Gerald Ford
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Fashion, Gerald Ford, Jan Crawford Greenburg, John Paul Stevens, Media and Journalism, Old People, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
Justice John Paul Stevens: And He's Telling You He's Not Going
Well, not in so many words. But in his interview last night with Jan Crawford Greenburg of ABC News — his first television appearance network television interview ever — Justice John Paul Stevens seemed healthy, lucid, and far from death’s door. (Our apologies to the ConfirmThem crew. We hate to be the bearers of bad […] -
Deaths, Eliot Spitzer, Federal Government, Federal Judges, Gerald Ford, John Roberts, Money, Monica Lewinsky, Morning Docket, Politics, Sex Scandals, William Lerach
Morning Docket: 01.02.07
* The nation mourns President Gerald R. Ford. Federal government employees and stock exchange workers thank him for a four-day weekend. [Washington Post; Associated Press] * Plaintiffs’ class-action lawyer William Lerach claims that firing him would cause “delay, duplication of effort and extra costs.” So does hiring him. [WSJ Law Blog] * A new year, […]
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Profit Powerhouse: Elevating Law Firm Financial Performance
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Admin, Federal Government, Gerald Ford, Holidays and Seasons
Happy New Year from ATL
Welcome to 2007! Don’t forget to date your checks, memos, and other documents with the correct year. If you were out of the office last week — and aren’t a federal government employee, with the day off to mourn President Ford — welcome back to work. We hope you had a good holiday and enjoyed […]
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Gerald Ford, Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 12.27.06
* Chief Justice John Roberts is still as perfect as ever. In between reshaping the Supreme Court, he still has time to visit sick friends in the hospital. He probably makes them chicken soup, too. [Legal Times] * It’s a busy time of year — not just for retailers processing returns, but for lawyers-turned-politicians with […]
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Deaths, Gerald Ford, Politics
Gerald Ford, R.I.P.
Like so many other presidents, Gerald Ford was a lawyer. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1941, in the top third of his class (back when they ranked students). He practiced law in Michigan before entering politics. Some random trivia. Gerald R. Ford was: (1) the longest-lived U.S. president ever, exceeding the record set […]