... to receive a letter telling you that your case has been transferred to different hearing office in a another state. Attorney Donald Chewning writes about this on the Wisconsin Disability Blog. If you are awaiting a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge in ... Bay and Oskhosh hearing offices to other ODAR branches. For instance, cases heard at the Green Bay hearing office are being sent to the Oakland, CA ODAR. For many people, having their case moved to another states causes a lot of worry and ...
November 20, 2008 01:00 pm
... since 1979. Approximately 11% of all traffic fatalities involve bicycles. I have worked hard as a Philadelphia bicycle accident attorney for the past 30 years to help injured cyclists and the families of cyclists who have been died as the result of the ... . If you are in need of legal advice or services and wish to speak to an experienced Philadelphia bicycle accident attorney, please contact one of our experienced lawyers at the Philadelphia catastrophic injury firm of Reiff and Bily for a no ...
November 20, 2008 01:00 pm
... theories of breach of contract, quantum meruit, promissory estoppels, and unjust enrichment. Id., at 1225. Defense attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the class action, which the district court treated as a motion for judgment on the pleadings ... of law provision, whereas the Sprint employment agreement expressly provided that "Kansas law governs the Plan." Id. Defense attorneys argued that the choice of law provision in the Plan could not give "extraterritorial effect" to Kansas's Wage Payment ...
November 20, 2008 12:27 pm

Cheney, Gonzales Arraignment Friday

(TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime)
... has to be hauled in front of a magistrate for an arraignment. In Willacy County, they have to go get the district attorney. In the latest bizarre development in the case, the lame-duck prosecutor who won the indictments was a no-show in court Wednesday. ... of stopping an investigation into abuses at the federal detention center. Gonzales could conceivably have done that as Attorney General, although it's asking a lot to believe that he knew what was happening in a federal detention center in south ...
November 20, 2008 11:40 am
In Baker County (Glen St. Mary and Macclenny) Florida there is an Animal Control Ordinance in place under County Ordinance 2002 - 06 Section 7 - Animals at Large - Owner's Responsibilities, any owner of an animal (including dogs) other than a cat has a duty to maintain control of the animal while the animal is on public property or on the private property of another person or entity. There are some exceptions including those for hunting activities. If there is a problem with an "At Large" dog ...
November 20, 2008 11:00 am

Los Angeles Nightclub Promoter Filthy McNasty Sues Salon Corona For Trademark Infringement

(Los Angeles Intellectual Property Trademark Attorney Blog)
Los Angeles, CA - Nightclub promoter and performer Filthy McNasty - he legally changed his name - filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Salon Corona, Inc. at the Los Angeles Federal District Court. Since 1980, Plaintiff McNasty has used the marks "FM Station Live" and "FM Station" for offering nightclub, live music and cabaret services. In 1989, the FM Station Live trademark was registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has withstood a cancellation proceeding at the ...
November 20, 2008 10:04 am
... poured concrete for the sixth story. Roberts, who left the project when he was asked to resign in July 2007, said he contacted attorneys representing Edwards' family "so that everything would come out" about events preceding the collapse. Choate Construction Co., the company ... to analyze the collapse, and both found no wrongdoing by Choate. If you or a loved one has been hurt in a Florida construction accident make sure to contact a Jacksonville construction accident attorney as soon as possible.
November 20, 2008 08:00 am

War Over Wiretaps

(Simple Justice)
... Surveillance Act of 1978. Not only would your approach violate the law, it would also in short order make New York City and the rest of the country less safe," wrote Mr. Mukasey, a federal judge in Manhattan before he became attorney general. Some might question whether Mukasey was being disingenuous, contending that only the DOJ is worthy of covert wiretapping because it, unlike the NYPD, is so trustworthy. Not me, though. This smacks of the basic jurisdictional disputes that have plague law ...
November 20, 2008 07:32 am

Mediation v. Collaborative Divorce in Illinois

(Illinois Divorce Lawyer Blog)
... has quality legal advice and advocacy built in at all times during the process. Even if one side or the other lacks negotiating skill or financial understanding, or is emotionally upset or angry, the playing field is leveled by the presence of the parties' own attorneys dedicated to the collaborative process. It is the job of the lawyers to work with their own clients if the clients are being unreasonable, to make sure that the process stays positive and productive, and on course to settlement.
November 20, 2008 06:04 am
... considerations do not answer whether the Court will reverse the Massachusetts appellate court's decision in Melendez that drug certificates of analysis do not constitute testimonial evidence, and, therefore, fall outside the protections of Crawford. Massachusetts' attorney general's office wants the justices to worry that a Supreme Court victory for Melendez will cause drug chemists to spend more time traveling to and being in court than testing alleged drugs. However, such concerns should not ...
November 20, 2008 05:00 am
... including the disciplinary system. Response: The USPTO has operated with full access to fee collections for the past four years. Annual practitioner maintenance fees collected under section 11.8(d) will be used to support maintenance of the roster of registered attorneys and agents, including the disciplinary system. That's reassuring, considering the extent to which PTO funds have been diverted to other causes in the past ($422.5 million diverted since 1992). But is it a promise the Office can ...
November 20, 2008 04:57 am
Former Cadwalader chairman Bob Link is being left off of the firm's 2009 management committee. The news was told to the partnership during a meeting today. Link himself confirmed the news to AmLaw Daily: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft's former chairman and current managing partner Robert Link Jr. was not included on a recommended slate of candidates for the firm's management committee given to partners today, a source at Cadwalader says. The slate, recommended by the management committee, ...
November 20, 2008 04:21 am

Rocky Mountain Whack-A-Mole

(Bank Lawyer's Blog)
... , they've just oozed their way into other avenues of slime or into new variations of the same old avenues. One state's Attorney General is relentlessly hunting them down and rooting them out (or at least, hosing them down). Three Colorado mortgage brokers have reached settlements with state Attorney General John Suthers to end what Suthers called the "deceptive use of teaser rates in mortgage-loan advertisements"in Denver newspapers. The agreements were ...
November 20, 2008 03:40 am

ME- Trial of offender registry likely

(Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason)
... basketball event he was on the registry. "It would be terrible for the child," Bourget said. Laura Yustak Smith, an assistant attorney general who argued on behalf of all the defendants, told the judge the John Does focus on one aspect of the ... registration law is designed to "protect the public from potential danger" and that the posting enhances public access to the information. Attorney Gary Prolman said his client, who was sentenced in 1994 for a sex offense committed two years earlier, has no ...
November 20, 2008 03:34 am
... Wendy Whitaker from her Columbia County home, the state of Georgia has crossed the line from protector to persecutor of its citizens. The state isn't inciting torch-wielding mobs to chase Whitaker from her home 20 miles west of Augusta. But it is using a gaggle of state attorneys and a politically driven, poorly written sex offender law to wreck her life. Twelve years ago, Whitaker engaged in oral sex with a classmate... To see the rest of this article, please visit the Sex Offender Issues Blog
November 20, 2008 03:30 am
In Maryland, a Montgomery County Circuit Court jury has ordered the practice of Silver Springs Dermatologist Dr. Norman Ansel Lokshin to pay the surviving family members of Richard Semsker $5.8 million for dermatology malpractice. Semsker died of skin cancer in October 2007. The Rockville resident had sought treatment from Dr. Lockshin's practice. According to his family's Maryland wrongful death lawsuit, Dr. Lokshin first detected a mole on Semsker's lower back during a 1998 checkup. Lokshin ...
November 20, 2008 03:28 am
... adapters -- may cause burn hazards to small children --Adapted from www.cpsc.gov Parents can sign-up to have toy re-call notices e-mailed to them. Visit https://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx This information was brought to you by Washington Injury Attorney Blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been severely injured and the families of those killed due to dangerous products or the negligence of others. If your child has suffered a severe toy-related injury, contact ...
November 20, 2008 03:22 am
... with a lower-court misdemeanor in South Carolina was entitled to representation, and if defendants could not afford to hire an attorney they were on their own, which typically meant either a guilty plea or guilty verdict regardless of the merits ... defend DUI and CDV cases, but not in Horry County as of yet. There is something inherently wrong with a system where we are providing trained attorneys to prosecute citizens who have no access to a defense. There are local attorneys who pick up some of ...
November 20, 2008 03:02 am
... . It's not a little puncture wound. They rip and tear. They tear ears off." This information was brought to you by Washington Injury Attorney blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. If you or a loved one has been a victim of a serious dog bite or mauling, you should contact a personal injury attorney with experience in dog bite cases. With the help of The Farber Law Group, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries including medical costs and ...
November 20, 2008 03:02 am

CA- Long Beach's revised sex offender law will gather dust

(Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason)
... strictly limit where future registered sex offenders may live in Long Beach. City Attorney Robert Shannon said the ordinance was rewritten after police officials and City Prosecutor ... uncertain and ambiguous as to whether they are constitutional." Deputy City Attorney Cristyl Meyers said the city attorney's office will still be able to take civil legal ... , Police Dep. Chief Bill Blair said officers could help the city attorney's office in its civil enforcement, but wouldn't write criminal citations. ...
November 20, 2008 02:55 am
 
 

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