Cape Enrage, New Brunswick, Canada.
Blawgletter has noted cases, in California and Rhode Island, that question the ethics and legality of public entities' hiring of private lawyers to handle civil claims on a contingent fee basis.
We've also said we think states, cities, counties, villages, hamlets, and wide spots in the road should, and rightly
A patent for refrigerator shelves — yes, refrigerators need patents, too! — called for a "relatively resilient" frame into which the glass part of the shelf snaps. The frame must "temporarily deflect[] to accommodate the glass". But the frame of the ones Saint-Gobain Corporation made came out of a mold hot, snapped onto the glass part
The team that tried the case Blawgletter reported Friday afternoon has now issued a press release. It says:
A Dallas County jury has awarded more than $178 million to minority shareholders of an NL Industries, Inc. subsidiary who alleged that a pattern of misconduct deprived them of the true value of their investment.
Defendants included
Smith Barney promised a lawyer to discount its standard commission rates to as little as three cents a share. It in fact billed him more than its standard rates. The lawyer demanded, and got, an accounting. But Smith Barney's calculations showed the delta between standard rates and actual rates — not the difference between three
One of Blawgletter's partners applied with the Oscar Mayer company to drive one of its Wienermobiles. He didn't get the gig. Or maybe he did but declined. Wisely.
A news report today called that bit of info to mind. It dealt with a visit by an OM cold cut car to the deck and garage of a home
A Dallas County civil jury this afternoon awarded clients of Susman Godfrey L.L.P. and Fish & Richardson, P.C., $33.7 million in actual damages, $145 million in punies, and $7 million in prejudgment interest.
The trial in the 192nd District Court of Dallas County, Texas, lasted two weeks. Judge Craig Smith presided.
The case somehow
What can birth order tell us about these folks?
Blawgletter has enjoyed re-reading a 1996 book by Frank J. Sulloway – Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives. The inside dust jacket says:
At the heart of this pioneering inquiry into human development is a fundamental insight: that the personalities of
The Nile River runs through Egypt.
The California Public Employees' Retirement System last week sued the big three credit rating outfits for giving AAAs to three "structured investment vehicles" in which CalPERS invested $1.3 billion. California Public Employees' Retirement System v. Moody's Corp., No. CGC-09-490241 (Cal. Superior Ct. July 9, 2009). WSJ Law
Today we get a special treat — a guest blawg by the one . . . the only . . . the delightful . . . Gretchen S. Sween.
Her post deals with the epistemology of drawing lines. Blawgletter thinks you'll like it. We sure did.
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Before I built a wall I'd ask to
The huge fraud by that newest of North Carolinians, Bernard Madoff, cost hundreds of people billions of dollars. Who'll pay them back? Not Bernie; his Ponzi scheme, by its nature, made the money go poof.
But what about the advisers that steered clients to invest with Mr. Madoff? Surely they must make good their advisees'