Taxation & Estate Planning

"Pennsylvania Senate confirms 4 appeals judges"
"Pennsylvania Senate confirms 4 appeals judges": The Associated Press provides this report.

Nomination of Professor Troy Paredes as SEC Commissioner
President Bush recently announced the appointment of law professor Troy A. Paredes as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pending confirmation by the Senate, Paredes will commence a five-year term on 6 June 2008, filling the seat Paul Atkins will vacate after almost six years in office...

Senate Confirms New SEC Commissioners
Apparently the Senate confirmed the nominations of Troy Paredes, Luis Aguilar and Elisse Walter to the SEC today, since Chairman Cox referred to three new Commissioners, although it seems odd that he didn't name them: "The President and the Senate...

Another review of Shulman on Bell
In "Telephone Tag," Henry Petroski gives us one more book review of Shulman's "The Telephone Gambit."Petroski sets up the story:While reading Bell's 1875-76 notebook, which the Library of Congress has made available in high-resolution digital form on the World Wide Web, Shulman noticed a curious leap of inspiration after a 12-day hiatus in entries, a gap that coincided with an apparently sudden trip to Washington, D...

South African Woman Named Human Rights Commissioner for UN
From the Feminist Daily News: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon named South African judge Navanethem Pillay the UN high commissioner for human rights Thursday. She will serve a five-year term, replacing Louise Arbour, after her nomination is confirmed by the General Assembly Monday, reports the Washington Post...

New Fifth Circuit Judge: Senate Confirms Dallasite Catharina Haynes
As the Houston Chronicle reports here, the Senate yesterday approved the nomination of Catharina Haynes to serve on the Fifth Circuit. Judge Haynes has previously served on the 191st District Court of Dallas County, and also worked in private practice at Thompson & Knight and Baker Botts...

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Gulf War Syndrome
Panel Confirms it's Real, and Identifies Causes