they are not attorneys. In order to help the public and the Court employees know what is (and more importantly isn't) permissible, our state Supreme Court has published a document which clearly explains what the Court employees can and cannot do. This document was the result of ...
November 21, 2008 05:01 am

Mukasey Collapses

(TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime)
... said. ... Mukasey was delivering a speech to the Federalist Society at a Washington hotel when "he just started shaking and he collapsed," said Associate Attorney General Kevin O'Connor. "They're very concerned." Mukasey began slurring his words during the speech before collapsing and losing consciousness. He was taken to George Washington University Hospital. We send our best wishes to the Attorney General.
November 21, 2008 04:28 am
I know, I know. It's been a while. Every now and then I have to back away and reset. It happens. Too much of this for too long tends to cause me to lose focus, and that is bad for a criminal defense attorney. For anyone out there is the great chasm of cyberspace wondering where I am, rest assured I am back hard at work. After a break from all things blawgosphere-related, and a week-long trip to the Pacific Northwest, all is well at the greatest criminal defense firm in the world. (At least my ...
November 21, 2008 04:20 am
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November 21, 2008 04:15 am

Radio alert.

(Althouse)
I'll be on the "Week in Review" show with Joy Cardin on Wisconsin Public Radio at 8 AM Central Time t0morrow morning. That's 9 AM ET. Go here to listen on-line live. You can call in. We'll be talking about whatever news stories of the last week people want to talk about. And you'll be able to listen to the archived show here, later. The other guest - the "left" to my (supposed) "right" - is former Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager. blog advertising blog advertising
November 21, 2008 04:02 am
Investigators in Illinois have identified the two men who died in an oil well blast last month. Using DNA samples and dental records, they confirmed that Albion Attorney Samuel Lee Fieber and West Salem worker Ronald Alldredge died from injuries they sustained in the explosion. Kevin Alldredge, Ronald's son and a Grayville rig hand, survived the blast but sustained burn injuries. Four other workers also were burned in the blast. One worker, 38-year-old Browns resident Glen Isles, sustained first ...
November 21, 2008 03:54 am
UH OH: Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapses during Federalist Society speech.
November 21, 2008 03:49 am
... to deny any wrongdoing or involvement in the case. Since the weapons charges were filed, Peterson's criminal defense attorney has argued that his client did not break the law by possessing the rifle because the Law Enforcement Officer Safety Act ... copy of memos, e-mails and other documents pertaining to the weapons charges against Peterson. After Assistant State's Attorney John Connor refused to turn the documents over, the judge dismissed the charges. Prosecutors say the will appeal the case. ...
November 21, 2008 03:40 am
"Audience members said they began praying, fearing a stroke." blog advertising blog advertising
November 21, 2008 03:37 am
... model of aggregate litigation "will not replicate American class action litigation with its domination of entrepreneurial plaintiffs' attorneys." The European movement toward aggregate litigation models has advanced because of the "need to create ex post ... U.S. model have been painfully apparent lately. The criminal sentencing of the leading plaintiff securities attorneys certainly highlights the corrupting potential of class litigation where the agent controls or even selects the principal. There ...
November 21, 2008 03:12 am
... Cuban on the basis of one sided Securities And Exchange Commission(SEC) spin. During that time, Jeffrey Norris, the SEC attorney, who had the contentious "Loose Change" email exchange with Mark while his employer investigated allegatons of insider trading has been able ... been able to slink home every night relatively free from any type of media exposure. That is all over. The emails between SEC attorney Jeffrey Norris and Mark Cuban have been made public. It is time to enter the email "no spin zone ...
November 21, 2008 02:57 am

When Insurance is Not Enough

(New Mexico Personal Injury Lawyer Blog)
KOAT recently reported on the amazing ending of a horrible story. The article was about a 14-year-old Albuquerque boy who was released from the hospital four months after he was seriously injured in a New Mexico drunk driving accident. Doctors gave the boy a 20% chance of surviving, however, with the help of his family and his own perseverance, he recently returned home. During his hospitalization he not only had to endure 5 surgeries, but also spent some of the time is a coma. As an ...
November 21, 2008 02:03 am
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November 21, 2008 12:37 am
Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin is charging Oppenheimer & Co. with unethical conduct and fraud. The state's top securities regulator is accusing the investment bank of continuing to market and sell auction rate securities to clients even as Oppenheimer executives were getting rid of their own ARS holdings, worth $3 million, before the collapse. Galvin says that Oppenheimer Chairman and Chief Executive Albert Lowenthal and other firm executives kept clients and other firm ...
November 21, 2008 12:35 am
 
 

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