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...Barack Obama called for voting law reform in his eulogy to civil rights leader John Lewis, who in an op-ed written before his death urged: “Democracy is not a state....
...John Pottow, a bankruptcy professor at the University of Michigan law school, says: “This myth of a fresh start, that doesn’t work for someone who is 75....
...“Our thought was does this open the door for more PIK deals from companies that aren’t as reputable,” said Chris Kilpatrick, a portfolio manager at Western Asset....
...The OFT’s longstanding chief executive, John Fingleton, stepped down earlier this year and his caretaker replacement, Clive Maxwell, was announced a month ago....
...“His Whitehall experience makes him a well-rounded candidate and he is well connected to the Treasury, which will help,” said Bruce Kilpatrick, head of competition at Addleshaw Goddard....
...DWP – £245,000-249,999 Patrick Crawford, chief executive of the Export Credits Guarantee Department – £205,000-209,999 Steve Lamey, director-general benefits & credits, HMRC – £205,000-209,999 Helen Kilpatrick...
...Reeves was elected to city council after some of the worst cases of reported government malfeasance but before Kilpatrick resigned....
...John Reed is the FT’s motor industry correspondent...
...In recent US presidential debates, he won praise from Barack Obama and John McCain....
...If Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner get their way when the House of Representatives votes for a second time on the $700bn rescue bill, every Republican who changes his or her vote from No to Yes will be joined...
...“Bush got what he wanted: this court is much more ‘conservative’ ” than its predecessor, says Mark Levy, a Supreme Court expert at law firm Kilpatrick Stockton....
...Richardo Kilpatrick, an attorney closely involved in a number of the sector’s bankruptcies, says that “in the current structural problems, the weaker players are going to fall out....
...But now it seems to have developed a fascination with business cases, and that trend is expected to accelerate following the September 2005 appointment as chief justice of John Roberts, who spent most of...
...On any particular issue, different conservative jurists may vote differently, says Mark Levy, Supreme Court expert at the law firm Kilpatrick Stockton....
...But Judge John Roberts was confirmed last year as chief justice with hardly a whimper from the public or the politicians....
...“He's not going to be anybody's follower,” says Mark Levy, Supreme Court expert at the law firm Kilpatrick Stockton and a former law school classmate of Judge Alito....
...But that could be about to change if Judge John Roberts becomes the youngest, and most business-savvy, US chief justice in a long time....
...“There have certainly been great justices who were never judges,” points out Mark Levy, a Supreme Court expert at the law firm Kilpatrick Stockton, noting that neither the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist...
...For nearly four weeks America has scrutinised the record of John Roberts, the man who is likely to become the newest justice of the US Supreme Court....
...According to Mark Levy, Supreme Court expert at the law firm Kilpatrick Stockton, “now everything is in play”....
...But it is hard to find anyone willing to dispute that John Roberts has the brains and the experience to sit on the highest court in the land....
...Could John Roberts turn out to be the same? The president has assured his supporters that John Roberts is a conservative, but exactly which kind of conservative is he?...
...All but one of the justices is 65 or over, and Justice John Paul Stevens is 84. Three justices apart from Rehnquist have had cancer....
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