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Trailblazer has no-nonsense reputation
On a recent Tuesday, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Dorothy A. Robinson recessed a criminal trial at 4 p.m., instructing the jury to keep quiet about the case and return promptly at 9 a.m. the next day. Then she turned her attention to a crowd of lawyers, defendants and potential witnesses who had just arrived for another round of pleadings that kept her on the bench until nearly 6 p.Furlough Fridays begin for Calif. state workers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP - More than 200,000 state government employees were expected to stay home without pay Friday as California began its first-ever furlough, a move intended to save money during an ongoing fiscal crisis.State agencies scrambled in the days before the furloughs took effect to avoid confusion for the public, such as people trying to register vehicles or obtain professional licenses.Judiciary Gets Caught Under Sudden Ethics Scrutiny
Tony [email protected] over conflicts of interest. Reports of a junket to a Colorado resort. The prospect of ever more partisan and expensive elections. Last week was quite a week in the life of the judiciary.Yes, judges-not Congress.It may have been the afterglow of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel A.Hank Paulson's 'bazooka' turned out to be wrong weapon
Consumers will cash coupons quicker than rebates
Mention the words ''fiscal stimulus,'' and the reaction is predictable, dividing along party lines. For the Democrats, the way to stimulate the economy is to ''put money back in the pockets of the people who will spend it.'' Liberals want to help low- and middle-income families and the economy by increasing the demand for goods and services.Law firms struggle to keep up with expenses
Expenses are rising faster than revenue at the nation's largest law firms, and those in charge of running those firms are running out of ways to manage the imbalance, according to a recent survey conducted by Wells Fargo's Legal Specialty Group.Holder: Victims of mortgage crimes will see justice
The financial fraud group that is investigating the market for residential mortgage-backed securities has already issued civil subpoenas to 11 financial institutions, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. said as he formally announced the team of lawyers and federal agents.Holder and top Obama administration officials, speaking Friday with reporters at the Justice Department, declined to discuss the details of the pending investigations.Near-recusal for Justice Breyer
IN HIS FINANCIAL disclosure form for the year 2005, Justice Stephen Breyer reported that he owned up to $50,000 of common stock in Duke Energy Corp., which supplies power to more than 2 million people in North and South Carolina. Duke Energy also is the respondent in a major environmental case set for argument Nov. 1, Environmental Defense v.Trending Stories
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