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Following on this September 18 post and this September 20 post , the saga continues: Glenn West , partner at Weil Gotshal and author of the two most useful articles on substantive contract law that I’ve come across in a long time, agrees with me on represents and warrants and representations and warranties . Below is the email Glenn sent me in connection with the September 18 post; below that is my reply. Ken, By acknowledging that there was disagreement among modern commentators, Hawaii’s federal court has the somewhat dubious distinction of being a national leader in the percentage of cases which are settled with settlement agreements that are sealed and not available for public inspection, according to a 2004 study by the Federal Judicial Center . Although sealed settlements are relatively uncommon, they occur more in Hawaii courts than in other jurisdictions. We examined 288,846 civil cases that were filed in a sample of 52 districts. We found 1,270 cases with s

Note: Cross posted from Battered Mothers Rights – A Human Rights Issue.PermalinkParental Alienation Syndrome Debunked by the National District Attorney’s Association – Part TwoFiled under: Child Custody, Child Custody Battle, Child Custody Issues, Child custody for fathers, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Relations, Domestic Violence, Dr. Richard Gardner, Family Court Reform, Family Courts, Family Rights, Getting Screwed by the Whores of the Court, Help for Victims of Domestic Violence, Okay, we’re going to resume the daily Blogburst on Slugger, but we are looking for your active help and participation. If you have a gmail account it comes with Google Reader . All I ask is that you look my account up and ‘follow’ me. I’ll then follow you back. Then you don’t have to do much more except use your own reader to choose your favourite blog posts of the day, along with a little bit of text to describe what’s noteworthy about the piece. I cannot promise that everything Note: Cross posted from Battered Mothers Rights – A Human Rights Issue.PermalinkParental Alienation Syndrome Debunked by the National District Attorney’s Association – Part OneFiled under: Activism, Child Custody, Child Custody Battle, Child Custody Issues, Child custody for fathers, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Relations, Domestic Violence, Parental Alienation Syndrome, parental alienation — justice4mothers @ 7:39 pmThis is Part One of a Two Part Series from the National District AttNote: Cross posted from Battered Mothers Rights – A Human Rights Issue.PermalinkParental Alienation Syndrome Debunked by the National District Attorney’s Association – Part TwoFiled under: Child Custody, Child Custody Battle, Child Custody Issues, Child custody for fathers, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Relations, Domestic Violence, Dr. Richard Gardner, Family Court Reform, Family Courts, Family Rights, Getting Screwed by the Whores of the Court, Help for Victims of Domestic Violence,

Punish the Cars or Deal With the People? Growing movement says answer is both when it comes to solving the DUI problem LITTLETON, Colo., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ — While a study released last week by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety indicates growing public support for the use of ignition interlocks on the cars of drunk drivers, a growing body of justice officials and policymakers say the trend is actually dealing with the people–not just the cars–when it comes to mitigating thNote: Cross posted from Battered Mothers Rights – A Human Rights Issue.PermalinkParental Alienation Syndrome Debunked by the National District Attorney’s Association – Part OneFiled under: Activism, Child Custody, Child Custody Battle, Child Custody Issues, Child custody for fathers, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Relations, Domestic Violence, Parental Alienation Syndrome, parental alienation — justice4mothers @ 7:39 pmThis is Part One of a Two Part Series from the National District Att

Some years ago I read about a slightly loony “garbologist” who liked to go through people’s trash, including that of one person in particular — Mr. Robert Zimmerman of Woodstock, New York, aka Bob Dylan, rebel poet of a generation, blah blah blah. One day when said garbologist was busy in the trash cans in front of Dylan’s Woodstock home, the songwriter supposedly spotted him, came tearing out of the house with the first blunt object that came to hand — a bicycle pump — and whacked the researcheThis post is the first of a series looking into the certiorari, merit, and amicus briefs filed in Morrison v. Nat'l Austl. Bank Ltd., No. 07-0583-cv, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 21986, .  As mentioned in my introduction, the blog covered the decision of the Second Circuit.  This discussion focuses on the petition for certiorari following the Second Circuit’s decision. The petition for certiorari presents three main questions.  First, whether the anti-fraud provisions of the U.S. securitCRA Limited Corporate Counsel, Rohan George Skea, was one of the key lawyers on CRA’s Australian legal defense team, comprising Sir Roderick Carnegie, Executive Chairman of CRA, other CRA in-house counsel, Australian lawyers, Arthur Robinson & Co, and CRA’s US Counsel, Robert Osgood of Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, involved in the application of the Australian Government’s international antitrust “blocking” and “claw-back” legislation.   The blocking and claw-

Suppose a partnership of two individual real estate developers agrees to buy raw land from a local government authority to develop a retail factory outlet in a special trading zone of upstate New York across the St. Lawrence River from Canada.   A trial court found that the Seller breached this contract “in bad faith.”   To what damages is the Buyer entitled? According to an intermediate appellate court in New York, which affirmed that Seller breached in bad faith, Buyer is entitled to neiU.S. Senator Mel Martinez Joins DLA Piper Former Florida Senator and HUD Secretary Brings Decades of Legal and Legislative Experience and Expands the Firm’s Reach into Latin America WASHINGTON and TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ — DLA Piper announced today that former United States Senator Mel Martinez has joined the firm’s Government Affairs practice as a partner. Martinez was a member of the United States Senate representing Florida from January 2005 to September 9, 2009. He brings ext

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This is the final instalment of a three-part series on access to legal services. In Part 1 , I argued that the crisis facing access to legal services is precipitated by a fundamental mismatch between supply and demand: we simply can’t increase the number of practising lawyers fast enough to meet the rise in demand for legal services. In Part 2 , I contrasted lawyers’ professional monopoly on providing legal services with the health sector, in which a myriad of different kinds of doctors, nurseAuthor: annamvdi | Posted in Other | Classic UGG boots HOW A MINNOW PUT THE BOOT INTO A FASHION GIANT Blogthe mcdougalls had appealed to the organisation that regulates trademarks in australia, claiming that ugg - originally an abbreviation of horrid, so it is held - was a generic span. yesterday they customary the newscast that the supervise, ip australia, agreed. the name is to be challenged by deckers, and applies only when the australians began chestnut sundance ii classic ugg boots over theCourts office changed policy shortly before layoffsBy Beth Musgrave - bmusgrave@herald-leader.com FRANKFORT — Just weeks before laying off 47 employees, state court officials changed policies regarding layoffs so those with the most seniority were no longer protected.The Administrative Office of the Courts in Aug. 31 and Sept. 11 orders deleted provisions that were included in a 2005 order that said seniority would be considered in the laying off of employees.Some employees who were laid off Sep

This is the final instalment of a three-part series on access to legal services. In Part 1 , I argued that the crisis facing access to legal services is precipitated by a fundamental mismatch between supply and demand: we simply can't increase the number of practising lawyers fast enough to meet the rise in demand for legal services. In Part 2 , I contrasted lawyers' professional monopoly on providing legal services with the health sector, in which a myriad of different kinds of doctors, nurse

21 September 2009, 10:06 am by Art Downs A seamless collusion of criminality and politics once earned Baltimore the name of ‘Mob Town” long before there was any national crime syndicate and most to the crime in the Free State appears to remain home grown. The early history is fascinating as well as sordid but the more contemporary misdeeds are far more relevant.State Senator Tommy Broadwater went to Federal Prison for a $1,000,000 food stamp fraud. He is now back in the Maryland GeneAbout a dozen personal-injury lawsuits filed against the makers of Zicam Cold Remedy products for causing users to lose their sense of smell may be bundled together as they prepare for, officials said.A federal court panel could decide later this week to assign the individual lawsuits to Multidistrict Litigation , which means a single federal court judge would preside over the cases as they prepare for trial. The judge would rule on pre-trial motions and make other procedural rulings. MDL’sL.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca will announce this morning that he is launching a monthly public review of crime statistics and other important issues within the sprawling territory patrolled by his department, including dozens of cities, the MTA and community colleges. The briefings will be similar to the monthly meetings with media held over the last half decade by LAPD Chief William J. Bratton, which included reviews of important cases, crime statistics and question-and-answer sessions with rep

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Oxford University Press UK - dictionaries, educational, academic, and scholarly books, journals, and online productsThe court shares these jurisdictions with the Family Court of Austrtalia and the Federal Court. Some work in those jurisdictions continues to be done in state courts.Federal Courts and Jurisdictions Category for Law Summary and Law Digest from USLegalUtah District Court Historical Jurisdictions. Jurisdiction refers to both the power and authority to hear and decide cases, and the territory in which the court may exercise such ...Complexities in the Geographical Jurisdictions of District Courts As of October 2009 To understand the complexities stemming from the piecemeal creation of District Courts in Texas ...Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, franchise jurisdictions were largely eliminated. Several formerly important franchise courts were not officially abolished until ...

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