Word: counseling
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...fact that Clark is up early with the children and manages to get home and tuck them into bed most evenings before returning to the courthouse may not be enough to counter a presumption that lawyering is incompatible with mothering. It was not enough for Sharon Prost, deputy chief counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee, whose ex-husband Kenneth Greene in 1994 won custody and $23,010 a year in child support. Prost told the court she rose at 5:30 a.m. daily to fix breakfast and drive the older child to school; the younger came with her to Senate...
...products out of fear of product-liability lawsuits. According to Wyatt Co., a Washington consulting firm, the cost to companies of settling suits against corporate officers rose 39%, to an average $4.6 million, in the period from 1986 to 1994. Furthermore, the average cost to industries for hiring outside counsel...
...article in such way as to suggest my move to California was in some way related to yet another hearing held in late December to which I was invited, sort of. To this day, I have not received notice of any such hearing. The rent board's general counsel has acknowledged that the letter was sent by regular mail to an address that has never been mine and where mail cannot be delivered. If missing a hearing can actually lead to criminal prosecution, why on earth would not such a notice be sent by registered mail or in the form...
...into Transportation Secretary Federico Pena's dealings with his former firm turned up no credible evidence that he broke federal laws, Attorney General Janet Reno announced today. Prosecutors had been investigating Pena's role in awarding a Los Angeles transit system contract to his former management company. The independent counsel law, which gives the Justice Department 30 days to conduct such an inquiry, gave Reno until Friday to determine whether to seek an outside attorney to investigate Pena; today's ruling means she will not. On Tuesday, she sought an independent counsel to determine whether Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros broke...
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros said he will "stay and fight" rather than resign as an independent counsel begins to investigate whether he lied to the FBI during his pre-confirmation background check in early 1994. Cisneros announced his decision at a press conference soon after Attorney General Janet Reno recommended the appointment of the special prosecutor to probe allegations that Cisneros lied about payments to an ex-mistress. TIME White House correspondent James Carney says Cisneros, who had indicated his intention to resign if a counsel were appointed, apparently changed his mind after a long session with...