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19 Nov 7:38 pm
... point: Jason Riley story on Judge Katie King in the Courier-Journal: vious Blogger: Judge King went easy on accused friend Ed Springston, a
blogger and former mayoral candidate, has filed a complaint with the Judicial Conduct Commission against Jefferson District Court Judge Katie King, claiming she gave preferential
treatment to a friend arrested for driving on a suspended license after drunken driving offenses. In his complaint Friday, Springston said
Jacob Isaac was ...
9 Nov 9:52 am
Senator Diane Allen thanks the many supporters and other friends who have called inquiring about her health. She is humbled and deeply moved by their concern. "My illness has
shown me again just how much the good people of my district and ... state of New Jersey care about others," Senator Allen said. "It's impossible to express how grateful I am for their
outpourings of caring, support and love." Read the rest of Senator Diane Allen Thanks Supporters, Friends Concerned About Her Health (201 words)
1 Oct, 2008 3:07 pm
By KEN RITTER Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) _ The wedding of a close friend brought O.J. Simpson and other men together last year
around a Las Vegas hotel-casino pool, where prosecutors allege plans were made for the armed robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers peddling the former football star's mementoes.
Defense lawyers maintain that Simpson was just trying to retrieve personal belongings, family photos and heirlooms that had been stolen from him years ago. On Wednesday, the jury ...
10 Oct, 2008 4:04 pm
... JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ Republican Sen. Ted Stevens is relying on some of his famous friends to vouch for his honor and honesty in a
corruption trial in which he is accused of lying about gifts received from an Alaska ... and honesty is what, sir?" defense attorney Brendan Sullivan asked. "Absolute," Inouye answered.
Inouye is one of Stevens' best friends, with the two World War II veterans calling each other "brother" and the Democratic senator going so far to as ...
28 Apr 1:28 pm
... who is interested in embracing their sensitive side (and provoking undying gratitude in their unemployed friends) to read it. I am particularly grateful for the suggestion,
in the article, to refrain from exclaiming, "Oh my God, what are you ... ," she said flatly. "Get your ass dressed and meet me outside." Sometimes, that's what friends are for.
___________________________________________________________________________ Roxana St. Thomas is a laid-off lawyer living in New York. You can reach her ...
25 Aug 3:30 pm
... care summit in the fall. The Mayor and Speaker also announced the creation of the Age-Friendly NYC Commission charged with engaging the public and private sectors to maximize
the health ... years, we need to take steps to make sure we remain age-friendly. Since the Council first began working with NYAM in 2007, we've had ... Yorkers. "The Bloomberg
administration is leading an ambitious effort to make our City as age friendly as possible so that we can provide older New Yorkers with the services, programs ...
21 Dec, 2007 4:31 pm
... over time will make Facebook more usable to those with hundreds or thousands of Facebook friends every day. Read more here (from Inside Facebook). This should make things ...
actually know this person ? Its kind of a bizarre process of clicking on ignore and deleting friend requests. To any of you who I have deleted
or ignored. Its nothing personal. My new ... whatever industry they are in , retain some level of power. Having them as FB friends, although very simple and non committal, gives
me some level ...
30 Jul, 2008 1:10 pm
... it gets in the paper. The paper goes on to argue that the law should affirmatively designate some types of friends as fiduciaries because this will improve friendships-a
provocative normative conclusion that, I think, some readers will reject no ... in the paper's introductory hypothetical, which involves a misappropriation of a business opportunity
jointly discussed by two friends (and vaguely resembles the heavily litigated alleged Harvard dormroom misappropriations by Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg ...
30 Jul, 2008 1:02 pm
... work left me unsatisfied, largely because this strikes me as one of the core issues that the paper raises. What kind of friend should count
as a fiduciary, in other words, seems to me to be an important contribution. Of course, there is no ... rules. Outside of Elizabeth Taylor, the contracting process with marriage will
likely happen only once or twice. With friends, however, this might be a process that needs to be engaged in dozens of times. Admittedly, it is fair to say that most people only
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29 Apr 2:45 pm
... the Scottish Parliament by Mr Stewart MacKenzie, calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a McKenzie Friend facility in Scottish courts as a matter of urgency. Mr MacKenzie's case involving the legal profession became famous ... who is not legally represented
has the right to have reasonable assistance from a layperson, sometimes called a McKenzie Friend ("MF")." A litigant in person wishing to have
the help of a MF should be allowed to do so unless the judge is ...
10 May 9:18 am
... more complex action so they need to represent themselves in court. For the past 39 years, what is known as the McKenzie friend system has
been operational in England. That allows persons who are defending themselves to be supported, aided and backed up ... Margo MacDonald: No, except to say that I think that committee
members can see the common sense in the McKenzie friend approach. I sense, too, that the committee wants to know that the facility is not
superfluous to requirements, but I think that ...
5 Aug 11:31 pm
... approach (apparently required by Warner Brothers in the early days of the program) also was consistent with and reminiscent of the solidarity the Friends cast demonstrated
during their multiple contract re-negotiations with NBC and Warner Brothers over the ... and Likeness, since her valuable intellectual property appears to be the primary driver to
generate more viewers of the syndicated Friends programs, something each of the others appear to benefit from. Having said all that, just so you know, I ...
11 Nov, 2007 1:51 pm
... time and energy to entertain at her home, she might as well get to see a few friends at the same time. But I also wonder if it means I am a less-important friend. I ... needed. I guess another part of the problem is that I don't really like her other friends. (Which is part of the reason why I suspect
that one of them is her "Nickie," not me. ... "Who's going to be there?" And, what, come up with an excuse if she names the other friends I don't like? I could make a point of
calling her and saying, "Let' ...
4 May 9:40 am
... , in the light of the growth of 'litigants in person' in all levels of family court, "the attendance of a McKenzie friend will often be of
advantage to the court in ensuring the litigant in person receives a fair hearing ... When considering any request for ... civil justice and his office has been in touch with the
Petitions Committee advising that a question about McKenzie Friends was included in its consultation document of November 2007 and the matter will be addressed in his final
report that he ...
23 Nov 8:57 am
"There's plenty of people in the meat industry who, if they looked in the rearview mirror and saw they accidentally ran over Bill Marler, they'd put the car in reverse and make sure,"
said David Theno, a food-safety expert hired to revamp Jack in the Box after the outbreak. Theno, it should be noted, considers Marler a friend.
4 Jul, 2007 4:37 am
... . If you must blame someone -- take it out on the framers of the Constitution who gave this compassionate conservative the authority to insure that his friend never spends an incarcerated night away from his family. Frankly, everyone needs a friend like George Bush.
Just ... : "I don't believe my role is to replace the verdict of a jury with my own" -- unless of course, you are his friend. --- Source :
Huffington Post (Byron Williams is an Oakland pastor and syndicated columnist. E-mail him at byron@ ...
31 Jan, 2008 12:32 pm
... how rejected he felt by all of us. What is the proper etiquette in these cases? I know my friend wouldn't like it as she can be a bit
controlling. Do I respect her wishes ... other. Even that decision, however, can backfire. We don't live with our friends and are not party to the real reasons they break up;
extenuating circumstances might ... an ex is pretty standard behavior after a divorce, and it's easy to be swayed by a friend's anger or pain.
Now that you have divorced, you know how it feels when ...
14 Apr, 2008 3:17 am
... have tons of events reporting to you that you'll care about (you picked your friends carefully, right?) Plus, you'll be able to see which events are more popular ... college
kids and you might just lose your mind. Dopplr? No friends? You won't have anyone to meet at the airport or take out for a beer. Pownce ... getting any interesting information or
apps or photos or music, etc. People who have tons of friends have HUGELY different experiences on these services. I'll demonstrate those differences in ...
16 Jul, 2008 2:40 am
... those conversations for the ride home when the mooches can't hear you. That, dear friends, is honorable. Over and over, the same people would mooch. I caught one ... I expect
she'll eventually be disbarred.) I only dined with her because she was a friend of my then-girlfriend. Finally, the stress of wondering who was
going to cheat me was too ... . UPDATE: Upon re-reading the article, it seems people have really crappy friends. If someone could not afford to be a bridesmaid at my wedding, I
would just ...
30 Jul, 2008 12:47 pm
... to be thought-provoking within these subject areas. In the end, however, I remain unpersuaded that the law should recognize friends as fiduciaries. For all his many caveats
that he is not advocating the regulation of all friendships, or all breaches ... as persuasive as that story may be in the corporate context it is unsatisfying here. First of all, it
simply seems unlikely that friends would or should look to judges to determine the nature of their obligations to one another as friends, whereas it ...
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