* Representative John Murtha died just one week after having his gall bladder removed. Coincidence? I had to have my gall bladder removed three and a half years ago, I was terrified until they told me they were using "lasers" -- like in Star Trek ... cool. Sorry commenters, I remain as strong as an ...

And we have a new favourite politician : Meet Dr. "Goodluck Jonathan" Nigeria's new acting President who assumed powers today after President Umaru Yar'Adua, who has been ailing and out of the country for the last two months, called the BBC and said he was in Saudi Arabia recovering from a heart ...

Thomas W. Mitchell (Wisconsin), Stephen Malpezzi (Wisconsin), and Richard Green (USC) have posted Forced Sale Risk: Class, Race, and The 'Double Discount' on SSRN. Here's the abstract: What impact does a forced sale have upon a property owner's wealth? And...

Recused, it turns out, if the brother is Justice Stephen Breyer and the other brother is Judge Charles Breyer. As Tony Mauro (Legal Times) reports, “Breyer makes it a practice to recuse in cases that were handled by his brother Charles, a federal trial judge in the Northern District of California.” ...

We have a Facebook fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hurst-TX/Stephen-Howard-Attorney-at-Law-PC/192282399742?ref=nfOriginal post blogged on b2evolution.

The First Two Delaware Decisions. In the past two months, I have reported on decisions by two Delaware bankruptcy judges in the In re Washington Mutual, Inc. case and in In re Premier International Holdings, Inc. (aka, the Six Flags case), taking opposing views on whether Federal Rule of Bankruptcy ...

That’s the odd result of Haskell v. Brown, decided a month ago by Judge Charles Breyer of the Northern District of California. Judge Breyer (not to be confused with Justice Stephen Breyer, his brother) refused to preliminary enjoin the collection of cheek swab samples from arrestees, largely becaus ...

Some predictions too: Evolution of the Book Stephen

I talk a lot on these electronic pages about compliance. Its really, from my perspective as a litigator, an ERISA lawyer’s take on the old sports saw that the best defense is a good offense. I often say that, in this economy and this investment market, any problems in the operations of a plan ...

If you live in San Jose and have ever taken a ride in an elevator, shopped at a department store, or possibly been placed on hold, you no doubt have had the dubious honor of being privy to the sounds of background music programming. Now, what San Jose residents may not know is that some entity prog ...