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7 Feb 2007, 9:48 pm
You'd probably expect that two guys whose idea of recreation includes commenting on drug and medical device product liability litigation would be members of the American Law Institute - and you'd be right. [read post]
2 Feb 2007, 5:48 pm
Khalid Hamad Daham, according to the unsubstantiated representations of the government, would like to testify were it not for the fact that he cannot obtain clearance to enter this country. [read post]
1 Feb 2007, 5:05 am
Students engage in limited representations in a specific field of practice, usually with a liberal tilt. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 7:03 am
As the Slate story notes, in May, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (represented by Georgetown Law's Institute for Public Representation) filed a complaint with the FTC seeking to have Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby investigated and enjoined from making unsubstantiated claims. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 6:22 am
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no TV for kids younger than 2 years old, and the concern is that the shows crowd out activities like unstructured play that are superior for mental and physical development.In May, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (represented by Georgetown Law's Institute for Public Representation) filed a complaint with the FTC seeking to have Baby Einstein and Brainy Baby investigated and enjoined from making unsubstantiated… [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 11:30 am
Without such a system, injured consumers could never find attorneys to fight insurance companies, or to take on large corporations and institutions in the country, like the drug or tobacco industries [read post]
20 Jan 2007, 12:21 am
Indeed, the strange events and allegations surrounding his representation should have led him to immediately inform the court and request a special assistant public defender be appointed from the private bar.Any way you look at this, Mr. [read post]
18 Jan 2007, 1:18 pm
Rev. 741 (2006) Access to primary and secondary legal materials is a necessary condition for an attorney to provide effective representation, a client to receive such representation, a scholar or student to study the law, and a member of the public to understand and critique the law. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 9:11 am
I believe that our justice system requires vigorous representation. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 2:29 am
Studies by the Institute for Law and Justice and the National Center for Victims and Crime say that only 170,000 low income survivors of domestic violence obtain legal representation for their case each year. [read post]
8 Jan 2007, 2:47 pm by Gavin
This finding is based on one of the largest and most detailed peer review evaluations of criminal defence services ever conducted.In addition the research states that providing criminal advice services through an organisation directly employed by the state has no negative impact on the independence of the advice and representation provided to clientsThe research was carried out by a team headed by Professors Lee Bridges of the University of Warwick and Avrom Sherr of the Institute… [read post]
5 Jan 2007, 6:12 am
Another reason low-income people have a hard time finding high-quality legal representation is that few recent law school graduates can afford to take public interest jobs. [read post]
27 Dec 2006, 2:00 am
  During the course of my representation of the Institute, the Board required me to provide quarterly reports to them regarding the status of the litigation. [read post]
26 Dec 2006, 1:27 am
fa=detail&id=94750&appView=folder I want to extend a special thanks to Richard Zorza, our driving force and to the State Justice Institute for their financial support of this project. [read post]
15 Dec 2006, 10:50 am
Authoritarianism never attacks the institutions of freedom at their strongest point; it always attacks them at their weakest. [read post]
13 Dec 2006, 6:56 am
As you may have seen in Kim's PENNumbra debate with our own Rick Garnett, Kim claims that a legitimate decision requires prudent consideration of the following factors: institutional competence, lessons of history (typically with respect to discrimination), costs of error, defects in democratic representation, and rules vs standards. [read post]
12 Dec 2006, 6:29 am
At least 85% of them qualify for representation by a public defender from the Orleans Parish Indigent Defender program.The city's indigent defense system has long been plagued by negligent attorneys who provide haphazard and deficient representation. [read post]
8 Nov 2006, 11:53 pm
Thus, it would be callously indifferent public policy to institute noneconomic damages caps, which will, in effect, lock the courtroom door to the victims of nursing home neglect and abuse. [read post]
28 Oct 2006, 5:14 pm
Trust business is defined in s. 1 as "the business of providing or offering to provide services to the public as(a) trustee, executor or administrator,(b) guardian of a minor's estate,(c) committee of the estate of a person with a mental disorder, or(d) representative under the Representation Agreement Act.... [read post]