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The Court's opinion in Philip Morris USA v. Williams, No. 05-1256, is available here. (Via Bashman)...

Filed March 8, 2007- Opinion by Judge James R. Eyler. Appellant was convicted in a non-jury trial by the Circuit Court of Prince George's County on three counts of failure to return a rental vehicle. On appeal, Appellant contends the evidence was legally insufficient to sustain the convictions and that the court erroneously interpreted the statute as not requiring the requisite mens rea. Appellant was convicted for violating C.L. § 7-205(a), which ...

TERRY TEACHOUT: Things I miss. I remember William Windom as James Thurber - both in the show, and in a movie. UPDATE: James Lileks sends a correction: "I don't think Windom played Thurber in a movie. You may be thinking of 'The War Between Men and Women,' which had Jack Lemmon as the Thurberesque character - much twitchier than Windom's beleaguered and dyspeptic curmudgeon version." That is the movie I had in mind, but I guess my memory that it was Windom was wrong. I was young, then.

... to our question. According to Legal Times, Stanford has hired superstar white-collar lawyer Brendan Sullivan, from Williams & Connolly, to serve as counsel. Sullivan (Georgetown, Georgetown Law), of course, is no stranger to high-profile white-collar matters ... that founded the Palo Alto school. Stanford University claims otherwise. When asked about the family tie, Allen's father, James Stanford, said when Stanford Financial was first created his son hired genealogists to find out if he might ...

... direitos autorais e fair use. Seus autores são Keith Aoki, James Boyle e Jennifer Jenkins. Licenciado via Creative Commons, o gibi está ... an increasingly digital world of remixed culture. Sobre os autores: This book was written by James Boyle and Jennifer Jenkins, designed by all of its authors in innumerable, hilarious and occasionally ... : Cases and Materials on Intellectual Property and Plant Genetic Resources. James Boyle is the William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke Law School and one of ...

... would hope-than an author with 27 years experience in copyright law as a professor, practitioner and government attorney? That author is William Patry, who is now Google's senior copyright counsel (though he emphasizes that he's writing to express his ... landmark books in the area by such authors as Lawrence Lessig, Neil Netanel, William W. Fisher III, Jessica Litman, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Tarleton Gillespie, and James Boyle. As I discuss in the LA Times piece, the book is not without some virtues, ...

... were Benjamin F. Washer, Judge Shackelford Miller and, the subject of today's legal ephemera, Circuit Judge Thomas R. Gordon, who served as the school's dean in the late teens and throughout the 1920s. Gordon, a Democrat, was elected to ... Republican log cabin) clearly marked the switch one flipped to vote the straight ticket. For additional information: Cox, Dwayne, and William James Morison. The University of Louisville. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2000. RALE 1.3. (Photos linked ...

... stop, an elderly woman answered Levy's knock and confirmed that James R. Williams III used to live at her home. But, Victoria Franklin tells ... because I don't believe in doing wrong." According to Tarrant County records, Williams was convicted of sexual assault of a child in 2003 and sentenced to two years in prison ... law and sentenced to two years in prison as a result. Like Traylor, if Williams is convicted on a second violation, the degree of the felony offense would be enhanced. Those who treat ...

... . But Deere & Co. senior vice president and general counsel James R. Jenkins did some creative thinking and quickly realized that the legislation could ... Co., J.C. Penney Co. and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Williams is an expert on Internal Revenue Service compliance for nonprofits. Her department represents all ... S. Patent and Trademark Office. "No other organization owns a letter of the alphabet," Williams said. Danette Wineberg, 62, The Timberland Co. Danette Wineberg enjoyed a long ...

... Olson Robert A. Parsons Frank T. Pasternak Mark A. Pennow Ricardo Perez John C. Peterson Jeffrey A. Pitman James A. Pitts Kenneth C. Pletcher Don C. Prachthauser Ken Quincey Jacob R. Reis Jason S. Richard Michael Riley F. William Russo J. Drew Ryberg Werner Erich ... Anthony J. Skemp Ardell W. Skow Marie A. Stanton Christopher J. Stawski Phillip M. Steans Susan R. Steingass Charles F. Stierman Jamie Stock-Retzloff Heath P. Straka Christopher L. Strohbehn Brenda K. ...