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...second-year law student, said he stepped down from the panel after fellow FYL committee members voted to request his resignation. Third-year law student Daniel Richenthal, a member of the committee, said the vote was unanimous...
...Justice Department can ask the full Third Circuit to re-hear arguments in the case, and Bashman said the court would likely be sympathetic to the request. Alternatively, the government could appeal the Third Circuit ruling directly to the U.S. Supreme Court. Even if the Third Circuit and the Supreme Court do not accept the government’s appeal, the ruling would not go into effect for at least seven weeks “as a matter of course,” Bashman said...
...that "because we believe in maintaining an environment of open communications, we do not believe there is a need for third-party representation." But the retail giant has taken a different approach toward its 42 stores in China. Last week, the company issued a statement saying: "Should [employees] request formation of a union, Wal-Mart China would respect their wishes and honor its obligation under China's Trade Union Law." The company succumbed to pressure from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU), the only legal labor organization in China. The ACFTU has struggled to gain a foothold...
...Court TV, game-show channel GSN, DMX Music, MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and others. Yet Malone has been unable to add value to this portfolio; the stock has gone nowhere in years and, at around $10, represents a hefty discount to Liberty's assets. Liberty didn't respond to an interview request. But Malone is thought to be trying to pressure Murdoch into buying some of his cable assets in order to raise cash and start fresh...
MEANWHILE IN THE U.S.... Poetic Justice A judge in the trial of a doctor, notorious for asking dying Beatle George Harrison to autograph a guitar, waxed lyrical in agreeing to the physician's request to move an unrelated suit because of the adverse publicity from the Harrison incident. Set to the classic Beatles song, his ruling started "Something in the folks he treats/ Attracts bad press like no other doctor." Anyone who had forgotten why Dr. Gil Lederman was famous, has now remembered...