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March 03, 2008
Tomorrow the streetfight: Obama v. HRC, Texas, and Back to Ohio.
AP: Texas and Ohio battleground. Two big states with rich and colorful political histories; anything could happen. Yes, this affects you--and all your clients. Right now: Obama has 1,385 delegates, HRC has 1,276. Total of 2,025 needed to win. John McCain looks like the GOP winner.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (2)
Your business client is a defendant in a state court.
And the client is wary of state courts. So consider removal to a federal court under 28 USC 1441, "Actions removable generally". More cases are removable than you might think. For removal based on diversity, generally it's either there or not there from the face of the complaint. Federal question removals are trickier. You can be creative--but do see Rule 11. Think and act quickly; there are deadlines.
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
London: Saturday's Charon QC
Charon QC, London's well-regarded lawyer-pundit, has a fine review of last week's news and Brit blogs. "Blogging" may not be ground central for All Things Legal or Otherwise on the Planet. Time is precious to busy people; as a friend recently asked, "should humans blog, ski, watch birds or philander in their spare time?" But you are missing the big picture--and some fun--if you do not check in with Brit blogs. These phlegmy men, like Reactionary Snob, and exotic birds, like Ruthie, do own our language. It shows in their skill, play and heart with words. Never prissy. See, respectively, "Assorted idiocy" (Snob, the libertarian) and "Fair Trial My Arse" (Ruthie, the demure).
Posted by JD Hull at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Duke in Wonderland; Cornell in Heaven.
Mike Krzyzewski wins 800th. NBC: 87-86 against NC State at Raleigh. Coach K thanks evil twin-mentor Bobby Knight. And Cornell defeats Harvard to win Ivy league, finally slipping past Penn and Princeton and making the NCAA tournament.
UPDATE: The normally staid and ancient Duke daily, The Chronicle, gets excited about Coach K's win, too.
Posted by JD Hull at 10:43 AM | Comments (1)
Must bust in early May, orders from the DA...
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 12:47 AM | Comments (2)