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... to ordinary conventions (in the 1790s, revealed religion), and willing, in the name of arcane theories, to perpetrate atrocities. Pro-French writers accuse the pro-English ones of being bigoted, benighted by custom, or (worse) willing to exploit the irrational customs of others ... no Tyranny" or Hannah More's 1793 "Village Politics." William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice (1796) is equally paradigmatic for the Englishman's pro-French style. A classic example of the gruff old "common ...

... economic theory of penalties, Georgetown Law Journal, November 1998). As written at ars technica by Nate Anderson, the French company Alcatel, which is "in the process of merging with Lucent", [link added by LawPundit] and which some months ago sued ... the foolishness of the prevailing law in this field. Although it is not the issue before the court in Philip Morris v. Williams, and although the issue is seen as the question of whether there are "limits" on punitive damages (see Linda Greenhouse, ...

... academic, responded: "No, No, and No!; three times No! But..." These few words seem to pretty much illustrate where French law stood several years ago regarding punitive damages. In French legal terminology, one generally opposes ... punitive damages. Let us give you a recent example: in a case tried on February 20, 2007, the representative of a certain Jesse Williams, who died from smoking cigarettes manufactured by Phillip Morris, was awarded $821,000 in compensatory damages, and $79,5 million in ...

... $4.5 Billion Bid for Baltimore's Constellation Energy. The Constellation Energy saga is over, and it ended in a victory for the French energy giant EDF acquiring the struggling Baltimore energy company's nuclear power business for $4.5 billion. ... to The Am Law Daily's previous reporting, partners Thomas Christopher, Mark Director, Mitchell Hertz, Christian Nagler, William Sorabella, and George Stamas led the Kirkland team on the deal. Members of the team did not immediately return calls seeking ...

... Review has this lengthy story. Here are a few quotes: Saying a bankruptcy judge was "a few french fries short of a Happy Meal" may cost an out-of-state lawyer the ability to ... . The comment already has cost Chicago-based McDermott Will & Emery partner William P. Smith his client -- Miami Beach's Mount Sinai Medical Center & ... 7 hearing, Smith told Isicoff, "I suggest with respect, your honor, that you're a few french fries short of a Happy Meal in terms of what's likely to take place." Smith's ...

A follow-up on William P. Smith, the McDermott Will Emery partner who told a Miami bankruptcy judge in open court: [Y]ou're a few french fries short of a Happy Meal (blogged here). Law.com reports that the comment has already cost...

... that begins, via Law.com: U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Laurel Myerson Isicoff opted for leniency in the case of a prominent Chicago lawyer who told her she was "a few french fries short of a Happy Meal." She decided not to bar McDermott Will & Emery partner William P. Smith from practicing in South Florida bankruptcy court. Instead, Isicoff ordered him Wednesday to take an online course in professionalism administered by the ...

... -transparent; they can develop standards relatively quickly, but outside America they're perceived as illegitimate. In 2006, the French passed a copyright law; they knew they needed to respect TPMs but they were also concerned about interoperability ... standard. Tried to standardize e-signatures, but no one seems to have paid much attention. Similarly with the French law on TPMs and interoperability-cumbersome in administrative terms, rather than mandating interoperability; the only people allowed ...

There's an eccentric side to Lord Phillips: I remember his speech to new bar students in 1992 in which he advocated our criminal justice system should adopt aspects of the French "investigative" approach to finding truth. Then there was his pretending to do community service back in 2006. Remember that? Now, though, he's surpassed himself by lending his legal authority to the view, put forward by

... officers with images of a baby she found online. She reported that she had left the boy with Camile, a French nanny. When Buchness arrived for the holiday, McCormic explained that Riley was with the nanny, who had provided child care for months. Later on, ... believed that his son had disappeared; he was in tears after learning of the entire hoax. Fort Lauderdale criminal lawyer William Moore has experience in a wide range of criminal defense situations and a great trial record. An arrest can damage ...