Afternoon Legal Links ... A funny thing happened when a Pennsylvania county clerks office mailed $40,000 in checks to a local defense attorney as payment: It went to a bricklayer with the same name instead ... A UK lawyer creates the first online prenup for pets ... The city of Paris (France) announces plans to sue Fox News. Wait ... what? A Pennsylvania county intending to pay a lawyer for capital defense work sent two checks for more than $40,000 to the wrong person. Luzerne County sent the checks to Pittston mason Bernard Brown rather than Carbondale lawyer Bernard Brown. The bricklayer’s wife, Bonnie Brown, said she recently spoke with the lawyer, and they planned to meet at the courthouse to straighten out the mix-up -- although, she had an astute observation about the whole ordeal: Who sends that kind of money through the mail in this day and age when everything is direct-deposited?” Bonnie Brown told the local newspaper, the Citizens’ Voice: bit.ly/1yEDr80 While many people treat pets like family members, courts take a different view. Pets are considered personal property, meaning Fido has the same status as a household appliance. So when a relationship sours, custody disputes involving pets can turn particularly contentious. In an effort to avoid just this sort of problem, one U.K. family law attorney has created a prenuptial agreement for pet purchases. Pet Nup is a free download that covers ownership, responsibilities and rights in the event of a relationship breakdown, with the goal of keeping pet welfare at its heart. And one law professor thinks its a terrific idea. Is (joint custody) really a practical result, given the conflict between the humans? asked Valparaiso University law professor Rebecca Huss, a former chair of the ABA animal law committee. It may be that the pet will enjoy going back and forth between two houses, but on the other hand, its just as likely to be disruptive to that animal. bit.ly/1yJGOrl The mayor of Paris plans to sue Fox News for its reporting on the city in the wake of the attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo was responding to remarks on Fox News that there were “no-go zones” in Paris where non-Muslims and even police were afraid to go. Fox and Friends even broadcast a map outlining seven such zones. “When we’re insulted, and when we’ve had an image, then I think we’ll have to sue, I think we’ll have to go to court, in order to have these words removed,” Hidalgo said on CNN, adding that “the image of Paris” had been harmed and the “honor of Paris” had been harmed. Fox News executive vice president Michael Clemente called the potential lawsuit unfortunate. We empathize with the citizens of France as they go through a healing process and return to everyday life, he said. However, we find the mayors comments regarding a lawsuit misplaced. bit.ly/1BBLLWU
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:10:42 +0000
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