JuristMail - Legal News » bill http://juristmail.com Following Justice Everyday Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:53:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 California Water Battle Goes to Congress http://juristmail.com/california-water-battle-goes-to-congress/2009/10/ http://juristmail.com/california-water-battle-goes-to-congress/2009/10/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:20:10 +0000 John Fiore http://juristmail.com/?p=1036 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A bill to expand a local water recycling program has seen a surprising amount of debate in Congress. The House spent over three hours on Thursday attempting to decide whether or not to allow the creation of six water recycling projects in the area around San Francisco. The bill was eventually passed, but drew the attention it did because some said that increasing the supply of water in San Francisco would spur attacks from California’s relatively dry farm belt, and would tip congressional races in the GOP’s favor next year.

One of the nation’s most productive areas of farmland has been uncharacteristically dry because of a water shortage caused by a three-year drought, in addition to restrictions upon catching a native fish. Several lawmakers from the San Joaquin Valley have described the economic dry spot as their own version of Hurricane Katrina. The hardest-hit communities report unemployment rates of almost forty percent.

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]]> http://juristmail.com/california-water-battle-goes-to-congress/2009/10/feed/ 0 Canadian Senator Mobina Jaffer faces Conduct Review for Recent Legal Actions http://juristmail.com/canadian-senator-mobina-jaffer-faces-conduct-review-for-recent-legal-actions/2009/09/ http://juristmail.com/canadian-senator-mobina-jaffer-faces-conduct-review-for-recent-legal-actions/2009/09/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:24:46 +0000 James Gapinski http://juristmail.com/?p=341 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> Mobina Jaffer, a Canadian Senator from British Columbia, faces a conduct review in light of a large bill sent to the Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and a recent out-of-court settlement.

The Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, a religious group in Canada, hired Mobina Jaffer and her firm to defend the Order in a sexual abuse case. From 2000 to 2004, Jaffer represented the Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate; after her work was done, she billed the religious organization $5 million for her services and the services of her law firm.

The Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate sued Mobina Jaffer, Azool Jaffer-Jeraj (the Senator’s son), and the law firm for the extraordinary bill. The lawsuit was settled out-of-court, but Jaffer now faces a conduct review by the Law Society of British Columbia in light of these recent events.

Stuart Cameron, the Director of Discipline for the Law Society of British Columbia, says “a conduct review is a serious matter for any lawyer.” Should misconduct be found in the Senator’s past, the review’s findings could have drastic ramifications on Jaffer’s career as one of Canada’s top lawyers.

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