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19 Dec, 2008 11:13 pm
... we see the San Francisco Chronicle has a well-written and interesting obituary for Robert Harris,
who at 94 was Heller's oldest shareholder at the time the firm dissolved. While ... into the office every day, as he had for more than 60 years. Harris died suddenly this week, an apparent stroke, at a friend's Christmas party. With a family ... , and a personal history that includes commanding PT
boats in World War II, Harris makes a fascinating read. For Hellerites and other friends who missed today's ...
1 Oct, 2008 2:18 pm
The Atlanta Business Chronicle has an article in the latest edition entitled "Home builder Expected to Liquidate." Robert Harris Homes Inc. in Woodstock, which ranked as metro Atlanta's 19th-largest home builder according to Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2007-2008 Book of Lists,
closed its doors in July and is making "an orderly wind-down to a liquidation," said attorney L. ...
29 Nov, 2008 12:20 am
Here's last week's Star-Bulletin article: Sierra Club taps attorney as new Hawaii director There's apparently no information about Harris, who
has been practicing with a corporate law firm, yet on the Sierra Club website: Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter Harris replaces Jeff Mikulina, who
now runs the Blue Planet Foundation: Blue Planet Foundation
30 Aug, 2006 2:14 am
... the medical records and circumstances of the case to determine whether or not Shaken Baby Syndrome was present. "What caused the 1999 death of 2-month-old Daniel Lemons has always
been a source of debate. Although it originally was ruled a homicide, Harris County Medical Examiner Dr. Luis Sanchez later changed the autopsy
report, declaring the cause and manner of death as "undetermined." In what is a clear indicator that your choice of lawyer is particularly important in Shaken Baby cases, ...
18 Jul, 2007 12:23 pm
Despite what the New York Times calls the most elaborately orchestrated marketing machine ever mobilized for a book, copies of the final Harry Potter novel have already made
their way to the Web, several days in advance of the book's...
15 Feb, 2008 5:16 am
We are pleased to add as a contributor to the RacetotheBottom, Harry S. Gerla, Professor of Law at the University of Dayton School of Law. Professor Gerla clerked for John C.
Godbold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and is an alum of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Division of Market Regulation). He has been teaching in the areas of
Business Organizations and Securities Regulation for more than 25 years and has authored numerous articles in the areas of Antitrust Law, ...
17 Feb, 2007 1:11 pm
No Chinese middle class? Tell that to Diageo, the world's largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world, whose Scotch sales are soaring thanks to Robert DeNiro and to China's allegedly non-existent middle class. Diageo just announced its half-year performance and, according to Scotsman.com, Scotch
whisky stole the...
12 Mar, 2008 6:24 pm
... Book Blog RDR Books writes: "HARRY POTTER LEXICON CASE UPDATE New York Federal District Court Judge Robert Patterson has scheduled a
trial ... trial. The plaintiffs want to block publication of librarian Steve Vander Ark's Harry Potter Lexicon. Here is the RDR Books statement on the case: In this action, a
distinguished and ... Lizbeth Hasse, Anthony Falzone, Julie Ahrens and Robert Handelsman. Also filed was expert witness testimony on the
Harry Potter Lexicon by Professor Janet Sorenson of the English ...
20 Oct 4:04 pm
Chief Justice Roberts published a dissent from denial of certiorari today in a Fourth Amendment case, Virginia v. Harris, that is
interesting in part because it resembles his dissent from denial of certiorari last year in Pennsylvania v. Dunlap (a.k.a. the "tough as a three dollar steak" opinion). In both
Harris and Dunlap, a state Supreme Court imposed a Fourth Amendment rule that a single source of suspicion did not allow the police to take an
important investigative ...
8 Sep, 2008 9:38 pm
... CV-9667). (A copy of the original complaint in the "Harry Potter Lexicon" case can be found here.) US District Court Judge Robert
Patterson ruled earlier today ... like an encyclopedia or dictionary, usually in alphabetical order. In Vander Ark's case, the "Harry Potter Lexicon" contained entries
referencing and defining creatures, characters, place ... owner. Rowling's lawyers argued against a finding of fair use, stating that the "Harry Potter Lexicon" adds no
commentary or criticism, and makes no other ...
24 Jul, 2007 10:58 am
... only for books preceding the seventh]. It was obvious at the conclusion of the sixth book in the Potter series, Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince, that Potter author
J.K. Rowling ... right to worry that Rowling wouldn't be able to rein in a runaway plot (cf. Robert Jordan), wouldn't be able to maintain the
tension between her characters and ... wise, worthy of reverence, yet just daft enough to altogether fail to keep Harry out of trouble, and just obtuse enough to be able to
explain away his ...
11 Nov, 2007 1:15 am
... Eugene Morris and Troy Grusendorf allegedly "stomped, kicked and punched" Robert Tanzini until he became unconscious. According to the
affidavit, Tanzini said he ... punishment. He describes an incident that transpired while he was waiting to be booked out of the Harris County
Jail. "I was excited to finally be getting booked out of that awful place and ... and began kicking me and punching me. '" Mark Evans, an east Harris County resident and father of six, witnessed the incident while he was also ...
10 Apr, 2008 9:16 am
... "The voyage to defending the indigent." Here's an extended excerpt: Indeed, a recent report on the juvenile arm of the Harris County system
by the Annie E. Casey Foundation noted that it is "rather remarkable that a site this size does not have ... Or concentrate on mental illness, like the one in Travis County? Proponents
of a public defender office disagree. The Rev. Robert Jefferson wants to see public defenders take on the whole shebang. Jefferson, coordinator
for the Houston Ministers Against ...
26 May 10:23 am
... death penalty deadlines, has represented an average of 360 felony clients per year in Harris County - a caseload that surpasses every other
similar attorney. But even among other ... though only a few were death penalty cases. Only one other attorney, Robert Morrow, has recently
taken as many simultaneous capital cases, records show. ... to help with his assignments and specializes almost exclusively in capital work. Two of the Harris County judges , Belinda Hill and Shawna Reagin, said it might help ...
21 Aug 11:19 am
... (here is an excellent summary of Posner's opinion from Professor Birdthistle). Professor Ribstein frames the issue of Jones v. Harris and
the New Paternalism nicely with a prediction: I suspect that in this day and age the Supreme Court will side with Posner. Such a ... in antitrust, and there is a movement in antitrust
(wrongheaded I believe) to integrate the insights of behavioral economics into policy and analysis, so I have some interest in how the Roberts Court resolves both of those
issues.
2 Nov 2:33 pm
The Supreme Court heard argument today in Jones v. Harris, a case in which a mutual fund investor challenged allegedly excessive advisory fees.
Regulatory Background Congress enacted Investment Company Act of 1940 to mitigate ... force reductions in the $90 billion in annual fees advisers collect. Hearing arguments today in
Washington, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia emerged as the industry's strongest defenders, questioning whether courts should second- guess the fund boards
...
1 May, 2008 6:34 am
... , and rightly so, what with tears and near-tears on the witness stand from the two principals in the case, as well as apologies for naming characters in the Harry Potter
books whose name should not be spoken. But the case also gave off a bit of a chill over the ... await the ruling to be issued by Judge Robert
B. Patterson on the Rowling v. RDR Books case with all the anticipation that readers of Ms. Rowling's books have shown toward each installment of the Harry Potter series. It is
only a bit of ...
2 Nov 7:58 am
... wouldn't have filed for cert). Counting votes, however, it's hard to call. Three dissenters in Harris remain on the Court: Stevens, Thomas,
and Ginsburg. Breyer's concurring vote in Harris was ... . If "yet" has now arrived, we may have four votes to overrule Harris. Roberts, Alito, and Sotomayor are not clearly on record. Sotomayor might well be a 5th vote? Stare decisis counts for something here.
Harris reaffirmed an earlier case against a fully-developed Apprendi challenge, so a 180-degree turn in ...
13 Apr, 2008 10:02 am
... Warner Bros and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling against the publisher of the H.P. Lexicon? Well, the two sides failed to settle. And Manhattan federal judge Robert Patterson decided to roll the preliminary injunction hearing and the bench trial into one. So this ... Books, an independent publishing house in
Michigan, alleges that RDR's plans to publish a print edition of the Harry Potter Lexicon, a Web site that serves as a rather daunting compendium of all things Harry,
violates Warner ...
30 Sep 3:50 pm
... wouldn't have filed for cert). Counting votes, however, it's hard to call. Three dissenters in Harris remain on the Court: Stevens, Thomas,
and Ginsburg. Breyer's concurring vote in Harris was ... . If "yet" has now arrived, we may have four votes to overrule Harris. Roberts, Alito, and Sotomayor are not clearly on record. Sotomayor might well be a 5th vote? Stare decisis counts for something here.
Harris reaffirmed an earlier case against a fully-developed Apprendi challenge, so a 180-degree turn in ...
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