Former Blagojevich top aide pleads guilty to corruption Oct 21, 2009
Alonzo Monk, former chief of staff to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, leaves the Federal Building in Chicago. (AP Photo/Chicago Sun-Times, Brian Jackson, File). (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Feds worried about Blagojevich TV appearance Oct 20, 2009
By MIKE ROBINSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer. Monday, October 19, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Cuban spy seeks reduced 20-year sentence Oct 13, 2009
By CURT ANDERSON / AP Legal Affairs Writer. Published: October 13th, 2009 12:10 AMLast Modified: October 13th, 2009 12:11 AM. (Anchorage Daily News)
Figuring Out Free Speech On The Internet Oct 13, 2009
(The New Republic) Jeffrey Rosen is the legal affairs editor for The New Republic. Network neutrality--that's now the official policy of the Obama administration, announced last month by the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Julius Genachowski. (CBS News)
Turning to yoga for relief Oct 10, 2009
Josh DeRienzis, vice president of legal affairs for Jacksonville-based and a longtime yogi, is a fan of DJ yoga parties where a usually serious and silent practice gets a nightlife makeover. And Jacobs has attended multiple retreats to get deeper into his practice. (Jacksonville Business Journal, FL)
Lionsgate Re-Teams With THE DESCENT Director Neil Marshall to Bust Out BURST 3D Oct 10, 2009
The deal was negotiated for Lionsgate by Wendy Jaffe, Executive Vice President Business & Legal Affairs, Acquisitions and Co-Productions; and by attorney Craig Jacobson on behalf of Ghost House. The director deal was made by Rob McEntegart for Ghost House and by Marc Helwig of Paradigm and attorney Carlos Goodman for the director. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Bill banning sidewalk sleeping shelved by Honolulu City Council committee Oct 9, 2009
A bill banning sleeping on city sidewalks was shelved indefinitely by the City Council Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee this morning. Six council members raised objections to Bill 69, questioning how it would affect the homeless. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Suicide Law Challenged Oct 7, 2009
The lawsuit argues that they should not be prosecuted, said Kathryn Tucker, an attorney for the doctors and director of legal affairs for the national end-of-life-care advocacy group Compassion es. "In some sense, the underlying question is do we consider the choice of a dying patient for a peaceful death, do we consider that suicide, or is it something different," Tucker said. (FOX61, CT)
Man Accused Of Filming Andrews Released On Bond Oct 6, 2009
MIKE ROBINSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer. POSTED: 6:59 pm PDT October 4, 2009UPDATED: 1:06 pm PDT October 5, 2009. (KERO 23, CA)
Court upholds $2M award to Wal-Mart pharmacist Oct 6, 2009
By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer Denise Lavoie, Ap Legal Affairs Writer. Mon Oct 5, 3:10 pm ET. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Judge to rule on bail in taping of ESPN's Andrews Oct 6, 2009
By MIKE ROBINSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer. Published: Sunday, October 4, 2009 12:14 PM CDT. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
New doubt on US's Iran plant claim Oct 6, 2009
In March 2009, the director of the IAEA Office of Legal Affairs, Johan Rautenbach, called Iran's reversion to implementation of the earlier version of the Code 3. 1 "inconsistent with its obligations under the subsidiary arrangements". (Asia Times Online)
ECOWAS Ministers of Justice holds crucial meeting in Abuja Oct 6, 2009
The report of the Technical Committee on Judicial and Legal Affairs, which met in Abuja for six days, is expected to include recommendations of the legal experts' deliberations on proposals for amendment to certain provisions of the Protocol relating to the Community Court of Justice; criteria for hosting ECOWAS institutions and agencies; improving the legal regime of ECOWAS Community Acts and rules of procedure of the Authority of Heads of State and Government as well as other Community... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Insurance Man Accused Of Stalking ESPN's Andrews Oct 4, 2009
MIKE ROBINSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer. POSTED: Friday, October 2, 2009UPDATED: 7:02 pm CDT October 3, 2009. (Click2Houston, TX)
'THROWN TO THE LIONS': France rushes to Polanski's defense Sep 30, 2009
While French Cabinet ministers are generally cautious about commenting on the legal affairs of other countries, saying they don't want to interfere, they have been astonishingly outspoken on behalf of Polanski, who risks extradition to the United States. Both French Culture Minister Frederic and Foreign Minister stressed Polanski's artistic gifts in their defense of him, though in theory all men regardless of talent are equal before the law. (USA Today -- Life)
What a pile is reform talk Sep 26, 2009
The Times's legal affairs section reported in May 2007: ''As most practitioners agree, the Woolf reforms have done little to improve things and in some cases made the costs burden worse. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Men Accused Of Unrelated US Bomb Plots Sep 25, 2009
MIKE ROBINSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer. POSTED: Thursday, September 24, 2009UPDATED: 9:58 pm CDT September 24, 2009. (Click2Houston, TX)
Wyo native earns WTO nomination Sep 21, 2009
He graduated from Cornell Law School, where he specialized in International Legal Affairs, and served as the editor-in-chief of the Cornell International Law Journal. Punke began his government career in 1991, serving as international trade counsel to Sen. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Do Shareholder Suits Make Sense? Sep 19, 2009
s legal affairs writer Michael Orey discusses this issue and others related to shareholder rights. Plus: Retail sales rise, the , and our look at the economic week ahead. (BusinessWeek)
UGA names its next provost Sep 19, 2009
He also has been acting executive director of the university's Office of Legal Affairs, and even a coach. UGA moot court teams won several national titles and a world championship in the nine years Morehead was director of the law school's advocacy program and adviser to the moot court teams, compiling a 288-103 record. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Restricting locations of detox centers in Marlborough Sep 18, 2009
Councilor at large Steven Levy thanked Vigeant at a Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee discussion on the proposal earlier this month. The committee recommended the 1,000-foot buffer. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
City Council advances Oahu shark tour ban Sep 18, 2009
The measure, which now goes to the council's Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee, was introduced by Djou. Enforcing the current ban is difficult, Djou said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Richard Ackland Sep 18, 2009
He writes a regular column on legal affairs, law and society and the media. He has been a journalist with The Australian Financial Review and a presenter of ABC TV's Media Watch and Radio National's Late Night Live and Breakfast programs. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Radical Abortion Advocate Nominated by Obama Sep 17, 2009
Her installation in Obamas Office of Legal Counsel puts her in a decision making capacity for the Executive Branch working directly with the President on Executive branch and national security legal affairs. Johnson has earned the notice of conservatives based on her adamant pro-abortion views, expressed in the following statements. (Townhall.com)
Israel sees bias in Gaza war crimes charges Sep 17, 2009
That stance, says a leading commentator on legal affairs, may work to its detriment. "Unfortunately, as I see it, the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry have taken the position that this is a hostile report, that everything was prejudged, and that the investigators came with prejudice, though I disagree," says Moshe Negbi, the legal affairs expert for Israel Radio. (Christian Science Monitor)
Official: Phase out rooming houses in Marlborough Sep 16, 2009
Councilors referred the proposal to the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee. The city could also explore incentives from the state, Vigeant said. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Talks could settle lawsuits against Heat's Wade Sep 16, 2009
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer. MIAMI (AP) - Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade's legal team hopes that talks beginning Wednesday help him resolve legal disputes that could otherwise be an off-court distraction if they drag into the season. (FindLaw News)
Sipa Yankey to resign Sep 16, 2009
Dr. Yankey, a former director of legal affairs at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning under the previous NDC administrations, was jailed together with then Finance Minister Kwame Peprah and others on 28th April, 2003 for causing financial loss to the State on a different matter. Judge Morrison issued the gagging order in the UK to avoid influencing the outcome of other cases involving Mabey and Johnson (in Iraq). (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Trial moved for NJ blogger accused of threats Sep 9, 2009
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Recent syringe attacks that triggered public scare in the northwestern Chinese city of Urumqi were no simple violations but "violent, terrorist" crimes, said a police officer and a law expert Tuesday. Sep 9, 2009
The syringe attacks were neither some individuals' practical jokes, nor simple criminal activities, but organized and planned major adverse events, which had disturbed social order and created an atmosphere of fear in the city, said Du Xintao, a legal affairs official with the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regional Public Security Department. The attacks were aimed at individuals on the surface and at unsettling groups in society, so that they were not ordinary crimes but crimes against society and... (Xinhuanet, China)
THQ Appoints Edward L. Kaufman Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs, and Corporate Secretary Sep 9, 2009
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: - ) today announced the appointment of Edward L. Kaufman as executive vice president, business and legal affairs, and corporate secretary, effective today ... He joined the WWE in 1997 from Hanna-Barbera, Inc., where he was director, business and legal affairs. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Garbage shipment starting up soon Sep 6, 2009
Manny Lanuevo, city deputy director for environmental services, told the City Council's Executive Matters and Legal Affairs Committee this week that the target date is Sept. 28. In keeping with a settlement agreement reached lasy week between the city and Hawaiian Waste Systems, the city has awarded a contract to the Washington-based company and will soon issue it a notice to proceed, Lanuevo said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Lionsgate and Tyler Perry Team Up for Big Screen Version of Landmark Play FOR COLORED GIRLS WHO HAVE CONSIDERED SUICIDE WHEN THE RAINBOW IS ENUF Sep 4, 2009
The deal was negotiated for Lionsgate by Paseornek and Robert Melnik, Lionsgate Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs; and by Charles King of WME and Matthew Johnson of Ziffren Brittenham, on behalf of the filmmakers. SYNOPSIS. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Officials back amendment restricting lawn parking in Marlborough Sep 4, 2009
The Legislative & Legal Affairs Committee last night backed a blight ordinance amendment that would prohibit cars from being parking on lawns. The amendment would enhance enforcement, officials said, because zoning ordinances currently restrict only unregistered cars from lawns. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
Uncertainty was still stalking the streets of Urumqi Friday morning despite heavy security and patrolling helicopters in the sky in the wake of a wave of hypodermic needle stabbings and massive protests.• Security demanded in Urumqi after syringe attacks Sep 4, 2009
Zhu Hailun, head of the political and legal affairs commission of the CPC committee in Xinjiang, said members of nine ethnic groups including Han, Uygur, Hui, Kazak and Mongolian had reported stabbing incidents to the police in recent days. Local police had seized 21 suspects, of whom six are in police custody and four arrested for criminal prosecution, said the regional information office in a mobile phone text messages to the public on Thursday. (Xinhuanet, China)
Kenya: MPs Move to Revoke New Term for Ringera Sep 4, 2009
Ms Abdalla said her committee would work with that on Justice and Legal Affairs and come up with a report on the matter by next Tuesday. Relevant Links. (allAfrica.com)
Kennedy will be buried near brothers Aug 28, 2009
As a U.S. senator from Delaware until earlier this year, Biden worked alongside Kennedy for 36 years through fights on health care, legal affairs and national security. "He was never defeatist. He never was petty," Biden said, adding that "in the process of his doing, he made everybody he worked with bigger; both his adversaries as well as his allies.". (Honolulu Advertiser)
Fla. gay adoption ban goes to state appeals court Aug 26, 2009
By CURT ANDERSON / AP Legal Affairs Writer. Published: August 25th, 2009 11:39 PMLast Modified: August 25th, 2009 11:39 PM. (Anchorage Daily News)
Legal action to BNP membership Aug 25, 2009
John Wadham, director of legal affairs at the commission, said: "The BNP has said that it is not willing to amend its membership criteria which we believe are discriminatory and unlawful. It has nothing to do with discrimination; it's all to do with internal politicking Lee Barnes, BNP, on commission's legal action "The commission has a statutory duty to use our regulatory powers to enforce compliance with the law, so we have today issued county court proceedings against the BNP.. "However, the... (BBC News -- UK)
Big Penalties Loom for Chevron in Ecuador Aug 25, 2009
Legal Affairs August 24, 2009, 8:02PM EST. Big Penalties Loom for Chevron in Ecuador. (BusinessWeek)
Lockerbie Victim's Mom Upset with Obama Aug 22, 2009
By interveneing in the internal legal affairs of another country. by Henri_Rochard August 21, 2009 1:32 PM EDT. (CBS News)
City Council targets cars on Marlborough lawns Aug 20, 2009
The Council Monday night referred the proposal to the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee. Code Enforcement Officer Pamela Wilderman has received many complaints about cars parked on lawns. (Marlborough Enterprise, MA)
LIONSGATE(R) Set To KICK-ASS With Filmmaker Matthew Vaughn's Hotly Anticipated Superhero Action Comedy Aug 18, 2009
The deal was negotiated for Lionsgate by Constantine, Eda Kowan, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Wendy Jaffe, Executive Vice President Business & Legal Affairs, Acquisitions and Co-Productions; and by WME and Matthew Johnson of Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffelman, Cook, Johnson, Lande & Wolf LLP, on behalf of the filmmakers. SYNOPSIS. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Extend drug rehabilitation to alcohol: report Aug 7, 2009
Joel Gibson Legal Affairs Reporter. August 7, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
How About A National Conversation on Race Hoaxes? Aug 7, 2009
is Legal Affairs Correspondent for HUMAN EVENTS and author of "," "," "," "," "" and most recently. Reader Comments: () Here are a few of the comments submitted by our readers. (Human Events Online)
Browns' Stallworth: 'I am truly sorry' Aug 7, 2009
Associated Press Legal Affairs Writer Curt Anderson in Miami contributed to this report. Copyright Associated Press. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Sidney Zion, 75; worked to cut doctors’ long hours Aug 5, 2009
In a roller-coaster career, Mr. Zion was a reporter for The New York Post, a legal affairs correspondent for The Times, and at various times a columnist for The SoHo Weekly News, New York magazine, The Daily News, and The New York Post. In the early 1980s, Mr. Zion owned Broadway Joe, a steakhouse and hangout for theater people on West 46th Street. (Boston Globe)
Malaysian Police Crush Massive Protest Aug 2, 2009
Nazri Aziz, the Cabinet minister in charge of legal affairs, insisted the government would not bow to the protesters' demands, stressing that the security act was vital to safeguard national security. Opposition activists "are only dreaming in the daytime, because the ISA will be not be abolished," the national news agency Bernama quoted Nazri as saying. (CBS News)
Malaysian police tear gas, scuffle with protesters Aug 1, 2009
Nazri Aziz, the Cabinet minister in charge of legal affairs, said Saturday that as long as the National Front ruling coalition "is leading the government, the ISA will not be abolished," The Star reported on its Web site. Human rights groups 00000C7E estimate at least 17 people are being held under the act, mainly for alleged links to militants and document forgery. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
$34 billion spent yearly on alternative medicine Jul 31, 2009
"Even in these recessionary times, a great deal of money is being spent on some forms of complementary and alternative medicine whose efficacy is questionable," said Bruce Silverglade, director of legal affairs for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group. Another advocate, Dr. Sidney Wolfe, who leads Public Citizen's health research, has long criticized the government for what he considers lax regulation of prescription drugs and mainstream medicine. (MSNBC -- Health)
Beach Closings Along Connecticut Shoreline Continue To Climb Jul 30, 2009
The good news is that the average citizen can help, said Leah Schmalz, director of legislative and legal affairs for Save the Sound, a program of the Connecticut Fund for the Environment. "You'd be amazed how much one dropping from a dog can affect a beach. The first step is really take action at home and make sure you're picking up after your pets ... and minimizing the amount of fertilizer you're putting in your lawn," she said. (FOX61, CT)
Informers need more protection, says study Jul 29, 2009
Mark Dreyfus, QC, the Labor MP who chairs the legal affairs committee, said federal whistleblower laws were vital and the committee s proposals were stronger than those under existing state schemes. It is imperative that people making disclosures in the public interest be protected as an important tool to eliminate corruption and maladministration. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
2nd cop says they went by book in Gates arrest Jul 25, 2009
By DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer. Friday, July 24, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Big names rocked by China graft case Jul 25, 2009
Chen Shaoji, or "Uncle Ji" to use the Cantonese title reserved for gangsters and officials whose power far exceeds their formal position, owed his strength to an unusually long tenure on the province's legal affairs committee. That job gave him control over the security apparatus and therefore much of the under-the-table revenue that flowed through Guangdong, which now boasts an economy bigger than Taiwan. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Video game group files lawsuit Jul 24, 2009
By MIKE ROBINSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer. Wednesday, July 22, 2009. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
NeoPhotonics names Fay CFO Jul 21, 2009
Fay joined San Jose-based NeoPhotonics in May 2007 as vice president of legal affairs and general counsel, and has been interim CFO since January 2009. Before NeoPhotonics, he was general counsel for Fremont-based , which was sold to (NASDAQ:TRMB) of Sunnyvale for $500 million in 2007. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Mozambique: Opposition 'Riots' in Parliament Jul 21, 2009
But this claim rang hollow because two Renamo jurists, Maximo Dias and Jose Monteiro, signed the opinion from the Assembly's Legal Affairs Commission, which said that Cintura met all the formal requirements. With the debate over, how should a vote be taken. (allAfrica.com)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript Jul 21, 2009
Time magazine had this piece Stuart Taylor (ph) is a wonderful legal affairs writer called, "Meet the Sotomayors," which was about both sides. How can she make these speeches and yet her record is judicial restraint. (Fox News)
* Police kill two Uighurs in Urumqi Jul 14, 2009
LAWYERS WARNED: The Bureau for Legal Affairs has cautioned law firms about cases involving the violence in Xinjiang, saying national unity must be protected REUTERS AND AP , URUMQI AND BEIJING, CHINA Tuesday, Jul 14, 2009, Page 1 ... The Bureau for Legal Affairs of Beijing said the violence that started on July 5 in Urumqi was a typical beating, smashing, looting and burning incident by unnamed forces outside and inside the country. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Fla. judge delays hearings in UBS secrecy case Jul 14, 2009
By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer Curt Anderson, Ap Legal Affairs Writer. Mon Jul 13, 10:25 am ET. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Paris Hilton insists she plugged sorority movie Jul 13, 2009
By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer. Published: Friday, July 10, 2009 4:14 PM CDT. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Natural/organic food labels blurring lines for consumers Jul 12, 2009
For Bruce Silverglade, director of legal affairs for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a good standard for natural ingredients would be minimally processed, a stipulation the USDA uses for natural meat and poultry. If you have to have a lab in your own kitchen to create the substance, then it should not be considered a minimally processed ingredient, he said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Flirty Paris defends herself in court Jul 11, 2009
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer. MIAMI Paris Hilton repeatedly fussed with her hair and makeup in a federal courtroom Friday, sported six-inch stiletto heels and a black dress and amused the judge with a little wave on the way to the witness stand. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Japan tries to destroy secret nuke documents: report Jul 11, 2009
The document had been placed under the strict supervision of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau and Treaties Bureau, which is now International Legal Affairs Bureau, said the official who served as director general of the Treaties Bureau. It is the first time that the existence of the English-version document at the ministry has been revealed, Kyodo said. (Xinhuanet, China)
Americans United for Life: Ninth Circuit Ruling on Pharmacists Endangers Fundamental Freedoms Jul 11, 2009
AUL Vice President of Legal Affairs Denise Burke said, "This is a tremendous blow to the medical profession. When health-care professionals have to choose between their livelihood and their deepest-held beliefs, we lose qualified health-care providers who are already in short supply in many parts of the nation. This is not the type of 'health-care reform' that we need.". AUL Staff Counsel Mailee Smith added, "The court erroneously concluded that the Board of Pharmacy's rule does not target... (PR Newswire)
