7th Circuit Affirms $80K Sanction; If Lawyer Can’t Pay, Bankruptcy is Next Step

7th Circuit Affirms $80K Sanction: If Lawyer Can’t Pay, Bankruptcy is Next Step Posted Feb 27, 2009, 07:59 pm CST By Martha Neil Known for his sometimes-blistering views on attorney competency issues, Judge Frank Easterbrook of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals takes something of a kindly tone, initially, in an opinion today that [...]

Suit Claims WilmerHale ‘Churned’ Representation of CFO to Inflate Fees

McAfee Inc. claims WilmerHale “churned the representation” of its former chief financial officer, costing $12 million in legal fees. The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Texas earlier this year accuses the law firm of fraud, theft, negligence and breach of fiduciary duty, the Recorder reports. WilmerHale… More: continued here Tags: Chief financial officer, [...]

U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan announces resignation

Express-Times photo | BILL ADAMSU.S. Attorney Patrick MeehanU.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan announced today will resign as chief prosecutor for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania effective July 15. Meehan, who has been mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for governor in… More: continued here Tags: 2008, E, Easter, Pennsylvania, The, U.S

FBI To Begin FISA Amendments Act Spying Based On Ethnicity

Barack Obama would give a speech at 9:00 AM, eastern standard time, to address the surging rebellion on his own campaign web site by people outraged at Obama’s support for the FISA Amendments Act. The FBI now appears to be preparing to use the FISA Amendments Act as a tool for persecuting ethnic and religious [...]

Agent, insurer liability for failure to procure flood insurance

This decision in a little long in the tooth, blogosphere-wise, but I’ve had it sitting around for a while and was reminded of it when I saw it recapped in Mealey’s recently. U.S. District Court Judge Peter Beer, of the Eastern District of Louisiana, granted partial summary judgment on May 2 to State Farm and [...]

Patently-O Bits and Bytes No. 40

Sitting by Designation: The CAFC has continued to offer district court judges from across the country the opportunity to sit on the appellate bench for a day. On June 3, 2008, Judge Ward from the Eastern District of Texas filled out a panel with Judges Newman and Gajarsa. They will be deciding three patent cases: [...]

Centennial Max Plan: Structured Single Premium Investment-Linked Insurance

In this volatile market, more investors are looking for conservative investment with capital preservation. That’s why there are so many structured fund being launched recently, including PNB Structured Investment Fund and Takaful MyAl-Afdhal. The latest structured investment fund from Great Eastern is the Centennial Max Plan. If you are looking for something that has potential [...]

Investment-linked funds performance last year

I am glad to receive investment-linked funds annual report for last year in CD format from insurance companies. The first copy I received is from AIA. Later, I got a few copies mailed from Great Eastern. Previously, all the report were printed in hard copy format. Annual Report in CD format I personally feel that [...]

Hot Topics in Food Illness Litigation

Hot Topics in Food Illness Litigation Posted on May 27, 2008 by Food Poisoning Attorney I (www.billmarler.com) am off to Eastern Washington a bit later this morning to give a talk at the “Farm-to-Table” Conference. My talk is on “Hot Topics in Food Illness Litigation.” It is also a bit of a homecoming – I [...]

My favorite Easter link – Peep Surgery

Source: FlickrMy favorite Easter link – Peep Surgery 0 Comments Published by Mink Hippie March 21st, 2008 in insurance nightmares, LOL Easter isn’t a real big holiday for me, but I can’t let it pass without looking up the good old marshmallow peep surgery site. Follow each nail-biting second as the delicate peep separation surgery [...]