Of Counsel (Definition)

• Recent Expansion Of The Definition Of 'Doing Business' In Wisconsin's Corporate Tax Statutes Restricts Wisconsin Local Counsel's Ability To Opine That Out-Of-State Lenders Will Not Be Subject To Wisconsin Income Or Franchise Taxes

It is not uncommon for out-of-state commercial lenders taking a mortgage on Wisconsin real property to request that Wisconsin counsel opine that the l...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• State v. Johnson, (Ohio 2002)

Right to counsel; multiple counts of rape/gross sexual imposition of a minor; definition of force; hearsay - statements made for purpose of medical diagnosis or treatment; right of confrontation; intimidation; ineffective assistance of counsel; consecutive life sentences.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• State v. Lindsey, (Ohio 2010)

Considering all of the evidence collectively, appellant's convictions for vehicular assault were supported by sufficient evidence and not against the manifest weight. Jury instructions providing judicially-created definition of "operate" did not rise to level of plain error. Appellant's counsel was not ineffective because appellant was not prejudiced by any alleged error.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• To Err Is Human, to Obtain Relief Is Divine1

The first issue concerned whether there had been ineffective assistance of appellate defense counsel due to his lack of extensive communications with the appellant.15 The second and third issues concerned trial defense counsel's alleged failure to inform his client that conviction of possession of child pornography triggered certain sex offender reporting requirements; specifically whether such an alleged failure constituted IAC, and whether it rendered improvident the accused's pleas.16 Appellate Ineffective Assistance of Counsel What we have here is failure to communicate.17 Appellant argued that his detailed appellate defense counsel never personally communicated with him, that he did not raise any issues on his behalf before the Navy court, and that he did not question whether the p...

... the photographs met the statutory definition of child pornography.18 Detailed appellate counsel...

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• Nbr. 6/2007, June 2007

• State v. Pariscoff, (Ohio 2010)

Trial court did not err in failing to grant defendant's Crim.R. 29 motion for judgment of acquittal on charge of telecommunications harassment where evidence established that defendant's purpose in leaving voicemail message on victim's cell phone was to threaten her. Nor was defendant's conviction for telecommunications harassment against the manifest weight of the evidence. Trial counsel not ineffective in failing to object to proper jury instruction on definition of "purpose.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• 19 CFR 207.91 - Definitions.

...Counsel means persons described in the definition of couns...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 19: Customs Duties

• State v. Dillon, (Ohio 2006)

Conviction of defendant for workers' compensation fraud was supported by sufficient evidence and was not against the manifest weight of the evidence. Instructing the jury on the definition of "knowingly" was not plain error. Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to file a motion to dismiss on statutory speedy-trial grounds. The trial court did not err in settling the amount of restitution based upon the victim's economic loss.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Curtailing Unintended File Sharing: May Take an Act of Congress

Gone are those innocent days at the turn of the century when the worst accusations being leveled at peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks were that they facilitated the unauthorized swapping of Metallica songs among tech-savvy teenage boys. The Informed P2P User Act (HR 1319), written and sponsored by Rep. Mary Bono Mack, R-CA, aims to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of information on a computer without first providing notice and obtaining consent from the owner or authorized user of the computer. David Sohn, senior policy counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology, concurs that the definition of P2P technology in the bill is broad and may have unintended consequences. Sohn says the broadness of the language may also have a chilling effect on the development of software.

• EContent
• Vol. 32 Nbr. 6, July 2009

• West Haven Council Will Probe Tax Office

The City Council intends to investigate the cash management and tax collection methods of the tax office in light of recent complaints and irregularities stemming from the department. The elected body sparked the beginning stages of its intention at a recent council meeting by voting 12-1 to request from corporation counsel a definition of the investigation's processes, along with associated costs, if any, the city may incur as a result. City Councilman Stuart Arotsky, A Better Future-4, who ran on the same political party as Tax Collector Christopher Valente, was the lone dissenter.

• New Haven Register
• May 14, 2007

• NSW appellate decision explores scope of director and officer liability.

...the company's General Counsel and CFO were 'officers' of the company, meaning th... CFO were found liable (although the definition of director includes 'de facto' or 'shadow' direct...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Nbr. 2011, January 2011