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AttributionsIt's been said. . .
"I have great respect for the judges, but I don't think their issue was controlling – it was pure politics, protecting [Gov. Blagojevich] and the administration." Sen. Daniel J. Cronin (R-Elmhurst) on the reasons the Illinois Senate defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would have made elected officials, including judges, subject to recall; the bill failed by three votes on May 1, Law Day • • • "I wish I could say that things have gotten a lot better, but in fact I can say with confidence that things have changed not much at all. We are seeing the same kinds of egregiously bad lawyering that we saw 10 or 15 years ago, for a variety of reasons, including inadequate funding." Robin Maher, director of the American Bar Association's Death Penalty Representation Project, commenting as states gear up to resume executions after the U.S. Supreme Court in April upheld the methods used in lethal injection executions • • • "The fact that your client chose a name that is too long to put on the product does not mean that Spanx has to tolerate the infringing abbreviation." Lawyer James Johnson writing on behalf of his client Spanx, plaintiff in an Atlanta case against Sexy Panties and Naughty Knickers Ltd., which abbreviates its name to SPANK on its products; Spanx makes body-shaping undergarments |
