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U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York Case Summaries:: Bankruptcy Fees Croak v. Turner 08-CV-465 Judge Mordue Background: Appellant Richard Croak, the former attorney for Beatrice E. Turner,debtor in the underlying Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding, appeals from an order of Bankruptcy Judge Littlefield, requiring the appellant to pay $260...; Tags: bankruptcy, debtor, discretion, Litigation, U.S. District Court; Research articles 2008-09-19
Chairman of Hong Kong property giant loses legal battle: HONG KONG AFP — The chairman of one of the world's largest property firms lost his legal battle against his brothers on Friday, the latest twist in a long-running feud that could result in his ouster. A High Court judge in Hong Kong turned down an application from Walter...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, director, discretion, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Research articles 2008-05-23
Supreme Court Affirms Discretion in Crack and Other Guideline Cases: To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Monica Pratt Raffanel of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, +1-678-261-8118, media@famm.org WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Families Against Mandatory Minimums FAMM applauds the Supreme Courts rulings in two important sentencing decisions handed down today, U.S. v. Kimbrough and Gall v. United States.At a time when federal crack cocaine...; Tags: discretion, E-mail, MARKETING, U.S., U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-12-10
MERRILL LYNCH COMMODITIES INCOME INVESTMENT TRUST PLC - Tender Offer.: NOT FOR RELEASE INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN OR THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND. Merrill Lynch Commodities Income Investment Trust plc Tender Offer The Directors of the Company have the discretion to make semi-annual tender offers...; Tags: Company, director, discretion, FINANCE, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.; Research articles 2007-07-10
Maryland Court Digests: June 25, 2007: Maryland Court of Appeals Civil Procedure Time for filing petition for writ of certiorari BOTTOM LINE: Rule 1-203c, extending time when a paper is served by mail, does not apply to time for filing a petition for a writ of certiorari. ...; Tags: alien, arrest, attorney, church, Cir, commission, discretion, Government, Hudson, Jones, Judge, judge, Legislature, Maryland, officer, petition, postponement, president, SALES, statute, Sterling, U.S., U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-06-25

Reluctant nationalists: federal administration and administrative law in the Republican era, 1801-1829.: In 1801 the Jeffersonian Republicans took charge of Congress, the presidency, and the national administration, determined to roll back the state-building excesses of their Federalist predecessors. In this effort they were partially successful. But the tide of history and the demands of a growing nation confounded their ambitions. While reclaiming...; Tags: administration, discretion, embargo, Johnson, M., officer, president, Republican, revenue, Richard, secretary, South, statute, U.S., U.S. Congress, vessel, White House; Research articles 2007-06-01
Freed French hostage flies home: KABUL AFP — A French woman freed by the Taliban after 24 days in captivity flew out of Afghanistan overnight after a tearful appeal for the release of her four male colleagues, the French embassy said Sunday. The aid worker was freed in the southern province of Kandahar on...; Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, discretion, France, Government, SOFTWARE, troop; Research articles 2007-04-29
Six survival tips if you run into a moose: ANCHORAGE, United States AFP — Here are six tips from "moose whisperer" Rick Sinnott, the management biologist for the Alaska department of fish and game, in case you should stumble upon a moose. What do you do if you spot a moose: "Usually if the moose is standing on...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Alaska, discretion, Games; Research articles 2007-03-21
Valcent Products Inc. Announces US$2,000,000 Private Placement.: VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jan 30, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Valcent Products Inc. (OTCBB:VCTPF) announced today that it has completed a US$2,000,000 private placement of convertible notes with a group of accredited institutional investors. In accordance with their terms, the convertible notes issued in...; Tags: accordance, Company, discretion, FINANCE, Groupware, Investment, SEC, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2007-01-30
Discretionary Function Exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act: A Proposal for a Workable Analysis, The: I. INTRODUCTION In 1946 Congress enacted the Federal Tort Claims Act FTCA, which provides that the federal government can be held liable in tort "in the same manner and to the same extent as a private individual under like circumstances."1 In enacting the FTCA, Congress also provided thirteen exceptions to...; Tags: agency, analysis, discretion, government, incentive, MARKETING, Peterson, presumption, regulation, tort, U.S., U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-01-01
Regulation as delegation: private firms, decisionmaking, and accountability in the administrative state.: ABSTRACT Administrative agencies increasingly enlist the judgment of private firms they regulate to achieve public ends. Regulation concerning the identification and reduction of risk--from financial, data and homeland security risk to the risk of conflicts of interest--increasingly mandates broad policy outcomes and...; Tags: accountability, agency, compliance, delegation, discretion, Environmental, financial, incentive, knowledge, M., monitoring, regulation, regulator, Richard, Robert, SEC, tool; Research articles 2006-11-01
[1620] Discretion to vary foreign resident withholding: ATO Practice Statement.: Byline: Terry Hayes Sep 15, 2006 (Weekly Tax Bulletin - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Taxation Office ATO has released ATO Practice Statement Law Administration PS LA 2006/10. The document, issued on 4 September 2006, provides guidance on the use of the...; Tags: Australian Taxation Office, discretion, FINANCE, Taxes; Research articles 2006-09-15
The President's completion power.(Symposium on Executive Power): This Essay identifies and analyzes the President's completion power: the President's authority to prescribe incidental details needed to carry into execution a legislative scheme, even in the absence of congressional authorization to complete that scheme. The Essay shows that the completion power is a common explanation for very different presidential...; Tags: agency, authorization, Chevron Corp., discretion, Essay, Government, MARKETING, president, statute, U.S., U.S. Congress; Research articles 2006-07-01
MO COSA rules Montgomery County collision case belongs in Montgomery: A Montgomery County accident victim's tactical decision to sue an insurance company in Baltimore City Circuit Court has been thwarted by the Court of Special Appeals, which upheld the transfer of his case for the convenience of the parties and witnesses. Terrence Smith lived in Montgomery County, was...; Tags: accident, discretion, Insurance, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.; Research articles 2006-06-14
Pacer's Chairman Establishes Trading Plan: CONCORD, Calif. -- Pacer International (Nasdaq:PACR), the North America logistics and transportation provider, announced today that its chairman, chief executive officer and president, Donald C. Orris, has established a pre-arranged trading plan to sell up to 355,000 shares of Pacer common stock as part of his individual long-term strategy for...; Tags: California, discretion, logistics, SALES, SEC, SOFTWARE, Transportation; Research articles 2006-05-05
News: Ombudsman Watch.: Byline: Norman Russell Big I am thinking of buying a new car. My current vehicle is a Toyota Picnic - great car, silly name. But it has never gone wrong in 10 years and even impressed one of my hotshot corporate partners...; Tags: bank, car, discretion, Toyota Motor Corp.; Research articles 2006-04-24
The fifty-nine-minute rule: white Christmas, gray area?: This is their holiday treat.... There is nothing so simultaneously yearned for and ridiculous as the email invoking the 59 minute rule. We do not take this rule lightly. I am told there have actually been debates regarding the authority ... to invoke the 59 Minute Rule.... I was too...; Tags: absence, AFL-CIO, agency, comptroller, discretion, leave, MARKETING, regulation, U.S. Department of Defense; Research articles 2006-03-01
Abraham S. Goldstein's contributions to criminal law scholarship.(Yale Law School faculty member)(Testimonial): Abraham S. Goldstein was an extraordinary legal scholar. His law review articles and books are now "classics" in a broad array of criminal law fields: (1) conspiracy law, (2) trial procedures, (3) the insanity defense, (4) comparative criminal procedure, (5) prosecutorial discretion and plea bargaining, (6)...; Tags: discretion, scholarship, U.S., Yale University; Research articles 2005-12-01
Tax Court Offers Clarification on IRC Section 6330 Appeals Hearings: The Tax Court ruled, in Robinette [123 TC No. 5 (2004)], a reviewed opinion, that when reviewing the IRS's determination made in an IRC section 6330 appeals hearing, the court may consider evidence not presented at the hearing, provided that the evidence pertains to an issue raised at the hearing....; Tags: discretion, FINANCE, Internal Revenue Service, INTERNET, IRC, officer, Taxes; Research articles 2005-10-01
Review of Maryland Law- State Courts: July 30, 2005: Court of Appeals Evidence Admissibility of Hearsay BOTTOM LINE: Witnesses to unrecorded testimony in the district court could testify from memory to impeach a witness in a subsequent trial in the circuit court. CASE: Gregorio Isasi Gonzalez v. State of Maryland,...; Tags: accident, accommodation, Biotechnology, discretion, DNA, jeopardy, Landlord, Maryland, photograph, prosecutor, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., tenant, witness; Research articles 2005-07-30