Its happened before but someone else is fighting back against RIAA.
The claims are nothing new, but any story of someone standing up against this kind of tyrannical anti-trust is worth posting.
Monthly Archive for January, 2007
Usually when lawyers, as a group, are said to love something, non-lawyers, as a group, are usually getting screwed… I do not think that it is the screwing of others that leads directly to lawyer-joy, rather, I think it has something to do with cash… Check out Peter Huber’s article in Forbes for his explanation regarding Net Neutrality: “The Inegalitarian Web“
Still a ways to go, but a welcome move…
OSBA applauds Governor Strickland for establishing judicial appointments recommendations panels
STATEMENT BY
John S. Stith, president
Ohio State Bar Association
January 29, 2007In the opening weeks of his administration, Governor Ted Strickland has taken a major step toward improving the administration of justice and building public trust and confidence in Ohio’s courts. The Governor’s decision that he will create citizen appointment panels to recommend candidates for filling judicial vacancies is a significant and very welcome reform.
The Ohio State Bar Association, which has been concerned for many years about our state’s methods of judicial selection, has long supported changes aimed at ensuring that only the best qualified and most dedicated lawyers gain entrance into Ohio’s judiciary. Governor Strickland’s plan to establish balanced judicial appointment panels comprised of citizens who understand judicial qualifications, who bring an appreciation for the needs of local communities, and who can help assure the appointment of judges fully committed to the fair and impartial administration of justice in Ohio, is a courageous change that will improve our system of government. The panels’ recommendations regarding appointees will be advisory only, but to the extent they are followed by the Governor, all Ohioans will benefit.
The Ohio State Bar Association commends Governor Strickland on this swift and meaningful change in the appointment process, which is enormously important, and pledges to work with him to further improve the legal and judicial systems in the great state of Ohio.
see the OSBA website for the original release.
Joel A. Schoenmeyer writes in his January 26, 2007 post on his Death & Taxes Blog: “Surety bonds are like an insurance policy for an estate and its beneficiaries. What are you insuring? That the executor or administrator isn’t going to run off to Tahiti with the estate’s assets.” He continues to detail other facts about surety bonds in Illinois and the applicable statues. I loathe explaining why such bonds are necessary to those clients of mine whom the court requires be bonded so his article was nice to see – it should help with those uncomfortable explanations in the future.
The January 25th ‘cover story’ on The Florida Probate Litigation Blog was written by Juan Antunez about a tragic case involving a mail-order bride, a $72 million dollar fortune and a murder. Court TV did a write up of the case: THE KELLERS AND THEIR MILLIONS: A Bloody Meeting. You can read Jaun’s other land trust article here.
I found a good link on the California Estate Planning Blog to an article on Incentive Trusts, written by Joshua C. Tate, Assistant Professor of Law, Southern Methodist University for the Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal (Vol. 41, pp. 445-496, 2006) of the ABA.
The full text of the article is available here from the Social Sciences Research Network.
Continue reading ‘Incentive Trusts Article’
The new Ohio Uniform Trust Code now explicitly provides for trusts to take care of a person’s pet when the person passes away (ORC 5804.08). For an article on Ohio pet trusts, see Ohio’s Pet Trust Statute by Julie Mills.
“The Lawyer’s Shop.ca Legal Information Blog” writes: A.A. v. B.B. and C.C., a recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision, caused quite a ripple in the media.
See articles in The National Post and The Toronto Star. The case dealt with the parentage of a five-year-old boy whose biological father and mother, plus the mother’s spouse (the “spouseâ€) with whom she had been in a long-term […] Continue reading ‘Can a Child Have Three Parents? In Ontario, Yes’
PA Elder, Estate & Fiduciary Law Blog*
The 41st Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, offered by the University of Miami School of Law, was held January 8-12, 2007, in Orlando, Florida.
The Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning is the nation’s leading conference for estate planning professionals. The program is designed for sophisticated attorneys, trust officers, accountants, insurance advisors, and wealth management professionals who are familiar with the principles of estate planning. The Institute offers something of interest to every member of the estate planning team.
Summaries of the 2007 presentations are available here from the ABA.
Previous year’s summaries are available thanks to the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, of the American Bar Association.
