July 2006

Wendland Decision Praised as One of the Supreme Court’s Best

July 19, 2006

In the July 2006 issue of “California Lawyer,” Gerald Uelmen reviews the work of the California Supreme Court over the past decade under the leadership of Chief Justice Ronald George. Among the best, i.e., well-reasoned, decisions rendered by the Court during Chief Justice George’s tenure, Professor Uelman recognized Conservatorship of Wendland (2001) 26 Cal.4th 519. […]

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My Heart Belongs to Clint (Part One)

July 18, 2006

I’ve been gushing on and on about James Gandolfini. I even said he was the greatest actor ever in the history of television.

I admit that I should have qualified my assessment. Gandolfini is the greatest actor ever in the history of primetime television.

Daytime television? Different story.

The greatest actor in the history of daytime television is none other than my very dear friend, Clint Ritchie. ((Clint is retired, so I no longer get to watch his handsome mug on my television screen on a regular basis which explains my “senior moment”.))

Things just haven’t been the same since Clint decided, in December 1998, not to renew his contract with ABC and left the role of Clint Buchanan that he created on “One Life to Live” back on September 10, 1979.

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WHAT?">Gandolfini wasn’t nominated? Say WHAT?

July 6, 2006

That’s what I said when I turned on the t.v. this morning, discovered that the prime-time Emmy nominations had been announced, and heard folks talking about the fact that James Gandolfini did not get nominated for his work as Tony Soprano in Season 6 of “The Sopranos.” How is that even possible? That is the […]

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This is precisely why the courts (except in Florida) said they had to “err on the side of caution”

July 4, 2006

The following comes from the AP: Injured Man’s Brain Rewires ItselfBy MARILYNN MARCHIONE(July 4) — Doctors have their first proof that a man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years regained speech and movement because his brain spontaneously rewired itself by growing tiny new nerve connections to replace the ones sheared apart in a […]

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