Reading LA: Think Southern California is unplanned? Think again
Los Angeles TimesSeptember 30, 2011
His goal, he writes, is “uncovering the loosely knit but mutually reinforcing decisions and actions of home builders, industrialists, financiers, home buyers, and government” in shaping the postwar urbanism of Southern California. ...more »
2011 Canastota Wall of Distinction honorees thrive in different environments
Oneida DispatchSeptember 30, 2011
In 1984, she became an associate with the prestigious law firm of Hancock Estabrook LLP in Syracuse, where she has been a trial lawyer for 28 years. Callahan became a partner at Hancock Estabrook, a 60-attorney firm with 135 employees, in 1989. ...more »
Silldorf & Levine to Present Power Board Seminar in Downtown Los Angeles
Sacramento BeeSeptember 30, 2011
Silldorf & Levine, LLP (www.silldorf-levine.com) is California's preeminent construction defect law firm with offices in San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The attorneys at Silldorf & Levine concentrate their practice in community ...more »
Law enforcement prepares for sex crimes that follow Super Bowl
Evening News and TribuneSeptember 30, 2011
Now, Zoeller is working with the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault on training sessions meant to help law enforcement officials decipher the difference between a sex slave and a prostitute. The first event took place Friday at the Indiana State ...more »
Metairie man arrested with stealing 120 pounds of aluminum
NOLA.comSeptember 30, 2011
Lake Development Construction had been storing construction materials on tennis courts at the complex, and Stuart stole the aluminum in May and August, McInnis said. The I-beams featured a distinctive pattern of squares. A construction company employee ...more »
Stevens Ranks ESA Case Among His Favorites in Long Judicial Career
New York TimesSeptember 30, 2011
Stevens, now 91, recalls that when the government first petitioned the court to overturn the Cincinnati, Ohio-based 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that had halted construction of the almost completed dam, one of his law clerks sent him a memo ...more »
Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold & McCartney Announces New Partners and New Firm Name
MarketWatch (press release)September 30, 2011
The firm practices throughout the United States representing victims of negligence in the fields of pharmaceutical mass torts, defective product, medical and professional malpractice and general negligence matters. The firm is regularly called upon by ...more »
HUFFPOST HILL - America Kills Americans (USA! USA! USA!)
Huffington PostSeptember 30, 2011
It took at least two years for an Austin attorney to uncover the suspicious trade. The attorney, who would only discuss the matter on condition of anonymity because he continues to have dealings with the US Attorney's Office, said he spoke with two ...more »
Initiatives Reshaping Energy, Environmental Landscape
Connecticut Law TribuneSeptember 30, 2011
In this regard, the new law seeks to promote the development of a broad range of clean energy technologies. Under the law, a new Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority is established and will now be responsible for administering the Clean Energy ...more »
Brownfields Toolbox Gets A Major Upgrade
Connecticut Law TribuneSeptember 30, 2011
Likewise, brownfield revitalization and development often means that a “greenfield,” or open space, is spared and infrastructure development leading to sprawl is avoided. Finally, when a brownfield is returned to sustained productive use, ...more »
In Post-'Mad Men' World, Smoking Is Blue Collar Habit
ABC NewsSeptember 30, 2011
Data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) from 2004 to 2010 showed that people working in mining, manufacturing, construction, warehousing, and transportation had age-adjusted smoking prevalence rates far above the 19.6 percent national ...more »
Kodak Hires Restructuring Lawyers
Wall Street JournalSeptember 30, 2011
Eastman Kodak Co. has hired law firm Jones Day for restructuring advice as it faces growing concerns from investors over its turnaround prospects, people familiar with the matter said. The move to hire restructuring ...more »
Dispatches from China: The keys to tendering in the Dragon's lair
Milwaukee Small Business TimesSeptember 30, 2011
The Chinese government's response was to enact additional laws though the Ministry of Construction to protect bidders from unfair tender practices and establish tendering offices to enforce them. For example, all tenders that fell outside +3 percent or ...more »
$4.5 million life-insurance battle following woman's murder takes a new twist
Tucson CitizenSeptember 30, 2011
All of the cases remain unsolved. Law-enforcement records show that insurance benefits from the slayings totaled more than $8 million. Mizioch was questioned in several of the cases. Court papers filed by an insurance company say a Phoenix detective ...more »
U.S. Senator Begins Inquiry Into Baltimore's Housing Agency
LoanSafeSeptember 30, 2011
Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, ranking Republican member of the Judiciary Committee, requested reams of documents from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, which oversees housing authorities around the country and steers millions of ...more »
