... in Husband's businesses and patents. Court also orders Husband to pay Wife's attorney's fees. Husband didn't comply with court orders, and no income deduction was ... awarding Wife considerably less, $162,000. Period. But Husband paid that amount. And the attorneys took about half of it and Wife used the balance to pay off marital debt left to ... it's been about 13 years, and the couple has gone through 16 different attorneys and 10 different judges to arrive at that point, Wife hasn't given up yet. ...
July 5, 2008 01:45 pm
... (1), Maine (1), Maryland (29), Massachusetts (22), Michigan (7), Minnesota (8), Missouri (12), New Hampshire (4), Nevada (11), New Jersey (9), New Mexico (98), New York (28), North Carolina (10), Ohio (7), Oklahoma (23), Oregon (10), Pennsylvania (8), Rhode Island (3), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (8), Texas (356), Utah (2), Virginia (29), Vermont (2), Washington (4), Wisconsin (10), and the District of Columbia (1). One ill person is reported from Ontario, Canada. According to the CDC, for ...
July 5, 2008 10:33 am
... facts rather than relying on SPI. Given that most structured settlement brokers are independent contractors working on commission, Illustrating a structured settlement quote that is not competitive is likely to reduce the likelihood that a savvy plaintiff or plaintiff attorney will accept a structure and meet the perceived 2004 goals stated in the memo. The "unless compelled" statement selectively emphasized by SPI, contradicts the statement below. The memo states "Do not simply give AG or AI ...
July 5, 2008 10:02 am

Top 10 WTF? US Sex Laws

(Life of a Law Student: All Feeds)
... is illegal in Georgia. 5. Engaging in any sexual position other than missionary is illegal in Washington, DC. 6. In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man to shoot off a gun when his female partner is having an orgasm. 7. In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, it is illegal to have sex with a truck driver inside a toll booth. 8. Having sexual relations with a porcupine is illegal in Florida. 9. It is illegal in Utah to marry your first cousin before the age of 65. 10. Sex with animals is ...
July 5, 2008 09:52 am
... demonstrate the inappropriateness of relying solely on executive branch discretion to safeguard civil liberties. This committee is well aware of the substantial safeguards respecting foreign intelligence electronic surveillance currently embodied in classified Attorney General procedures, but this committee is also aware that over the past thirty years there have been significant changes in internal executive branch procedures, and there is ample precedent for later administrations or even the ...
July 5, 2008 09:51 am
As a resource to California class action defense attorneys, we provide weekly, unofficial summaries of the legal categories for new class action lawsuits filed in California state and federal courts in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, San Mateo, Oakland/Alameda and Orange County areas. We include only those categories that include 10% or more of the class action filings during the preceding week. This report covers June 27 - July 2, 2008, during which time 39 new ...
July 5, 2008 08:13 am
Gitte Laasby, environmental reporter for the Gary Post-Tribune, has sent along two news items: Late last night [July 3rd], the Pennsylvania Senate passed the Great Lakes Compact. The governor has said he plans to sign it. With that, the Compact is now headed for Congress, which still has to ratify it for it to become a reality. Also yesterday, environmentalists filed a state court appeal of BP's air operating permit. The previous three appeals are of the construction permit, and will be heard by ...
July 5, 2008 07:16 am
... kidding; I do not like being ripped off. No red blooded American likes to be ripped off. The bank tells me there is a small chance that these criminals could be caught. I think that the credit card authorization system needs to be revamped so that a bank authorizing a charge can get its money back within a window for fraud. Check your accounts people; there are sophisticated scum bag criminals that want to rip you off! By California Motorcycle Accident Attorney Norman Gregory Fernandez, © 2008
July 5, 2008 06:30 am

A Question Of Timing

(Legal Profession Blog)
An attorney who had been suspended for failing to comply with CLE obligations was later convicted of conspiracy to sell unregistered securities. He did not report the conviction to bar authorities. When the conviction was discovered, he was suspended pending...
July 5, 2008 05:29 am
... Hispanics have a higher fatality rate than workers in other demographics. Have you or a loved one been injured in a construction accident in Southern California? Then call 1-800-ALAWPRO now for your free interview with an injury attorney. The victim was shoring rebar for installation support on the 35th floor of the construction site the morning he died. Reports state that the ironworker was connected to his safety harness, but when he attempted to change position, he missed the hook required ...
July 5, 2008 04:26 am
... . -- After 52 hours of deliberation over eight days, a federal jury yesterday declared it was hopelessly deadlocked in deciding whether attorneys William Gallion and Shirley Cunningham Jr. defrauded clients of $65 million in Kentucky's 2001 fen-phen settlement. ... declined to say who else should have been on trial, saying he didn't want to "get sued." Defense attorneys immediately asked that the defendants be released from jail, where they have been since August, pending payment of enormous bonds. ...
July 5, 2008 04:17 am
... ), ICANN approves custom gTLDs: (Out-Law), (ipblog.ca), (Intellectual Property Watch), (Managing Intellectual Property), INTA's new online guide 'Trademark Cancellations: International Practice and Procedure': (Class 46), Global - Patents Inventive patent attorneys: (IP Thinktank), Search for prior art using IEEE: (Philip Brooks), WIPO's PATENTSCOPE® service expands; PCT applications searchable in Japanese: (WIPO), (IPKat), WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents agrees on future work in ...
July 5, 2008 04:05 am
Pick up trucks in Florida have become increasingly popular in the United States. Pick up truck ownership has increased over the years and so have serious personal injuries to Florida children who are injured while riding in the bed or cargo area of the pick up truck. The owners and drivers of a pick up truck should insure that all occupants are safety in a seat with an approved seat belt. It is negligent to have a child ride in the back of a pick up truck because the risks for injury greatly ...
July 5, 2008 04:00 am

New Blog Covers "Green" Patents

(Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog)
Eric Lane, a patent attorney at Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps in the firm's Intellectual Property and Climate Change & Clean Technologies practice groups, publishes the Green Patent Blog. This relatively new website is dedicated to discussing and analyzing intellectual property issues relating to clean technologies and renewable energy. Mr. Lane's timing couldn't be better, given the media and consumer product industries' hightened interest in all things green.
July 5, 2008 03:00 am

What's the matter with Plano?

(Grits for Breakfast)
... a former Assistant DA in the Charles Hood capital murder case, from 1987 - 1993 then-Judge Verla Sue Holland carried on an affair with then-District Attorney Tim O'Connell, including in cases where the DA personally acted as an attorney before the judge. (She later went on to serve on the Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas' highest criminal court.) Both Holland and O'Connell have refused to confirm or deny the explosive allegations. Setting Up ...
July 5, 2008 12:51 am
... the aformentioned or the original complaint filed in 1998 Download MacombervTravelersFederalClassComplaint1998.pdf is there evidence that the plaintiff attorneys were sued. Thus the Courts did not find them liable. In the Lyons case (286 A.D.2d ... it to the plaintiffs and evincing its understanding of such reliance" While I agree that it is a good idea for a plaintiff attorney to seek independent advice from their own qualified settlement consultants (indeed the practice is now encouraged under NY ...
July 4, 2008 11:40 pm
... accuser. The Victoria Advocate reported in its Friday editions that court records did not say when the sex that Ratcliff lied about happened. Ratcliff's attorney, George Filley III, said the former sheriff and his accuser had an "ongoing sexual relationship for years." District Attorney Pro Tem Terry McDonald said the guilty plea equaled justice. - No, I think equal treatment is justice. He should be treated as if his was a normal citizen who ...
July 4, 2008 09:37 pm
... , the law does not impose an obligation on a board member to stay in office. He may resign if and when he chooses to do so. The resignation becomes effective when a written resignation is received by the company. A resignation should be filed with the Chamber of Commerce as well. A company cannot invoke inaccuracies in the registration or incomplete registration vis-Ã -vis third parties if the latter were not, or could, not have been aware of them. Karel Frielink Attorney (Lawyer) / Partner
July 4, 2008 09:00 pm
... and is much rarer - than divorce. If you want to go this route, you will definitely need to speak to a divorce attorney. Of course, if you want an annulment for religious reasons, you'll need to consult with your priest, minister, ... . Documentation You'll need to provide your divorce lawyer with the following documentation, in order to proceed with your dissolution under Pennsylvania divorce law. Start gathering everything together as soon as possible so that you can find out what might be missing ...
July 4, 2008 08:21 pm

U.S. weighs profiling for terror probes

(Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason)
... yet final. The change, which is expected later this summer, is part of an update of Justice Department policies known as the attorney general guidelines. They are being overhauled amid the FBI's transition from a traditional crime-fighting agency to one whose ... a suspect, and then you weed out the innocent," said Caroline Fredrickson of the American Civil Liberties Union. Attorney General Michael Mukasey acknowledged the overhaul was under way in early June, saying the guidelines sought to ensure ...
July 4, 2008 07:04 pm
 
 
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