Sitting on the bench (in more ways than one) A week ago, July 17th marked the 365th day that Chief Judge.obert Conrad has been nominated for the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and has not had a hearing in the Senate. That is one year, without the basic courtesy of Senate Democrats telling him to his face why they do not want him on court. It is also one year in which the 4th Circuit has languished, short-handed, with over a quarter of its seats vacant. A recent hearing in the Senate, convened by Sen. Alexander of Tennessee, brought a disti.Leahy.

Senate Introduces IP Reform Bill Bolstering Enforcement The U.S. senators floated a bill Thursday boosting copyright and trademark protection, legislation that would allow the attorney general to prosecute civil cases of infringement and one that allows for the forfeiture of hardware used to infringe. The measu.re, much of which mirrors a similar bill the House passed last year, doubles penalties and the statutory damages in trademark counterfeiting cases to a range of $1,000 to $200,000 for use of a counterfeit mark, and to $2,000,000 for willfu. concert.

The Batman Leahy tickets, The Batman OK, so I just saw the movie .".The Dark Knight.".which everyone is raving about. It was a decent film even if rather dark and a bit too long. There is this one scene that takes place at a fundraiser in Bruce Wayne's penthouse. The joker breaks in and accosts an elderly man who says.".We aren't afraid of thugs like.". The man is mostly seen from behind but he looked very familiar. So, I stayed to see the credits and sure enough, as I thought, the man was played by Patrick Leahy.

Senate Introduces Intellectual Property Rights Act live, Senate Introduces Intellectual Property Rights Act Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 24, 2008 - 11:05am. Washington - A bipartisan group of senators on Thursday introduced the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008, a bill that would authorize the Attorney General to prosecute civil copyright infringement cases, and also includes measures to strengthen both civil and criminal copyright laws and beef up law enforcement resources to fight intellectual property crimes.

NHL 09 May Contain Winter Classic Leahy concert tickets, NHL 09 May Contain Winter Classic Sean Leahy of the blog Going Five Hole has scored a great interview with a representative of EA Sports and drilled him with questions about the upcoming NHL 09 due to hist stores this September 9th. You can read the full interview by the link at the bottom. I think the last paragraph of his blog article pretty much catches it all.One of the questions I asked was about whether or not a Winter Classic mode in the game. Eric answered .".can't.". Now, he knows .

Great Lakes Compact appears on Senate fast track music, Awesome. The Great Lakes Compact, years in the making, now appears to be on the fast track for Congressional approval, at least in the Senate. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, late Wednesday announced that Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis. would chair a hearing on the Senate Joint Resolution approving the compact next Wednesday in the Senate Dirksen Office Building. Sen. Carl Levin introduced the Senate resolution. In the House, Michigan Reps. John Conyers and Verh Ehler.

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Senators support limited Iran diplomacy er to President Bush today endorsing a limited diplomatic presence in Iran. Durbin joins Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Carl Levin (D-Mich.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) in support of opening an interests section in the country that has been at odds with the West over its nuclear weapons programs.".We know that a hands-off approach has isolated . Leahy tour tickets.

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Muskegon Heights to knock down 10 dilapidated buildings Nine dilapidated houses and one commercial building in the city of Muskegon Heights will be targeted for demolition in August. Those properties include: 2208 Reynolds; 2013 Riordan; 2809 Leahy; 2836 7th; 3007 Glendale; 2500 Riordan; 2417 9th; 2537 Leahy; and. Tickets for Leahy.