August 2011
17 posts
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“The combination of AT&T and T-Mobile would result in tens of millions of...”
– U.S. Moves to Block AT&T Merger with T-Mobile - NYTimes.com
Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole, commenting on the US government’s suit to block AT&T’s proposed merger with smaller rival T-Mobile.
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“This case is not about whether Jessica Beagley used a punishment that you or I...”
– Crime Scene : ‘Hot sauce mom’ was trying to get help, lawyer says | adn.com
Attorney for a woman who video taped herself punishing her son with hot sauce in his mouth and forced cold showers to get on the ‘Dr. Phil Show’
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“You go to these LGBT websites, and the advertisements are very sexually...”
– » ACLU Lawsuit Over School District Blocking Gay Sites Without Merit, Attorney Says
Mathew Staver, who the article doesn’t identify, is likely attorney Mathew Staver of Liberty Counsel. Here he discusses an ACLU lawsuit brought against a school blocking LGBT websites
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“I think one or two kicks inadvertently kicked him to the head.”
– Cop investigated for kicking suspect | Albuquerque, N.M. | KRQE news 13
Attorney for a New Mexico cop accused of felony assault in the arrest of a suspected gang member allegedly in possession of a stolen vehicle
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“I can’t say she would have been found not guilty,” Sutley said. But...”
– ‘Wire’ actress pleads guilty in drug case - Wire TV News - sacbee.com
Note: I don’t usually include non-lawyer quotes, but this exchange between The Wire actress Felicia Pearson and her attorney outside a courthouse is, well, entertaining.
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“The 8-year-old and 5-year-old were coming out of the water when it...”
– Lawyer: Woman hit by Volusia Beach Patrol vehicle to sue - News
Attorney for a woman whose head was run over by a beach patrol vehicle while she was sunbathing, commenting on the presence of the woman’s children at the scene of the accident
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“Mr. Jeffs had his big house, where he chose to warehouse hundreds of girls and...”
– Warren Jeffs trial: Paedophile gets life sentence as 50 brides photo emerges | Mail Online
Assistant Texas Attorney General Eric Nichols, in closing arguments; polygamist Warren Jeffs was later sentenced to life plus twenty years for two counts of aggravated sexual assault
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“It would be interesting to see if the public didn’t get a better bang for its...”
– Criminalizing panhandling would be a waste, lawyer says | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun
Toronto-based president of the Criminal Lawyer’s Association, commenting on what he sees as misallocation of resources in the criminalization of panhandling
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“He killed her, but he wasn’t there to steal from her.”
– Trial Begins For Grandmother-Killing Suspects - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego
Attorney for a man accused of killing his grandmother and then stealing her purse and her car
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“I don’t know why [having the file] was necessary. I don’t see why a...”
– Kenneth Moreno Spent Night in Jail After Judge Refused to Sign Bail Bond - DNAinfo.com
Attorney for an ex-cop accused of inappropriate conduct toward a woman in his district whose home he entered without supervisor approval
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“[We seek] a resolution that will take into account the pychological issues and...”
– Maine lawmaker who pulled gun seeks return to House | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
Attorney for Maine lawmaker Frederick Wintle, who allegedly pulled a gun on a stranger in May
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“We knew that. The point is, Mr. Pierre has never denied that he also had a lapse...”
– Dad of children who drowned in minivan files notice to sue | The Poughkeepsie Journal | poughkeepsiejournal.com
Lawyer for a man suing the municipality where the mother of his children drove three of them into a river inside a minivan, killing herself and the children, when asked about his...
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“Sarah will tell you that his taillight was not on. That is why she didn’t...”
– Sarah Patterson trial begins in motorcyclist’s death | The Enquirer | battlecreekenquirer.com
Ronald Lebeuf, attorney for Sarah Peterson, accused of hitting her friend Jeff while he rode his motorcycle home from a restaurant the two had been at; he later died of his injuries.
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“‘I haven’t had the chance to talk with him, but you know his case...”
– China lets writer go home after artist Ai Weiwei’s tweet
Lawyer for a writer released from a detention center into house arrest after dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei posted on Twitter about his detention
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“I don’t know if he’s what you call a sympathetic figure anywhere,...”
– Dominique Strauss-Kahn accuser Nafissatou Diallo’s lawsuit may benefit from ‘Bronx effect’
Defense attorney, saying the racial and economic makeup of the Bronx may hurt Strauss-Kahn
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“Our tenacity has paid off.”
– Thai prince’s plane freed after govt pays up | Reuters
German insolvency lawyer Werner Schneider, on the resolution of a debt issue between Germany and the Thai government
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“Neither RIPA [Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act] (re interception of...”
– Blackberry maker can lawfully assist police in combating riots, lawyer says | Pinsent Masons LLP
Attorney Kathryn Wynn of Pinsent Masons, commenting on RIM’s agreement to work with UK government to track down criminal use of RIM’s Blackberry Messenger to coordinate recent UK riots 