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26 Mar, 2007 10:14 am
February 2006 - So there's a Chance? From Ryan Foster of Houston (Ryan A. Foster & Associates),
this testimony from a recent deposition in an asbestosis case: Q: (By defense lawyer): I'll admit that's a tough sentence for me to intepret. But at ... all due respect, and I know
you're good at this, okay. But the way you asked reminds me of the scene in Dumb and Dumber when Jim Carey asks the girl what are the chances
that we'll end up together? And she says ... "one in a million" and he says, "so ...
3 May, 2007 6:32 am
The Law Blog knows a handful of lawyers that worked for Jim Comey when he served as the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan in 2002 and 2003. There's a
lot of love there ... the eight fired U.S. Attorneys, Comey said only one - Kevin Ryan in San Francisco - had performance issues. He said that
the reasons for the dismissals "have not ... for evil to triumph is for good men to remain silent? Thanks again for your leadership. Jim.
AUSAs: He discussed this week's accusations that Monica Goodling, a former senior aide ...
19 Nov, 2007 9:40 am
Here is the letter. If Jim Bopp, Paul Ryan, and Bob Bauer all agree there is a problem with the FEC's
rule (my own thoughts on it are here), let's hope the FEC is paying attention. (It is worth noting...
30 Mar 9:00 pm
Before now, nothing impressed me about Senator Jim Webb other than that he was less worse than George Allen of macaca-gate infamy. On March 26,
2009, Webb introduced the National Criminal Justice Act of 2009. It is good ... two links about Webb's initiative: - A webpage on the Act with links to the Act, Webb's Parade article,
news coverage and more. - Ryan Grim posts at Huffington, including his following view: "Obama's selection of Joe Biden to be vice president
removes from the Senate one of the ...
17 Nov 12:21 pm
... week. He apologized in a statement Thursday for failing to achieve "a just outcome" in that case. Ryan added that, as governor, he would
work with law enforcement and death penalty ... 's top prosecutor and, if elected governor, would not lift Ryan's moratorium. Gov. Quinn and
his main Democratic opponent, Comptroller ... governor. "I think, generally, people probably still feel they're opposed to it." Jim
Ryan, in his statement of contrition, advocated narrowing the number of factors that make someone ...
4 Apr, 2008 11:47 am
... that seems to focus on bad behavior in schools, whether from teachers or students. Detentionslip.org. Jim Gerl continues his series on IDEA
Procedural Safeguards. Mark Walsh has the ... diversity plans. Jon Becker finds a school district blocking Google Docs (wow). Jim
Ryan, the law and education guy at the University of Virginia Law School, posts a ... of surface level thinking that produces laws like NCLB in
the first place. But, Jim is doing good work in education law otherwise, so I am going to give ...
24 Aug, 2007 6:03 am
... even where the non-custodial parent has not exercised substantial parenting time. This seems wrong. Scott Bassett From James Ryan, a
frequent and erudite commentator: Scott: The court alleges that it is interpreting the plain language of the statute. Hogwash. But this ... saying that it overrides the court rule and
all domicile decisions is beyond my power to explain. /s/ Jim Ryan, Plymouth From Jonathan Warshay, a
former Friend of the Court staff attorney: My sisters and brothers: The opinion cites ...
8 Apr, 2008 4:34 am
... Dustin Pedroia, Curt Schilling, Jon Lester, Dan Duquette, Bill James, Bob Ryan, Don Orsillo, Joe Castiglione, Rico Petrocelli, Johnny
Pesky, Oil Can Boyd ... and they let me know about it from time to time. One day in Kansas City, Jim Rice came up to me as I was strolling
across the outfield, from the bullpen, after yet ... take based on certain variables, and I was able to figure it out. As I was explaining it, I noticed that Jim was sitting there, intently staring at me. As we were walking away, he ...
13 Sep, 2008 7:10 pm
... Lee of Davis Polk & Wardwell.) In late July, Delaware Vice Chancellor Noble issued a decision in Ryan v. Lyondell denying the directors
of Lyondell Chemical Company the protection of the company's exculpatory charter provision for ... Const. C.A. No. 2728-VCS (Del. Ch. Sept. 2, 2008) • See a copy of Ryan v. Lyondell Chemical Co., 2008 WL 2923427 (Del. Ch. July 29, 2008) • See a copy of Ryan v. Lyondell Chemical
Co., C.A. No. 3176-VCN (Del. Ch. Aug. 29, 2008) Notes: [1] Separately, we note that ...
29 Jan 6:49 am
In the current economic climate, companies big and small are feeling the stress of financial insecurity and reduced profits. As a result, more and more Canadians are finding themselves
unemployed. This will likely lead to an increase in employment-related lawsuits. To quote a recent article by CFO Publishing, "layoffs mean lawsuits." In the United States, employment
litigation has risen correspondingly to the decline of the country's economic health. In a case of being fired without just cause, ...
7 Aug, 2008 12:28 am
... Almost seven years after 9/11, there are still reports of problems with the government's watch lists. Most recently, Jim Robinson, a former
assistant attorney general, says he is stuck on the list. Chertoff: In the airport environments, supposing ... is a terrorist Jim Smith and
that person should be on the watch list, the question is how do you distinguish them from the other Jim Smiths and the answer is you need an
additional bit of data, such as a birthday. That would override or eliminate most ...
18 May, 2007 2:52 pm
... creates an account for them. An anonymous poster at Alarm:Clock, TechCrunch's Duncan Riley, Mashable's Pete Cashmore, Ryan Naraine at Zero
Day and InfoWorld's Matt Hines quickly decided it was a Digg-gaming tool -- Riley and Alarm: ... an X-Box modded to play Intellivision cartridges. Perhaps Digg should institute a poll
tax or an online literacy test. That's how they did it in the Jim Crow days. The Wall Street Journal's take is here. Note to Duncan Riley: Are
you ever going to fix the egregiously ...
5 Feb 11:27 am
... entrepreneurs. A formal launch for the Hennick Centre will take place tomorrow, Friday, February 6th 2008 at the Hilton Toronto Hotel. The reception will feature former Ontario
Premier Mike Harris introducing the keynote speaker, current Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. Perhaps if Mr. Flaherty (originally a
small-town personal injury lawyer) had been able to take advantage of such an innovative program in his day, he would be exercising better business judgement while managing one of the
...
14 Apr, 2007 1:47 pm
... passenger-side window. "He was screaming, 'My leg! My leg!' " Juska said. "He was definitely hurt." Two state troopers were following the governor's SUV in another vehicle known as
the "chase car." Sgt. Jim Ryan and Trooper Erin Smith administered preliminary medical aid and called
for a state police helicopter. **One notes that the driver of the Dodge Ram that hit the Corzine vehicle was 24, and the driver of the truck that caused ...
28 Jun, 2007 11:40 am
... has various posts discussing the decision and collecting news coverage and comment, including these thoughts from Professor Samuel Bagnestos; this reaction from Professor
Jim Ryan; these comments from Louisville parent Fran Ellers and this post from Nicole Dixon on the
immediate aftermath, among others. At Balkinization, Jack Balkin has this reaction to the PICS decision and Kennedy's concurrence; Mark Graber weighs in ...
28 Jun, 2007 12:33 pm
Jim Ryan, Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law A quick reaction to today's decision
in the Seattle and Louisville cases: It is easy to conclude that today's decision is a defeat for those interested in maintaining or increasing...
28 Jun, 2007 9:48 pm
Jim Ryan University of Virginia The plurality and Justice Kennedy agree that voluntary integration
plans, in order to be upheld, have to be narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. What none explains sufficiently, however, is why they have to be narrowly tailored. The narrow
tailoring requirement is imported from the affirmative action context, which involves employment and education decisions and policies made by various officials, some elected, some
appointed. It might seem ...
23 Jul, 2007 10:13 am
... its privacy policy or its press release page.: "We have decided on 13 month policy because we believe it is consistent with our commitment to our users' privacy and consistent with
local data protection laws across the world," said Yahoo spokesman Jim Cullinan in a written statement. It's nice to see search engines finally
begin to understand the power of their archives, but these are all baby steps. The implementation will be key. For most people, privacy isn't about having their information ...
25 Jul, 2007 7:31 am
Doug Kendall and Jim Ryan's essay in the New Republic makes the eminently sensible point that
progressives should stop viewing originalism as the enemy just because they have come to associate it with people they disagree with politically. Instead, they should recognize that
originalism is the right approach for progressives as well as conservatives: what if progressives tried another tack? What if they stopped accusing Scalia and his ilk of intellectual
simplicity and ...
25 Jul, 2007 9:07 pm
Jack Balkin returns to the issue of originalism and why progressives should embrace it: Doug Kendall and Jim Ryan's essay in the New Republic makes the eminently sensible point that progressives should stop viewing originalism as the enemy just because they have come
to associate it with people they disagree with politically. Instead, they should recognize that originalism is the right ...
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